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Rob’s Top 5 Games of 2025

Rob Covell — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 12:00:59 +0000

I’ve played far fewer new releases this year than in previous ones, which I think is mostly down to putting more time into bigger games rather than more, quicker offerings. As ever though, this is purely based on games I’ve played, so if you feel Hades 2 is missing, that’s because I haven’t got around to it yet. I will though.

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Legendary Hoplite and Achilles: Survivor compete for your ancient affections

Matthew Smail — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:00:22 +0000

Ancient Greece has always been fertile ground for video games — gods, monsters, epic battles, and tragic heroes practically beg to be pixelated. But while most titles lean into sweeping narratives or open-world exploration, Achilles: Survivor and Legendary Hoplite take a different approach. These are games about standing your ground — One lone warrior against […]

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Space Marine 2 – All Siege’d Up

Dan Gillett — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:00:11 +0000

I quite like Warhammer. I quite like video games. Naturally, when Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was announced, my head almost exploded from the sheer hype and anticipation (Yes, I was, and still am a grown man). This was back in 2021, with the game landing in September of last year. Spoiler alert: It was, […]

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Cozy Builder Showdown – Which is the best fantasy citybuilder for relaxing with?

Matthew Smail — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:00:07 +0000

Who doesn’t love a cozy citybuilder? These are the kind of games that let you zoom out, take a breath, and slowly shape a world of your own. On Xbox Series X, three recent entries into the genre — The Wandering Village, Kingdoms and Castles, and Islanders: New Shores — each offer their own take […]

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Pokemon GO Road Trip – A Brief Interview With Jack Wilcock

Liam Freeman — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:00:39 +0000

The Pokémon Go Road Trip has started and is slowly making its way across England, into Europe over these following weeks. We had a great opportunity to Interview Jack Wilcock, Head of EMEA Marketing at Pokémon GO while at the Manchester event, and got to ask all about the new event format. We found Jack […]

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Pokémon GO Manchester Road Trip – Big Bus, Big Crowds

Liam Freeman — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:00:53 +0000

At time of writing, the Pokémon GO Road Trip has begun its journey, starting off with its very first stop in Manchester, UK with new Pokéstops, field research, raids and a few in person events/rewards as well as getting to see the big bus itself. A few members of the B3 team, and friends, travelled […]

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Hi-Fi Rush – Keeping the Beat Two Years On

Rhys Davis — Thu, 29 May 2025 13:00:11 +0000

Just as you become familiar with one mechanic, it offers you the next one with a subtle cough and a thrash of a power chord.

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Rob’s Top 5 Games of 2024

Rob Covell — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:00:40 +0000

Roll out the red carpet, ignore the vomit by Ms. Croft, and make sure to compliment Kratos’ outfit. It’s time for the awards!

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Five classic Point and Click Adventure remakes you can play on Xbox One right now

Matthew Smail — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:00:53 +0000

Once the most popular genre and then long-forgotten as audiences focussed more on action, the humble point-and-click adventure has had something of a resurgence in recent years… But with so many options to choose from, why would you want to pick up a remake from a forgotten era? And if you did, where would you […]

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Become an adorable cat in A Day with Mochi

Jupiter Hadley — Tue, 07 May 2024 13:00:55 +0000

Oh, to be a cat out in the world! In A Day with Mochi, you get to do exactly that — play as a young cat who is currently living on a tropical island. There are tons of local cats here that just wander around doing whatever they want to do. You can join them […]

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A Squirrel Must Have Buried It is a charming combination game

Jupiter Hadley — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:00:41 +0000

A Squirrel Must Have Buried It is a charming combination game where you have to combine various nature-themed objects that could have been possibly buried for future use – who knows. In A Squirrel Must Have Buried It, you start off with eight different items on the bottom of the screen. The atmosphere feels like […]

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Are Pokemon EUIC events worth attending if you don’t PVP?

