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Hatch, Evolve and Battle in Creature Companions

Liam Freeman — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:00:32 +0000

Creature Companions from Rhino Rock Studios was exhibited at Pocket Gamer Connect London and I sat down and got my hands on an early build of it. It’s a brand new game, freshly out of prototyping, that focuses on hatching creatures to perform tasks, play minigames as well as doing PVP and PVE events. There […]

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KingDomino on iOS is a gorgeous adaptation of a very simple gateway game

Matthew Smail — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:34 +0000

Kingdomino on iOS is a digital adaptation that feels both faithful and familiar to me, mainly because I’ve had a particular fondness for this game ever since playing it with my girls when they were very young. Seeing it now on a tablet and iPhone brings back those memories of us puzzling over tile placement […]

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Micromacro: Crime City on iOS is a near-flawless evolution of the tabletop game

Matthew Smail — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:00:20 +0000

MicroMacro: Crime City was already a standout in the tabletop space — a small, affordable cooperative detective game that turned a sprawling black-and-white city map into a living crime scene. Designed by Johannes Sich and published by Pegasus Spiele, the boardgame version of Micromacro: Crime City won the Spiel des Jahres in 2021 for good […]

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Could Spiralburst Studios’ adaptation of My City solve the awkwardness of campaign board games?

Matthew Smail — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:00:41 +0000

Even though we never quite got as far as reviewing it, My City was already a quiet triumph in the tabletop space — a legacy game from Reiner Knizia that managed to distill decades of urban development into a breezy, tile-laying campaign. Originally published by Kosmos a few years ago, My City offered players a […]

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Axis Football 2024 continues the series’ fascinating evolution

Dan Taylor — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:00:36 +0000

Axis Football 2024 is a groundbreaking American football game, looking to take Madden‘s crown. When it comes to American Football games we aren’t exactly spoiled for choice, much like football/soccer major franchises and yearly releases eventually squeezed most competitors out of the top spots, reducing other survivors to fringe titles that struggle to reach a […]

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Inua’s Magical Realism Touches On A Mysterious Historical Event

Hira — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:00:36 +0000

Inua's gameplay fuses magical realism with the historical events of the Franklin Expedition across three timelines.

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Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery is a beautiful, touching game

Jupiter Hadley — Wed, 18 May 2022 18:00:59 +0000

Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery takes you into the mind of an artist, looking to focus and work on her own artwork. Her day to day life is simple; she sketches, she paints, she eats and listens to music. All of this feels very relatable, until you look deeper into the world around you […]

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Backbone — No need to worry about slipping a disc

Rob Covell — Sun, 01 May 2022 11:00:19 +0000

Arriving in a stylish and well-presented box, there’s very little to tell you what to do beyond a small card showing how to connect your phone. Attach your phone to the lightning port on the right side, pull apart the handgrips, and release to lock your phone in place.

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Grammarian LTD can teach you great grammar

Dann Sullivan — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 11:00:17 +0000

More than a few games have tried to gamify spelling and typing over the years, but most of them, like Typing of the Dead or Scribblenauts, have it more as an input mechanic than the actual core of the game. Grammarian LTD has you take on the role of a fresh-faced intern who’s wound up a […]

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Splash Cars — Making a splash, or a terrible crash?

Rob Covell — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 11:00:27 +0000

The police will try to smash you off the road, making your life more difficult whilst other road users will undo your good work by turning the road grey again. In a neat twist though, if you drive near them, they’ll become colourful too, and actually assist you. Often, a good first move is to go and claim a few nearby cars to make spreading the paint more effective.

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MasterChef: Let’s Cook! sees you cooking up a storm

Jupiter Hadley — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:00:48 +0000

Last year, I bumbled across MasterChef: Dream Plate and was disappointed with the fact that I could not actually do any cooking. As it turns out, someone heard my cries, and MasterChef: Let’s Cook was born. This mobile cooking game actually has you cooking when you play, which has been fantastic. To appease three judges […]

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Say No! More balances heart-warming and comedic delivery perfectly

Dann Sullivan — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:00:08 +0000

Games are very good at eliciting emotions from players because of the way we interact with them, but Say No! More manages to not only deliver important, heartfelt messages about how we interact with others, but it’s clever enough to make you laugh as it does it. Comedy writing is pretty hard. Comedy itself either […]

