Some games explain everything within the first few minutes, making sure you understand the controls, the mechanics and exactly where you're supposed to go. Then there's Ayasa: Shadows of Silence, which seems perfectly happy to leave you wandering around wondering what on earth is happening. Developed around exploration, environmental puzzles and silent storytelling, this side-scrolling…
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What’s the time? PLAYTIME! Well, that depends on who you ask. If you're one of the Smiling Critters, playtime apparently means running around, collecting random objects, and delivering them to Barry the cart. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it? Then again, when has anything involving Playtime Co. ever been straightforward? This is the same company…
Imagine turning up late for work, getting a telling-off from your boss and then finding yourself trapped underground in a broken-down mining machine. Suddenly, being late doesn't seem like the worst part of your day, does it?
Developed and published by Snail Bite, GRINDWORM is an upcoming indie psychological survival horror game that puts players…
Some games are so memorable that they convince you to buy an entire console just to experience them. For me, that game was Gears of War. Cast your mind back to 2006, long before Epic Games became best known for Fortnite, when the original game made its debut on the Xbox 360. I still remember…
There's nothing quite like returning to Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, a place where the cheerful music, colourful decorations and familiar animatronics are supposed to provide families with an unforgettable experience, although probably not for the reasons advertised in the brochure. After all, we're talking about an establishment with a rather questionable history, where birthday parties have…
Few franchises have left quite the same mark on zombie entertainment as The Walking Dead. Created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore as a comic book series in 2003, the franchise eventually found worldwide success through AMC's television adaptation in 2010. Across 11 seasons, audiences followed Rick Grimes and his fellow survivors as they navigated…
Escape From Playtime is an upcoming co-op survival horror game set deep within the abandoned halls of the Playtime Co. factory, placing players in control of the unsettling Smiling Critters first introduced in Poppy Playtime: Chapter 3.
Rather than exploring the factory from the perspective of a human, players will experience Playtime Co. through the much…
Extraction games have quickly become one of the go-to genres when you’re playing with a squad. We’ve had ARC Raiders, where you’re constantly wondering whether the other raiders you meet are actually friendly or just waiting for the right moment to stab you in the back. Then there’s R.E.P.O., where teamwork is everything as you…
Horror has always been one of the most effective genres in gaming when it comes to creating fear, tension and uncertainty. It can make us question what we have seen, force us to second-guess every sound around us and, at its best, leave an impression long after the credits have rolled. Over the years, we…
When you think about developers that know how to tell an incredibly good story, Remedy Entertainment is definitely one that comes to mind. You had the dark neo-noir streets of New York in Max Payne, one of my personal favourites, to the strange and mysterious world of Control, Remedy has always had a way of…
Get ready to experience an average job like no other that hides a lot of secrets in the dark. Order 13 is not just any job; it’s a job that may just cost you your life!
