What’s the best Alien game after Alien: Isolation? No, it isn’t Aliens: Dark Descent, though that is an excellent real-time tactics take on James Cameron’s sequel. Neither is it Alien: Rogue Incursion, Survios’ recent VR spin on Isolation. The answer is, of course, Duskers, the 2016 indie game about scavenging derelict spacecraft using drones controlled…
“The team has been poring over your feedback”. Following Civilization VII‘s advanced access launch, the team at Firaxis Games has acknowledged player feedback by identifying three key areas it will be focusing on in the immediate future – with a “development roadmap” to be shared as soon as possible. Players can expect the following to…
Wa-haaaaaa! Hello dearest pals, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we dive into this week’s battle, let’s see how things panned out last time. The lovely Jim took the opportunity to crank out a few LotR quotes with a look at the GBA version of The Lord of the Rings: The…
Including updates and free DLC. The relatively new fighting game Blazing Strike made its debut on the Switch in October last year and publisher Aksys Games has now provided details on what’s ahead for 2025. The plan is to release a “lobby/spectator patch” in “mid-February, this will be followed by a crossplay patch in the…
Take a look at our Wordle tips if you’d like to refresh your daily puzzle solving, then use everything you learn there to help you make the most of the hint for today’s Wordle. Don’t worry about spoilers—our clue is supposed to give you a boost, not give the game away. Although if that sounds…
“We will continue to provide comprehensive services”. In case you somehow missed it, Nintendo has confirmed the Switch Online service will carry over to the Switch 2. With this in mind, during Nintendo’s latest financial results Q&A, company president Shuntaro Furukawa reiterated how the service will “continue to be available for Nintendo Switch 2” when…
If I were presented with the opportunity to purchase and place into my disk drive a very obviously cursed CD from 1995 I would simply not do so. This is, of course, what sets me apart from the protagonist of Forbidden Solitaire, a person who would put a cursed disk into their computer and pay…
Naoki Hamaguchi, director of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, has said, “As someone who plays games on PC, I sometimes use mods myself,” and added that “I see it as a positive thing myself.” Which is why I expect there to be absolutely no complaints about the coming influx of mods that make the more boring…
If every single day you wake up, log on, and think “the internet sure is stupid,” then have I got a game for you. Stimulation Clicker is another absolute banger from creator Neal Agarwal, whose weird little browser games are always a delight. In Stimulation Clicker you click a button to gain stimulation, allowing you…
Marvel Rivals has reached that tier of popularity where it has multiple dedicated leakers on social media, working together to datamine and share new information found in the game’s files. In the case of Marvel Rivals that information is mostly about the increasingly horny skins being released for all the women characters, but occasionally there’s…