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World Box is a high fantasy, chaos simulator sandbox

Dann Sullivan — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:00:23 +0000

Want to drop nukes on elves, or level a volcano with a meteorite? World Box has you covered. Titled on Steam as a God Simulator, World Box exists in an interesting space. You can play an active role in your planet’s human life, tweaking every element from sand dunes to volcanos; Or maybe you’ll just […]

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Night Book — Book a night off

Rob Covell — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:00:06 +0000

Night Book was filmed entirely during lockdown, with the actors not actually doing any scenes in person. In terms of developing an FMV game, this is really quite an impressive challenge to undertake, and I have a lot of respect for Wales Interactive for having a go at this, and the actors for trying to do everything remotely.

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Revisiting Broken Lines, a squad-based tactics game

JD Saltz — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:00:26 +0000

In “We-go” tactics games, turns are removed altogether and the player and enemies move simultaneously. Broken Lines is the most recent iteration of this style and a darn good implementation of it too. Instead of turns, the gameplay in Broken Lines revolves around eight-second windows of action where both your squad members and the enemy move and attack at the same time.

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Behind the Frame Is Art Come to Life

Matt Fuller — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:00:05 +0000

Behind the Frame was quite a new experience for me. Often when I hear the words interactive fiction or story-rich I tend to check out immediately; Which is to say I’m not a fan. Yet something drew me to this particular offering from Silver Lining Studio and as a result, I experienced a beautifully crafted […]

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is not the 40k Tactical Strategy game you are looking for

Matthew Smail — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:00:13 +0000

I like to think that reviewers such as myself keep an open mind. After all, games are very rarely made by people who don’t care about the subject matter — especially not when you’re talking about independent games that are created outside of the influence of larger, more commercial entities. Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is […]

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Fez — Perspective is 360

LEVST3R — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:00:38 +0000

Gomez is the star of this bit odyssey, starring alongside game tips and tricks companion, Dot. The goal is surface level simple: restore pieces of a thing to save the world. All bits considered this makes for a package that is memorable: Fez.

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The 10 Best Mobile Territory Conquest Games

Jupiter Hadley — Wed, 26 May 2021 13:00:51 +0000

When it comes to the mobile gaming field, there are so many different types of strategy games out there. There are massive 4x strategy games, real time tactics based games, turn based games, and then there are territory conquest games. Territory conquest games allow you to, as you may have guessed, gain land in a […]

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Warhammer 40K: Mechanicus (Mobile) – Great game, but a not so great port

Matt Fuller — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:00:08 +0000

Yes, I’m reviewing another Warhammer game. Having now played the miniature’s, video games and a few spin-offs, I feel fairly qualified to talk about these games and the IP. When I had the chance to play the mobile port of Warhammer 40K: Mechanicus, I jumped at the chance. But after playing this version, I feel […]

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Island Saver is a game all about saving money and the environment

Jupiter Hadley — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 19:00:13 +0000

Often when non-games companies produce games to promote their other services, sometimes they can end up being unfun and acting like a giant advertisement that is just slightly interactive. I always do an internal sigh when I start to open games and see big names of companies that I am sure have very little knowledge […]

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Nuts — No, I’m not going to make a joke

Rob Covell — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:00:52 +0000

Nuts is a very pleasant, relaxing puzzle game that won’t tax you too much whilst giving you a nice experience. Its unique art style and well crafted environments are a visual treat, and the story will push you towards its conclusion. It’s well worth your time in the woods, even if it is brief.

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Redout: Space Assault — From race to space

Rob Covell — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:00:07 +0000

There was little room for careful positioning and picking my targets due to the sheer volume of stuff on camera. Off-camera too, as there were a number of times in which I was being attacked from off-screen without me being able to do anything about it!

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Gordon Ramsay: Chef Blast — What is Ramsay doing in video games?

Jupiter Hadley — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:00:13 +0000

I love food games, as you probably know, and I love Gordon Ramsay — the angry, firey, TV chef who criticizes food on the internet and happens to be featured in various mobile games with his name. Will this game be about food? Unlikely. Will Gordon care? Nope. What even is mobile gaming with celebrity […]

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Tsuro — The Digital Game of the Path

Rob Covell — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Right off the bat, Tsuro looks really nice. You’re presented with a desert-like patch of sand with a copy of the board game on it that you are instructed to open, resulting in the game board unfolding and the pieces being placed onto it. The visuals and general presentation are excellent, and really give off a relaxing style that’s synonymous with the game it’s based on.

