Percival and Hildred are a match made in hell. The two playable characters in Ravenous Devils, he runs the tailor shop on the top floor, she cooks in the cellar kitchen, and locals flock to the cafe in between to grab delicious snacks. We rarely get to see happy couples …
Read More »Rebirth Island Reinforced is going to make or break Call of Duty Warzone for me
I hope that Rebirth Island Reinforced rekindles my love for Warzone. While I can largely credit Call of Duty: Warzone for maintaining my sanity through two years of lockdowns – a nightly distraction from the hastening erosion of time – my interest in Activision’s battle royale has admittedly started to …
Read More »Why you should play Final Fantasy 14 in 2022
The trouble with Final Fantasy 14 is where to begin. You could start with A Realm Reborn, the base game overhaul which launched over a decade ago, or by diving into the climactic Endwalker expansion which arrived just last month. So vast is Final Fantasy 14 that every area of …
Read More »Gas Station Simulator has taken over Steam and my life
Forget Deathloop or Call of Duty: Warzone, the most stressed you’ll be while gaming in 2021 is trying to manage a cash register, a garage, a fuel pump, and a warehouse delivery all at the same time in Gas Station Simulator. Oh, and there’s that guy who keeps painting giant …
Read More »Salt and Sacrifice is part Dark Souls, part Monster Hunter
As a condemned criminal, the protagonist of Ska Studios’ followup to 2016’s Salt And Sanctuary faces an unpleasant choice: death, or a life of servitude spent hunting colossal monsters called Mages to rid the world of their malicious presence. When you see these hideous beasts – and despite his self-effacing …
Read More »Clid the Snail wants to make a trigger happy mollusk PlayStations next icon
If there was ever proof that there’s still room for weird in the world of gaming, this twin-stick shooter centering around a trigger-happy mollusk might be it. Clid the Snail is a strange, almost nightmarish mix of Dark Crystal fantasy aesthetics, top-down gun violence, and trippy storytelling. It’s hard to …
Read More »Call of Duty Warzone season 4 trailer: 5 things you may have missed
Call of Duty Warzone: Season 4 debuted its reveal trailer as part of the Summer Game Fest today, which itself kicks off the E3 2021 schedule with a full week of announcements, updates, and reveals. The new gameplay trailer was short, but tantalising, offering some blink-and-you’ll-miss-it looks at the latest …
Read More »Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One throws angst, seances, and dress-up into your Mind Palace
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One features a younger, almost criminally good-looking version of the famous detective, but all his legendary skills are still well established. In a hands-on with the new game from Frogwares, we got to try them out on a seance turned murder, and take a trip to a …
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