Fortnite Battle Royale is a PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS inspired game mode for Epic Games’ Fortnite that allows up to 100 players to scavenge, build and fight to be the last one standing in the games giant map.

Currently in Open Beta on PS4, Xbox One and PC, Fortnite Battle Royale is one of the first mainstream games (alongside GTA Online) to ‘borrow’ from PUBG’s … Read More

Warfare Online is a very addictive tug-of-war style real time strategy game from Con Artist Games, the creators of Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944 that allows players to go head to head in trench based warfare with players from around the world.

We first featured Warfare Online during the Beta sign up stage back in November last year and were really looking forward to seeing … Read More

Pirates: Treasure Hunters is a fast paced, objective-focused pirate-themed MOBA in which teams of six face off against each other in arenas with intractable elements such as grapping hooks and retractable bridges, as well as a selection of powerful land and sea based vehicles.

The pirate theme in Pirates: Treasure Hunters is a nice change from the traditional fantasy tropes, and instead of straight team … Read More

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex is a stripped down and focused single player version of Forza Motorsport 6, designed from the ground up to be optimized for Windows 10 – running on DirectX 12 at resolutions of up to 4K at 60fps.

Serving as a showcase to emphasise Microsoft’s new shift of focus to the Windows 10 Store and PC gaming, Forza Motorsport 6: Apex… Read More

Trackmaina Turbo is the latest instalment of Ubisoft’s hugely popular Trackmania franchise, that allows players to easily create, share and race on all manner of outlandish tracks.

Trackmania Turbo offers a completely revamped track building and racing experience, with lush visuals, a campaign mode, double driving (2 players controlling one car), a systemic music score that reacts to the gameplay and four different environments each … Read More

The new Hitman game is holding an Open Beta weekend on PS4 this weekend and is now available to PS Plus users to download and play!

The Beta features two training missions from episode 1. There may be a few issues with enemy AI, but on the whole it’s a great looking game, that promises to be a return to form for Agent 47, offering … Read More

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is the next game to join Ubisoft’s long-running first-person shooter franchise and is set to release on December 1st, 2015 for current generation consoles and PC. Rainbow Six Seige promises to take its multiplayer matches to the next level with intense firefights and level design to meet any strategy-enthusiast’s wildest expectations.

In order to prepare their servers for Rainbow Six … Read More

Hardware: Rivals is fast paced arcade-style vehicular arena combat game for PS4 that’s comparable to Twisted Metal, but with more of a cartoony Mad Max vibe.

It’s a sequel to the lesser known PS2 title, Hardware: Arena Online and looks to offer some bombastic vehicle-based carnage as players charge around the arenas blasting anything that moves.  There’s a wide range of rugged looking vehicles … Read More

Retro Killer: The Contract is an arcade styled, top down shooter inspired by Grand Theft Auto, Hotline Miami, Saints Row and John Wick, about an alcoholic war veteran named Jet, who must kill for money or starve on the streets.

Jet has spent most of his life killing. With a need for bloodshed, he spends his time making trouble at local bars. … Read More

Primitives starts off like many other open world survival games, with you foraging for supplies in the wilderness and trying to survive against the elements and wild animal attacks.  However, the game takes an interesting RTS-style twist when you start to build your camp, as you become the chief of a primitive tribe, managing resources, hunting, building structures and defending against attacks.

As you roam … Read More

Principia is a very impressive mix of Terraria, Minecraft, Little Big Planet where you explore and mine procedurally generated worlds, craft items, create minigames and build some incredibly intricate electrical/mechanical structures – from a pooping elephant to a fully transformable Optimus Prime.

The main adventure mode is similar to Terraria, with you exploring the land, mining, gathering resources, finding cool weaponry, discovering … Read More

Cavern Kings is a highly addictive procedurally generated infinite action platformer with gameplay inspired by Super Crate Box and the increasing difficulty aspects in Risk of Rain.

In Cavern Kings you mine down, level by level, killing as many enemies and collecting as much loot as you can on your way.  Each time you play you’ll collect one random melee weapon and one random long … Read More

Double Action Boogaloo is a very stylish multiplayer shooter with more slow motion duel-wielding diving, flipping, sliding and shooting than in John Woos wildest dreams. It is completely free, and runs on Valve’s Source engine through Steam.

The dev describes the game as like “doing a backflip off some dude’s face, diving through a window, with gold-plated pistols firing in slow motion.  There’s an explosion … Read More

SEGA Brawlers Megamix is an awesome fan made retro side-scrolling beat-em-up that features a roster of about 74 characters from SEGA classics like Sonic, Toejam & Earl, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Guardian Heroes, Comix Zone, Shinobi, Vector Man, Ristar, and other multiplatform games like Earthworm Jim, Battletoads and Splatterhouse.

It’s a wonderful love letter to SEGA’s 16-Bit heyday and a remarkably fun … Read More

Dawngate is a relatively new MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) game developed by Waystone Games and published by EA, taking inspiration from the likes of League of Legends and the well known old-boy, Defence of the Ancients. MOBA’s are becoming increasingly more popular extremely rapidly and this is leading to new developers all wanting a slice of the pie. This game takes the standard … Read More

Space Engine is an impressive space simulation program that lets you explore the universe, from the planet Earth to the most distant galaxies, all in one fluid movement.