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Overland — Tips and Tricks of the Wasteland and Monsters Guide

Chelly — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:00:55 +0000

Overland is a turn-based survival game set in a Post-Apocalyptic America. You must take care of a group of travellers as they road trip across the States; fighting monsters, rescuing survivors and scavenging for resources. I’m going to give you some tools to show you how. If you have not yet gotten Overland and want […]

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The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature — Monster Mash

John Mulcahey — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:00:53 +0000

I’m not sure what this game is about. I know that The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature is about the section of Frankenstein wherein the creature is left to their own devices, and is recounting their treatment to the doctor. About the journey of a monster filled with self loathing, cruelty of man, and so forth. But […]

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Root’s digital adaptation is Dire Wolf Digital’s finest work to date

Matthew Smail — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000

It’s no small thing being asked to produce a digital adaptation of one of the most popular new board games of the last few years, but Dire Wolf Digital (who previously gave us the excellent Raiders of the North Sea) have really gone to town on Cole Wehrle’s exceptional Root. I first got my hands […]

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Jackbox Party Pack 7 — House Party

Alex Wilmot — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:00:42 +0000

There's more quality of life improvements to make games and interactions easier than previous outings. Audio cues, spoken room codes and better social platform interactions are on offer

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Keys and Kingdoms — Role-Playing the Piano

Bryan Taylor — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:00:50 +0000

Keys and Kingdoms is a musical role-playing game that not only teaches you the fundamentals of proper finger placement and play-by-ear training but puts a bit of magic into the process.

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Customise your phone with Skinzilla

Jupiter Hadley — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:00:20 +0000

Skinzilla has a variety of different skins for all sorts of things, from phones to various console controllers, that can make your items feel a bit more customised and more like your own. I got the chance to check out a sparkling iPhone skin. Putting on this skin was pretty easy, you just need to […]

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Casetify — Design and durability

Jupiter Hadley — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:00:33 +0000

Picking a phone case is something that I have spent a lot of time struggling with. I always want something that looks cute, but I also am quite clumsy and end up dropping my phone to the death. I don’t like bulky items either, so having those industrial cases that turn your phone into a […]

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Donuts Delivery really cares about the placement of donuts

Jupiter Hadley — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:00:19 +0000

I don’t know about everyone on Earth, but when I go into a donut shop,I don’t really care about where the donuts are physically locked in the box. I guess things would change though if I had teleporting donuts, like in Donuts Delivery. Donuts Delivery is a hypercasual, free to play mobile game where you […]

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Build A Bright Legacy In Sagrada

Hira — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:00:02 +0000

Sagrada's stained glass windows take on a more calculated form with careful dice placement.

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Choose wealth and notoriety, or take the moral high ground in Beholder 2

Matthew Smail — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 11:00:14 +0000

I’ve always been a fan of the humble point and click adventure, but in recent years, it hasn’t felt enough to deliver the same tried-and-tested gameplay that made this genre so popular during the nineties. Beholder 2 is essentially a point and click adventure, but it mixes narrative, puzzle and exploration elements in a way […]

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Why am I still playing Perfect Pizza?

Jupiter Hadley — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 18:00:28 +0000

A YouTube ad plays on my PC screen – ah wait, it’s a double ad. I stare at the screen, then look at my phone. Almost instinctively, I open Perfect Pizza and make another pie to give to a customer waiting. The game is simple, you make the pizzas, you send them out. There’s not […]

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Property Brother Home Design — I miss American TV

Jupiter Hadley — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:00:47 +0000

I used to watch a lot of Property Brothers back when I was in America, where it featured on HGTV each week. I love the dynamic between the two twins — one a real estate agent, the other a renovator — as they help couples and small families make the house of their dreams within […]

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Dr. Cares – Amy’s Pet Clinic — Become a vet with a rival!