Jupiter Hadley — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 11:00:09 +0000

I am not someone who likes battling other people, in any sense of any game. It’s just not my thing. However I am a Pokemon fan, so I wanted to attend Pokemon EUIC in London, although every year I wonder if it’s worth attending. Pokemon EUIC is smaller than Pokemon Worlds, which happened last year. […]

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Shoryu Ramen x Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Set Menu – Delicious

Jupiter Hadley — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:00:58 +0000

I am such a big fan of food, and as someone who enjoys video games as well, getting themed ramen sounds like a fantastic idea! Shoryu has previously done collabs with Final Fantasy and their ramen, which I have enjoyed. Much like last time, I am not a huge Final Fantasy fan, but I am […]

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RATIFACT is a strange, unsettling puzzle game

Jupiter Hadley — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:00:31 +0000

RATIFACT is a puzzle game where you are working in a factory trying to make rat toys for other… rats, maybe?! Sort of like making doll kits, except these different rats are very much alive, until they aren’t, and you need to do a lot of set up to create a doll out of them. […]

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A Horror Game A Year for the Last Decade – Ten years of terror

Rob Covell — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:00:25 +0000

Regardless, here you will find a horror game a year for the past decade, along with the occasional honourable mention. You’ll find fewer major releases here, as I’m much keener to shine my torch on something you may have missed, forgotten, or never even heard of.

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Rob’s Top 5 Games of 2023

Rob Covell — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 14:00:49 +0000

Yes, folks, we’re back! Thank you for being patient whilst we dealt with that unpleasantness just now. We told Lara to lay off the scotch. Multiple times. We’d like to apologise to Kratos and assure him that we’ll cover his medical bills...

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KartRider: Drift is everything you want from a racing game

Jupiter Hadley — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 13:00:19 +0000

There are tons and tons of different racing games on the market. Some rely on being super realistic, some rely on the types of cars or characters featured in the game, and others are doing something new and different. KartRider: Drift is a racing game that stands on its own, through being polished, well-made, and […]

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John M’s Top Games of 2022 and One They Wish They Loved Less

John Mulcahey — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 14:00:20 +0000

2022 eh. Bit of a mixed year, but I dare say a modest improvement over the last few. Music and movies absolutely crushed it this year, so many quality releases for all tastes. Even the pandemic decided to take a smaller role in the year’s theatre of BS. So, what about the games? Pretty good […]

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The Last Hero of Nostalgaia – Beginner’s Tips

Rob Covell — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 12:00:37 +0000

What doesn’t keep you guessing so much is the gameplay itself, which handles in pretty much the same way as its inspiration. Light and heavy attacks, parries, dodge rolls, and stamina bars do exactly what you expect. There are a few things that can catch you out early on, so here are a few tips for those starting out in this bizarre, self-aware world of death, dodging, and dodging death.

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Spirit Solstice is about the different ways people find their way through the dark

Dann Sullivan — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:00:30 +0000

Originally released last year, for the 2021 PICO-8 Advent Calendar, Spirit Solstice is a celebration of the PICO-8 engine as much as it’s a peaceful, path-finding wander through a starry night. Before we start, it’s worth noting that in the time since it first launched Spirit Solstice developer, Jusiv, has added an extra area to […]

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Pinecone Dreaming is a peek into a peaceful, community life

Dann Sullivan — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:00:36 +0000

I don’t know about you, but modern life feels incredibly fast-paced and hectic; it’s hard to switch off or to think of a life that’s any different that the one that we’re currently stuck in. Pinecone Dreaming is a short Bitsy game, essentially a piece of micro-fiction that’s just detailed enough to set your mind […]

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Game Dev Diaries: Entry 4 – End of the Road

Matt Fuller — Wed, 18 May 2022 16:17:37 +0000

Game Dev Diaries is a series of articles and videos that follows a cohort of young game design students as they embark on their final projects. With interviews, insights, and interesting viewpoints, these articles aim to showcase these talented game designers and give you a peek into what it’s like to learn and become an […]

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Game Dev Diaries: Entry 3 – Getting to Know Our Devs

Matt Fuller — Sat, 14 May 2022 09:57:46 +0000

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Mechajammer The Refracted Update signals that its time to head back to Calitana

Dann Sullivan — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:00:18 +0000

Let's talk about Mechajammer again, specifically let's talk about it now that it's had its big v1.1 Refracted update.

