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PS4
As for The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker (please, PLEASE pick a shorted title for your next game!) it’s a moderately diverting few hours once you push past the initial few hours of undirected play and moderate belly-butto...
Switch
With only a small number of these titles on the platform this is a good introduction to the new wave of interactive stories on offer. Yet it highlights many of the issues with the medium as well.
Xbox1
A game about upgrading vehicles over time becomes a metaphor for itself, as The Crew 2 on release feels like it carries unfulfilled potential. GamesFiends take a look.
PS4
Sometimes you beat the game, and sometimes the game beats you. GamesFiends get worn down by Rainbow Skies' quantity over quality.
PS4
Multiple seasons of weather happening all at once... it could be any day in the UK this year, or it could be season-swapping platformer Fox n Forests. Games Fiends takes a look.
EGX
When I was in primary school, one of my friends had a wooden train set and I was jealous. Partly it was just about them being trains, partly the appreciation you understand more getting older of how nice wood is to work with. I...
EGX
Triple-jumping over a river of lava as masses of bullets fly past you, dropping towards a robotic turret with both guns blazing – a machine gun/flame thrower/rocket launcher affair in the right hand, blade shooter/shotgun/beam ...
EGX
Deflection Dimension is actually quite a simple idea for a game, and might have been overshadowed on the show floor at Rezzed where some indie titles are now beginning to look as big and polished as games from big studios. But ...
EGX
If gaming has ever taught us one thing, it is that death is an inconvenience rather than a conclusion. So it appears for our protagonist in Flipping Death, whose realisation that she might be dead (the whole “being transp...
EGX
A mass of proto-matter drops from the sky, climbs inside a decapitated corpse, and walks away; the first person it meets isn’t surprised in the least. A hands-on session with Dead Cells appears to pose nothing except ques...
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Features
Crayola Art With Edge (Family Fiends) Review
Everyone loves coloring – it’s relaxing, and oh so satisfying to watch the colors saturate the images, turning harsh black and white into whatever colorscape you envision. While the new fads in adult coloring have started...
Previews
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls – for the old nostalgic?
This makes me feel old. The burst of nostalgia for flick-scrolling dungeon exploration, with random enemy encounters, map drawn as you go… and amplified with the name of the Wizardry series attached. The (re) announcement...
Playstation 4
Gunlord X (PS4) review
An unashamed homage to a 90s game is reviewed by an unashamed product of 90s gaming culture.
Xbox One
Velocity G (Xbox One) review
Vehicle-to-vehicle weaponry wasn't covered in the driver's test as we remember it. Games Fiends looks at future racing game Velocity G to see what else has changed.
PC
Streets of Rage 4 (PC) Review
A revitalised love letter to the genre and a cracking entry into the beloved franchise. A few niggles aside this looks, sounds and plays amazing.
Mobile
Where Angels Cry: Tears of the Fallen (iOs) Review
“Stop an obsessed inquisitor’s reign of terror in this riveting sequel to Where Angels Cry!”
Books
D&D Monsters and Heroes of the Realms (Coloring Book) Review
Fans of the Forgotten Realms have a new way to enjoy their obsession: a volume filled with intricate designs, blood chilling monsters, and valiant heroes for hours of coloring enjoyment.
Movies
Arrival (movie) review
Arrival is simply a majestic, beautifully created piece of cinema that is steeped in melancholy yet flows with a real elegance.
Hardware
Holiday Fiends: A Complete Gift Guide
From those hard to buy for family members to the fun to shop for techies, we have something for everyone on your list – young and old.
PS Vita
MegaTagmension Neptunia: Blanc and Neptune v. Zombies (PS Vita) Review
The CPUs of Gamindustri have been enjoying high school life as students of Gamicademi – at least until their classmates start turning into zombies. Whilst everyone bands together to fight the undead menace, Blanc and Neptune le...
Family Fiends
Crayola Art With Edge (Family Fiends) Review
Everyone loves coloring – it’s relaxing, and oh so satisfying to watch the colors saturate the images, turning harsh black and white into whatever colorscape you envision. While the new fads in adult coloring have started...
