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Miniatures At a Glance… Genre: Puzzle, Anthology Age Rating: PEGI 3 Multiplayer: No Accessibility: 8 languages, single difficulty, touch screen controls Available On: Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, Mobile Developer: Other Tales Interactive Publisher: Other Tales Interactive Release Date: November 14th, 2024 The Pitch: This solo-play adventure game offers four...

Nikoderiko: The Magical World At a Glance… Genre: Platformer  Target Audience: Everyone, families Multiplayer: Local co-op, up to 2 players Accessibility: 9 languages, subtitles, 2 difficulty options Available On: Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, PC Developer: VEA Games Publisher: Knight’s Peak Release Date: October 15th, 2024 After...

Ben reviews the PS5 version of Cryptmaster, taken from our latest recording of Tanked UP, ep422. Code provided by Akupara Games...

In this top-down paper-folding puzzler, take on the role of Paige Turner, who has the supernatural ability to bend the spatial dimension of her 2D world around her. Story In Paper Trail, Paige Turner (get it? She can turn pages!) has been accepted into university but her parents don’t...

If you didn’t grow up with a PS2 or a GameCube and want to know what games were like back in the early 2000s, look no further than Astor: Blade of the Monolith. I don’t think it was an intentional design decision by developer C2 Games Studio – it...

Set in Italy post COVID-19, Mediterranea Inferno is a psychedelic visual novel about three Gen Z’s readjusting to reality after the pandemic. Before the viral outbreak, our three protagonists were known as the Sun Guys (which sounds so much more poetic in Italian) and were revered by their peers...

Lords of Exile is an homage to linear 8-bit Action Platformers and within the first 20 minutes, I knew I hated it. As a callback to classic NES games, it features all the archaic physics and controls that I had hoped we had abandoned by now. Lords of Exile...

Froggie – A Retro Platformer does exactly what it says on the cartridge, so to speak. It’s a 2-bit Platformer where the titular Froggie hops, wall climbs and slides through 100 levels. Story Froggie – A Retro Platformer has no story but if I had to make one up...

I love a good Metroidvania; it’s probably my favourite genre. There’s something extraordinarily satisfying about improving my character’s arsenal of skills over time, eventually granting them access to areas previously teased but tantalisingly inaccessible the first time I saw them. And in equal measure, I dislike turn-based strategy games....