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The Best FMV Games

Rob Covell — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 13:00:53 +0000

The likes of Phantasmagoria, The 11th Hour, and Night Trap weren’t really all that great, and were more of an experiment now that developers had all this capacity on new-fangled CD-ROMs. So they’d fill them up with video and build a game around them, which was certainly ambitious, and whilst some may disagree, they frequently weren’t very good. In recent years though, the use of FMV in video games has improved vastly, thanks to quicker load times, significantly higher resolutions, and actual budgets to hire actual actors.

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Game Dev Diaries: Entry 2 — Make it, break it, test it, break it again.

Matt Fuller — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:00:15 +0000

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Game Dev Diaries: Entry 1 — So, what you making?

Matt Fuller — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 19:00:04 +0000

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10 Of The Best Games From The Bundle For Ukraine

Jupiter Hadley — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:21:53 +0000

Due to the ongoing political situation happening in Ukraine right now, a bunch of game developers publishes and indies have come together to create an amazing bundle of wonderful games. The proceeds from the bundle go on to the International Medical Corps, which provides medical assistance in Ukraine, as well as Voices of Children, a […]

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The Best Turn-Based RPGs for Nintendo Switch of 2021

Big Boss Battle Team — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 12:00:47 +0000

This guest article, on the Best Turn-Based RPGs for Nintendo Switch, was submitted by Marcello Cacace of Turn Based Lovers. Turn-based games have been a staple of Nintendo consoles since the beginning. Fire Emblem got its start on the NES and has been going strong ever since. The SNES and Game Boy Advance ushered in […]

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Rob’s Top 5 Games of 2021

Rob Covell — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:00:03 +0000

2021 has been another wild year, with the world still mostly on fire and everything being terrible. But you know what hasn’t been terrible? Some of the games I’ve managed to play during the last 12 months. Whilst I haven’t played as much in my previous years due to the sheer scale of some of my choices — thank you very much Yakuza: Like A Dragon — I have got through some genuinely enjoyable ones. So here we are, with my five favourite games of the year!

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John’s Top 5 Games That Made Another Hellish Year More Acceptable

John Mulcahey — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:00:34 +0000

Does Alan Wake Remastered count? Maybe not. If it does, it’s that. >So… 2021 huh. Let’s leave it at that for a yearly recap. We all know it sucked. Will next year be better… I’m not willing to tempt fate. At least, as ever, media existed — and god, what a year for music and […]

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20 non-violent multiplayer games that aren’t sports-related!

Jupiter Hadley — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 14:00:32 +0000

Play some games with your friends.

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Best Free to Play, Browser-Based Retro Games on Piepacker

Jupiter Hadley — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 12:00:52 +0000

Retro games always bring a lot of nostalgia gushing back, especially if you have memories of playing them with your family and friends as a small child. With so many retro games from the past in memory, it can often be hard to find good emulators or ways to properly play the games you may […]

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Urban Strife could be the best turn-based, squad-based strategy game for years

Dann Sullivan — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:00:04 +0000

Society has broken apart into gangs and pockets of survivors. Urban Strife starts you off freshly rescued from a near-fatal crash and challenges you to save an ailing, failing community of elderly survivors from the wandering undead and the scheming factions of a Southern US backwater town. Zombies in games have almost become a joke […]

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Second Opinion: Why The Forgotten City is the best game of 2021

Matthew Smail — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:00:38 +0000

What will you do with yourself today? This is a question asked mainly by parents when intending to load their teenage children with tasks around the house, or by a spouse who senses that their partner looks dangerously close to having a lie in. It’s a question I also ask myself whenever I have some […]

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Balance training and spinning to bring glory to Flaustria in surreal strategy title Astronaut: The Best