Jupiter Hadley — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:00:09 +0000

Have you ever had someone in your life that is out to challenge everything you seem to do? A rival, following you around forever, trying to beat you down? Well, in the small town of Snuggleford, Amy Cares has a rival with a storied history. Dr. Cares – Amy’s Pet Clinic is a casual-targetted mobile […]

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Metamorphabet spells fun

Jupiter Hadley — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 11:00:24 +0000

When it comes to educational games the gameplay can be as simple as ABC, but rarely are they fun. Metamorphabet feels specifically made to solve that problem. Learning games are often not too engaging or fun, however, Metamorphabet brings joy in poking and moving letters of the alphabet around, bending the letter to become something […]

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WHAT THE GOLF? — Tee time

Jon Biegalski — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:00:55 +0000

Golf is great in theory, but awful in practice — you get obscenely rich people playing on giant waste of space, discussing who knows what in between swings. This is why golf games are great — the same idea with no space used and no rich people. And when normal golf games are not enough […]

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HopBound — A nice friendly game about rabbits

Rob Covell — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:00:21 +0000

Things get brutally tough as you go on, to the point with this being nigh-on a ‘rage game’ — games that tend to lead to players rage quitting due to the difficulty. In Darius Guerrero’s games, there’s often a purpose to this that ties into the plot, so it’s worth persevering to find out what’s going on.

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MasterChef: Dream Plate is like an Instagram game for food

Jupiter Hadley — Thu, 28 May 2020 18:00:51 +0000

I’ve been known to take quite a few food pictures and post them on Instagram in my time, and that’s sort of what MasterChef: Dream Plate reminds me of. It’s a pretty simple concept: instead of cooking up the food you’ll be purchasing it and plating it, then taking a picture. I like cooking games […]

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SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off confusingly starts with pancakes?

Jupiter Hadley — Thu, 14 May 2020 13:00:19 +0000

When I was a child, SpongeBob SquarePants was the cartoon of choice. My first alarm clock sang the F is for Friends song, my toy chest was covered in foam character stickers, I had little toy figurines — I had a lot of Spongebob stuff. When I first started playing with the Playstation, we had […]

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Explore the limits of your sanity in Sunless Sea

Matthew Smail — Tue, 12 May 2020 13:00:15 +0000

Among all the roguelike games that I’ve been hoping to see make an appearance on my Xbox One, Sunless Sea is perhaps right at the top of the list. I love the idea of exploring an expansive sea filled with mystery and danger, and with what I’d heard about the quirky and smart narrative elements, […]

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Hidden Through Time is the tenuously educational Where’s Wally that does just enough

Matthew Smail — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:00:27 +0000

If you’re a fan of Where’s Wally, then you’ve probably been waiting your whole life for a video game that recreates the same fun as the classic book series. Thankfully, Hidden Through Time is here to save the day, and with 26 levels spanning four time periods, you’ll have more than your fill of spotting […]

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The EPIC Card Game might be the MTG replacement you’ve been waiting for

Matthew Smail — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:00:39 +0000

With its roots firmly planted in the same soil as Magic: The Gathering, EPIC Card Game is a 2015 deckbuilding and card battling game that is about to see a full digital relaunch. As someone who first learned to play MTG via the Duels of the Planeswalkers system, I couldn’t wait to try it. As […]

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Sayonara Wild Hearts — The Zodiac Riddles

Rob Covell — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

These worded puzzles hide challenges if you can only figure out what they’re telling you to do. Seeing as they are tied to the achievements and trophies in Xbox and PlayStation releases, solving them is even more appealing. So join me as we fall headlong into head-scratching conundrums and expose the trials that await us.

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Ailment — Shooting my way through a spaceship

Rob Covell — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 19:00:50 +0000

Starting out in a med-bay on your spaceship, the Frontier-16, you quickly realise things are a bit wrong. You’ve been unconscious for three days having been on an expedition team sent to another ship, the Endurance. It seems that there was something on the Endurance that led to something going horribly wrong, as the crew aboard the Frontier-16 are now all trying to kill you.

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Yellow & Yangtze is a punishing strategic masterpiece available both physical and digital

Matthew Smail — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 12:00:42 +0000

Yellow & Yangtze is the semi-sequel to Tigris and Euphrates, with both games featuring a similar design from the now legendary Dr. Reiner Knizia. This later version moves the theme from Mesopotamia to China and publisher Grail Games has not been shy about producing exceptional components. For those who prefer gaming on the go, an […]

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The Artful Escape is a wild musical journey

Bryan Taylor — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:00:05 +0000

In The Artful Escape, by Beethoven & Dinosaur, you play the role of Francis Vendetti, a guitarist looking for a muse to inspire him on the night before his first performance.

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