Scorch is a clever little first person narrative adventure in which you play a detective who must gather information at a murder scene and then deduce who did it, how they did it and what their motives were.

In Scorch you play a detective who’s on his final warning for his irresponsible behaviour and alcoholism. You may be able to earn some goodwill though if … Read More

Skyworld is a beautiful looking new game coming to HTC Vive and Oculus Rift that allows you watch over its highly intractable fantasy maps and take part in a novel blend of turn-based strategy, management and fast paced real-time warfare.

Skyworld will offer a full story-based single player campaign skirmishes and online cross-platform multiplayer as you take on the role of a king, controlling your … Read More

Splitter Critters is a marvellous free-form puzzler in which you can slice through any section of the game world then slide the two sections along to dramatically alter the layout and help your Lemmings-esque aliens reach their mothership.

Your aim in each level is to guide your rabble of cute little aliens back to their mothership. Different colored aliens have different attributes, but on … Read More

Chaos Reborn is a great looking tactical turn based strategy game from Julian Gollop – an original creator of XCOM and one of the godfathers of turn based strategy.

Part sequel, part re-imagining of the original ZX Spectrum game ‘Chaos‘, Chaos Reborn takes the original formula and builds on it, updating it for the modern day.  It’s a battle between wizards, with each … Read More

The Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be going into Open Beta on PS4 from the 22nd of Feb to the 3rd of March, with a second phase planned for the 4th of April 4 to the 7th of April.

If you want to download the 11GB client before the Beta Test (which we’d recommend), you can add it to your download queue through … Read More

Zombies Monsters Robots (ZMR), is a fantastically over the top looking third-person shooter in which you’ll fight (yup you’ve guessed it) zombies, monsters and robots.  It features a suitably ridiculous Sci-Fi story about humans inventing a cross-dimensional portal that allows a whole army of nasty Zs, Ms & Rs access to our world.  Of course, they’re not just popping over for a cup of … Read More

Stones Of Sorrow is an ultra-violent action-roguelike based on historical cave paintings with cooldown based combat mechanics and buckets of blood (or paint).

The levels in Stones of Sorrow are all procedurally generated, with you having to pay a gatekeeper with gold to get lower into the cave.  You’ll find some of this gold scattered throughout the levels, but you’ll earn most of it through … Read More

WizardWizard is a challenging indie platformer with tight controls and a great soundtrack.  Similar to Super Meat Boy, it’s got short but tricky levels and the ability to restart quickly.  It’s an enjoyable little game with plenty of charm, thanks to the beautifully crafted pixel-art graphics and a nice sense of humour.

With only 25 levels, it’s a short, hard, precision platformer.  Your wizards … Read More

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is beautifully crafted 2D sci-fi point and click adventure inspired by The Secret of Monkey Island, Broken Sword, Day of the Tentacle, but has a more mature theme, similar to I have no mouth and I must Scream or Sanitarium.

It features a classic point and click interface, a mature and dark storyline set in a dystopian sci-fi … Read More

Tri is a first-person 3D platformer set in an East Asian abstract world where your objective is to collect three statues hidden within the level by jumping, sprinting, crouching and using the only tool in your arsenal; that tool is of course, the triangle!  While the concept may sound elementary, Tri is a great brain-teaser where you’re faced with walls to scale up and obstacles … Read More

Crashed Lander is a fun gravity based arcade game, inspired by Lunar Lander and Space Taxi, were you pilot your rather fragile craft through levels as fast as you can, avoiding obstacles and enemies on your way.

Visually the game is impressive, and it’s great fun exploring the levels, uncovering the rich fauna of the alien world you’re stranded on.  Your ship also handles well, … Read More

Spirited Away – The Boiler Room is a fun little tech demo that allows users to step into one of the most iconic scenes in Spirited Away.  Old Kamaji is there, with all 6 of his arms hard at work, as well as lots of little Susuwatari, busy carrying coal to the boiler.  Although you can’t interact with anything, is a great experience just stepping … Read More

Eat Drink Slay is a great little retro hack and slash rpg, designed to be played during short breaks, a coffee break rpg.  It features some wonderful retro visuals, lots of loot, a choice of 5 different character classes, shops, a nice selection of enemies and some nice little touches, like the C64 loading screen.  It’s a fun little game and an excellent use of … Read More

Steel Waves is a fun new naval combat game that sees you commanding a selection of customisable battleships and fighting in 16 Vs 16 online battles.

At the moment it’s a basic, but enjoyable online multiplayer combat game, however the devs have an intention of evolving it into a fully featured MMO, with a choice of 3 factions and a larger selection of gameplay modes.  … Read More

Lift is an impressive new flight sandbox game based on real world physics, where you can build whatever aircraft you like, from a spaceship to a flying whale, and take it for a spin.