Dann Sullivan — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:00:45 +0000

Lead the Flaustrian Space Race, carefully monitoring and managing your astronaut’s stats, appeasing the five high priests, spinning the wheels of propaganda in your favour and all while trying to meet deadlines. Astronaut: The Best is a chaotic, entertaining, choice-driven management game almost overstuffed with enough options and events to keep things varied and fresh. […]

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How Hollow Knight’s difficulty tells a story

Punished Roy — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:00:04 +0000

Difficulty is a constant source of contention in gaming. Some want easier access to the content of a game, others want an exhilarating challenge. However, the structure of many games and their narratives suggest that the experience cannot exist without the challenge. Today, we will look at one of indie gaming’s darlings, Hollow Knight to […]

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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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Incarnation is a roguelite where your character becomes progressively weaker

Dann Sullivan — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:00:40 +0000

When you hurt yourself the pain lingers, you age, things freeze up, bits don’t work like they used to; things start falling off or falling out. Who’d want to be mortal? Well, at least one angel has a serious case of FOMO, and Incarnation is all about the tricky journey from immortal being to squishy, […]

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Engagement, ADHD, and Gaming

Punished Roy — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:00:13 +0000

Video games are an interactive audio-visual medium that can conveys stories or experiences in a way few other forms of media can. The methods used by games to convey themselves are as varied as the genres they cover. This diversity allows gaming to cater to everyone, even those with neuro-divergencies. Here’s my experience with ADHD […]

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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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Song of Farca is a near-future narrative hacking game full of character

Dann Sullivan — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:00:10 +0000

At the moment humanity is at an industrial peak; for better or worse, technology is racing forward faster than it can be regulated, and humanity is still, in many ways, dealing with issues from generations ago. In Song of Farca you take on the role of a hacker private eye, toeing the moral line between […]

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Quantum League makes you your own best teammate

Bryan Taylor — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:10:52 +0000

Quantum League is an FPS where timing matters more than your aim. This arena shooter gives players a chance to work with their past and future selves in order to take down opponents and score big.

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Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition — I didn’t even learn math.

Jupiter Hadley — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:00:31 +0000

To be completely honest, I have never played Frog Fractions before, because why would I have? I hate fractions. I am not a big fan of frogs, why would I want to play a math game. As it turns out, Frog Fractions has some bad branding, as you don’t actually learn anything from this game! […]

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Pill Baby Hands On — Exploring a new town

Jupiter Hadley — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:00:46 +0000

As a part of my IGF judging, I got to take on an early demo of Pill Baby — a story-based action game about an immigrant who has just moved cities to take on a new, and somewhat average job. As a new person to this world, you seem to not know much of the […]

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Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends’ Kickstarter is a heartfelt tribute to the comic

Bryan Taylor — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:00:52 +0000

Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends takes the magic of the comic and turns it into a fun-filled platformer packed to the brim with wonderment and awe. Exploring Slumberland as Nemo and friends certainly seems like a dream come true!

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Art and Soul — Cyberpunk 2077

Bryan Taylor — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:00:42 +0000

Cyberpunk 2077 delivers an awe-inspiring showcase of a semi-believable future filled with the grunge of holographic advertisements and the gritty realism of greed rendered into a tangible form.

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Jupiter’s Top 5 Games of 2020

Jupiter Hadley — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:00:26 +0000

2020 was a year where I did not play as many video games as previous years. It was a year of staying home, a year of lots of work, and a year of lots of spending time on the couch not thinking about much. Despite being a strange year for everyone, there are a lot […]

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Hira’s Top 5 Games of 2020

Hira — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:00:23 +0000

Even within such an eventful year, one can still see the brightest of lights shining through — here are my top 5 video game picks for 2020!

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Dann’s Top 5 Games Of 2020

Dann Sullivan — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:00:01 +0000

Hello hello. Blimey, 2020 has been about as far from a barrel of monkeys as it could be — I’m positively thrilled to put this calendar to bed and hopefully, with it, all of the junk that’s been snowballing over the last five years. Anyway, phew, nothing quite like kicking back and playing a game […]

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