The game uses actual astronomical data to recreate areas of the known universe, while distant uncharted regions are generated procedurally.  This means millions of galaxies, trillions of stars, countless planets – all available for exploration. You can … Read More

Death to Spies 3 is a third person stealth game that’s the third instalment of the popular ‘Death to Spies‘ series, taking place in both the World War II and the Cold War era.  You play as a Russian captain named Semyon Strogov (it’s a rather unfortunate first name) who has the necessary skills to accomplish dangerous, almost suicidal missions.

The game feels … Read More

We featured the rather excellent He-Man side scrolling beat-em up a while ago on ABG, but there have been some recent additions that now make this a must play – Lion-O and Skeletor!

Skeletor, She-Ra , Ram-Man , Teela and Lion-O now join the ranks of He-Man, Man at Arms, Sorceress and Orko as playable characters in this awesome four player beat-em-up that pays homage … Read More

In Don’t Shoot Yourself you are your own worst enemy, literally!  It’s a shoot-em-up where the only enemy is yourself – automatically shooting bullets behind you as you move around the enclosed levels.

These bullets will then bounce around the levels continuously until you complete the level or die (which is more probable).  To complete a level you have to fire 100 bullets, which then … Read More

Invertium is a dark sci-fi platformer with physics-based mechanics that immerses you in a world of challenging gravity, motion and time puzzles.

In this beautifully animated puzzle/platformer you have the ability to control gravity, stop time and slow physical forces.  These powers are used to solve a variety of physics based puzzles that require logic and fast reaction speeds.  The ability to alter gravity through … Read More

Reprisal Universe is a wonderful pixel art God sim, created as a homage to Populous and the nostalgia of 16 bit games.  It’s a major upgrade to the popular browser game Reprisal, which you can still get through Desura.

The isometric pixel art style is fantastic, it can make things a little confusing when you’re altering the terrain, but it’s worth it to … Read More

Aerobat is a ridiculously high speed arcade shooter where you dodge incoming enemies and fly as close to the ground as possible to build up speed, then flip up into the sky to take out your enemies.   Boosting longer means more speed, which means more jump height, which means higher combo, which means way more points.

Your ship is controlled through with the mouse only, … Read More

Zenzizenzic is far more than a word that someone made up to cheat at Scrabble, it’s also a skilful Twin-stick shooter full of intricate bullet patterns and a mesmerising minimalistic beauty.  Best played with a 360 control pad, you can play with up to 2 players, weave through intricate bullet patterns, dodge and shoot enemies with a variety of weapons to achieve the best high … Read More

Roche Fusion is a fast paced, hardcore arcade shoot-em-up with snazzy special effects, lots of over the top weaponry, big boss battles and procedurally generated attack waves.

It’s a tough game, that rewards skill and fast reflexes.  Battles take place on a single screen, with enemies swooping in for procedurally generated wave based attacks, making the game feel like Space Invaders on steroids at times.  … Read More

Flick Knights in a cartoon-styled multiplayer game where players flick their team’s characters across the screen, trying to eliminate the opposing team’s base and its members.

Matches in Flick knights can be played live or asynchronously against online opponents and are fast paced, turn based affairs with strategy elements and lots of fun special moves.  You can recruit lots of imaginative and well drawn characters, … Read More

Rubble N Strafe is an addictive side-scrolling arcade helicopter game with some wonderful pixel art and fast paced gameplay inspired by Harrier Attack.

After you’ve chosen your helicopter (Rubble or Strafe), you set forth into a 2D procedurally generated pixellated battlezone, blowing up things to an excellent soundtrack reminiscent of John Carpenter scores.  As in the old classic Chopper (NOT Flapppy bird – this … Read More

PRISM is an old school top down arcade shoot-em-up with one game changing difference – you don’t shoot directly at the enemies, instead you shoot through a prism in the centre of the screen, which then spreads your shot out the other side.  You can choose whether the shots go straight through the prism, or bounce off them like a mirror.  This works well once … Read More

Dead Pixels 2  is a bigger and better follow-up to Dead Pixels, a fun retro side-scrolling action game, with zombies.  The Devs compare Dead Pixels 2 to the Evil Dead 2 – improving upon the flaws of the original Dead Pixels and use an actual budget to make sure the whole thing is polished, not a remake, but not a sequel and superior … Read More

Build and Defend is a top-down/3rd person multiplayer rogue-like sandbox game where you have to find resources, build a fortress, set-up defences and discover technologies to aid your survival against the hordes of enemies.  As you progress, you’ll upgrade your fortress and defences to fight off the increasingly aggressive and powerful waves of enemies, you’ll get some respite during daylight, but when darkness falls they’ll … Read More

Dwarf Tower is a great turn based tactics game where you build, defend and fortify your tower while using spells and weapons to bring down your opponents one.  It’s got a simple, but stylish pixel art aesthetic that offers a pleasingly simple way of building your towers and allows you to focus on the rather addictive gameplay.

A successful tower will consist of 4 main … Read More