Review by Matt S. Worms is a very good game for this time of year, when there are going to be all kinds of multiplayer events going on with family and friends, and the Nintendo Switch is a good console for it, too. Team 17’s venerable series’ first outing on…
Read MorePreview by Jim S. I love games like Rune Factory and Stardew Valley, and perhaps that’s why I am really enjoying My Time At Portia. Even at this early stage it has a similar sense of simple, bright, pleasant charm. After creating a character, you learn that you have inherited…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The classical city building simulator is an approach to game design that I’m quite convinced will never die. Decades down the track there will still be developers making games that are, simply, about building a balance of different types of buildings and structures that can handle…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Overcooked is Team 17’s latest attempt to prove that as a publisher it has a lot more to offer to the world that one iteration of Worms after the last. Developed by Ghost Town Games, Overcooked is a fairly simple time management game, but it gets…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Yooka-Laylee is a real darling of Kickstarter. Promising a spiritual sequel to the Banjo-Kazooie series, Yooka-Laylee raised a huge amount of money over Kickstarter, and picked up the interest of a publisher to boot, with Team 17 snapping it up. With E3 just around the corner,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s incredible to think that the Worms franchise is 21 now. I distinctly remember playing the original game at a mate’s house on his original model PlayStation, and having a hell of a time with it. In fact, I’ve stuck with Worms over the years. I’ve…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. Ever wonder what it would be like for you and your family to survive a post-apocalyptic world in an underground shelter? In Sheltered, you do just that. Related reading: This plays a little like a premium version of Bethesda’s Free-to-Play Fallout Shelter. Lindsay’s review of that…
Read MoreBeyond Eyes is right up our alley here: it’s a game heavily reliant on visuals to create the story, and in quite a literal sense. I was the lucky one to review it on Xbox One, and not only did I give it five stars but I would have given…
Read MoreNo, that isn’t a typo. This is really happening. And that really is the title. Team17, the indie game publisher behind The Escapists, is partnering with Skybound Entertainment to bring us The Escapists The Walking Dead. The game will combine the Team17 hit with the world of The Walking Dead…
Read MoreAh, that difficult old beast that is comedy. One of the challenges in building a comedic game is that no one has the same sense of humour, and what is funny to one person (or group of people) is not necessarily funny to another. Worse, if a comedy isn’t funny,…
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