Category: Gaming

Slipways was the best demo in the Steam Games Festival
Slipways is a grand strategy game boiled down to such basic principles that it feels like a puzzle game. It was the best game I played during the Steam Game Festival. The problem is that …

The Architect: Paris is a different kind of citybuilder
Most citybuilders cast you as a god-like city planner, laying down road networks and zoning districts upon an unblemished paradise. The Architect: Paris is different in a couple of key ways. For one, it takes …

Beat Saber, the best VR game, has sold 4 million copies
Is this a story I’m writing as another excuse to say, “VR gaming is doing fine, actually”, or is it a story I’m writing as another excuse to say, “Beat Saber is the best VR …

The best free demos from the winter Steam Game Festival
Steam has blessed us once again with the paralysing terror of having too much choice. Like an a Friday night “what d’you wanna watch on Netflix? Like, a comedy or…?” of indecision, but lasting an …

Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood is out now
We’ve still a while to wait for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, but we can now take a trip into another corner of the World Of Darkness. Today brings the launch of Werewolf: The …

Total War: Warhammer 3 announced, adding Kislev, Cathay, and Chaos
The hordes of Chaos will finally hit the battlefield this year with Total War: Warhammer 3, announced today by Creative Assembly and Sega. Along with the four main flavours of Chaos (Khorne, Nurgle, Slaanesh, and …

Apex Legends Season 8 introduces explosives expert Fuse today
Apex Legends Season 8 seems like a Michael Bay film waiting to happen, because it introduces Fuse, a new playable character with an affinity for explosives. He arrives today alongside a new gun, the 30-30 …