If, like me, you don’t necessarily have the time to replay earlier games in a series before a highly anticipated sequel comes out to rediscover the story, searching around for a more time-friendly and easily digestible recap of the narrative is often preferable. With that in mind and with Alan...

Arguably one of the most anticipated superhero video game titles ever, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 arrives not only with great fanfare but also standing atop the lofty shoulders of its two fantastic predecessors, Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Bigger and more ambitious...

One of the most promising Soulslike titles to come along in a good while, Lords of the Fallen looks set to not only bring Epic’s Unreal Engine 5 kicking and screaming into the genre, but also seeks to innovate in a number of unique ways to satisfy veterans and bring newcomers into the Soulslike...

GTFO is a hardcore 4 player co-op FPS game where players descend into a brutal underground facility in a desperate fight for survival. Released on the 10th of December, 2021, GTFO has received a ton of updates making it bigger, better, and more deadly.  Are you brave enough to enter the...

The best stealth games are the ones that let you live out your sneaky dreams, and probably save scum your way to victory. Carefully plotting and planning the perfect route is something that Assassin’s Creed games sometimes let you do, but the indie stealth scene is a lot more varied. We’ve got...

The best first-person shooters aren’t always the ones that you’ve heard of. There are loads of lists out there with games filled to the brim with games like Call of Duty and Battlefield, but you already know all of those. So, what if we took a look at the more indie side of things and listed...

The roguelike field is overflowing with truly excellent games, so it can be hard to stand out. Well, what if you played as a frog that stood on top of a giant mech with a sword? That’s the core premise of Shoulders of Giants, and even if that’s all the game did right, we’d be tempted to talk...

Puzzle games come in a lot of forms. There are things like match-3 puzzles, mazes, word puzzles, and more. Some of the best puzzle games are the ones that play with your expectations though, and Superliminal won’t just play with them; it’ll ruin them forever with its unusual blend of...

Orx is a roguelike tower defence game where, instead of just building towers, you build up a whole city in each level. Each level has you placing cards down to change the way your city evolves; sometimes those will be roads that will help you generate money, sometimes they’ll be a military camp...

The best indie games coming in September are going to gently ease you into the Autumnal months and into a warm embrace. Summer is setting now, if you actually had one this year, and sure, it’s unseasonably warm basically everywhere in the world right now, but why worry about that when you could...

With 1980s movie tie-in wizards Teyon bringing everybody’s favourite tin-plated copper back for the forthcoming RoboCop: Rogue City, now seems as good a time as any to take a look back at how the law enforcing cyborg has fared in video games up until now. From the arcades to home computers and...

Celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, Hunt: Showdown sees in the start of its next half-decade looking more formidable than ever it has. Enjoying an all-time peak of concurrent players as recently as June 2023, Crytek’s PvPvE first-person shooter continues to go from strength to strength,...