Review by Matt S. There’s a constant among games developed by indie outfit, Spiders; its games have heart. Works like Of Orcs and Men and Mars: War Logs are undeniably constrained by limited budgets, but the independence of the developer has meant that it has been free to build games…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. For months now Ubisoft has been teasing screenshots for Child of Light. Then the trailers come out and people could hear soft, lovely music and could see that in motion Child of Light was every bit as impressive as the still images indicated. The real question…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Smash Cat Heroes is a new release to the Nintendo eShop and it’s a decent take on the button-mashing side of the action RPG genre. Mainly as the name implies, players smash (hack/slash/launch) their way through dual screen environments while fighting against hordes of incoming cats.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. A game that apparently took over 10,000 hours to develop, SanctuaryRPG is an ASCII art RPG that will cost you precisely nothing to download. People who have fond memories of the likes of Zork and Nethack will appreciate the art style of the game. It’s old…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I was so very close to succeeding, and I thought I was going so well. There I was, a space ship fleeing through the vast reaches of the universe with vital intel on a hostile rebel fleet. I was keeping just the one step ahead of…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Soulbringer came out about fourteen years ago. That had me thinking in a few directions at the same time. The first would be that fourteen years ago I was using CRT monitor… in technology terms it’s a lifetime ago? Games like Black Isle’s Balder’s Gate II…
Read MoreNews by Chris I. To quote from our Flying Hamster for Vita review: “The Game Atelier has a habit of making incredibly addictive little games that are essential for anyone who likes fun.” Colourful, charming and fun are adjectives that always seem to find their way into post concerning The…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Drums of War is something I would have expected to play a decade ago. That’s not a criticism, but rather an understanding at the start of this review that I know this game isn’t going to even come close to appealing to the mass market. In…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Credit where credit is due; Rovio is not simply letting its hero franchise have its 15 minutes of fame before bowing out. Consider Call of Duty or Halo; the developers wouldn’t dream of taking the formula that made these games so popular, and building something as…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sacred 3’s been a long time coming, but we were finally promised a late 2014 release in an announcement a couple of weeks ago. There was much rejoicing amongst those that enjoyed Sacred 2, but there was little by way of new media to get us…
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