The game is still very early in development, so building the aircraft isn’t especially intuitive at the moment and would benefit from an easier to use drag-and-drop style interface.  However, once … Read More

Tales Runner is an interesting looking, fast paced on-foot racing game, featuring online multiplayer, RPG-style quests and tracks based on popular fairy tales.

The game has vibrant, colourful, anime style graphics, fast paced racing, upgrades, lots of customisation options and pets which you can train up and race against friends.

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Beta Sign-ups are now open for Kalypsos’ south american island Dictatorship sim, Tropico 5.  As well as a wealth of improvements to the previous game, such as superior graphics, a longer time period, advanced trading mechanics, technology, scientific research trees and island exploration, Tropico 5 will add cooperative and competitive multiplayer for up to four players for the first time in the series’ history.  The … Read More

Heart & Slash is a fantastic looking fast paced 3d brawler/roguelike inspired by Bayonetta, Mega Man and ADOM.  You control Heart, a malfunctioning robot who’s fighting for its identity against the minions of standardization, you want to be unique, you want to be LOVED.

Heart & Slash is a wonderful game, the levels are short, fast paced, procedurally generated, brutal affairs that really will test … Read More

Super Mega Bob is a beautifully retro platformer/shooter, inspired by Mega Man, The Legend of Zelda, Adventures of Lolo, and Kirby.  Gameplay is fast paced and fun, with beautiful 16-bit style graphics, lots of enemies, big bosses, and awesome upgrades, including assorted hats and costumes.

It’s a wonderful slice of retro action, with vibrant visuals, fun gameplay and lots of character.  Super mega retro fun.… Read More

Kill The Bad Guy is a stylish, mature puzzle game where you are tasked with manipulating the environment in order to kill war criminals, Mafia members, and other assorted miscreants, while making it look like an accident.

Kill The Bad Guy basically gives you the keys to toy box of death and sets you loose in fun sandbox environments.   You can use a variety of … Read More

Sky Battles is a fun arcade-style dogfighting game with nice looking visuals, fun gameplay and online multiplayer.  The single player campaign looks pretty spectacular, pitting you against massive lumbering enemies, while the multiplayer is great for a quick fix of aerial combat.  Sky Battles is in development for iOS and Android, but you can play the multi-player Alpha in a Unity supported Browser now.

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Chroma is an interesting new music based FPS from Harmonix, creators of Rock Band, Amplitude, Dance Central and the upcoming Fantasia: Music Evolved.

Harmonix claim that you can play the game as a straight-up shooter, but If you understand the shape of the song, you can play the game better.  Knowing the song you’re playing along to lets you understand what’s going to happen as … Read More

Blockscape is a true next generation voxel based sandbox game where you can mine, build, craft and shape the world as you see fit.  The mining and building tools available are very intuitive, and offer a variety of different shapes and sizes, not just the standard Minecraft sized block.

It’s currently in Open Beta stage 1, which just involves the building/crafting and exploring of your … Read More

To the Death is a very stylish side scrolling hack n slash shooter in development for PS4, PS Vita, PC, Mac & Linux, made by former Call Of Duty and God Of War Devs.

The finished game will allow you to switch between 2 great warriors who killed each other, but have a vendetta so deep it continues after death.  You’ll be able to upgrade … Read More

Radical Heroes is a great looking 2.5D side-scrolling beat-em-up, reminiscent of classics like Double Dragon and River City Ransom.

It looks fantastic thanks to the 2D retro Sprites in a 3Dish (slightly-less-retro-but-still-pretty-damn-retro) world.  It also features Oculus Rift support, but be warned, the mixture of 2D, 2.5D and 3D may make your eyes implode.

The fighting is fairly basic but great fun, with extreme close-up … Read More

Lugdunon is a charming retro 2d multiplayer RPG/sandbox game that is reminiscent of the 16 bit console era that allows players to make the game their own.

The game features PvE and PvP combat, crafting, trading, character leveling and customisation options.  The most impressive feature however, is the ability of designated players to become ‘Game Masters’.  This allows players to create new crafting recipies, add … Read More

Blue Saga is a new pirate themed MMORPG with gorgeous retro 2D graphics that’s inspired by Dark Souls, Pokemon and the One Piece anime.  It’s a great game, with a huge world to explore, by land or by sea, some interesting characters, and a wide variety of monsters to battle in real-time.

It’s a great game with lots of character, it’s a bit like the … Read More

KeeperRL is a Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress inspired dungeon simulator with roguelike mechanics, where you play as a Sauron-like character, searching for ultimate knowledge of destruction.

It’s a great game with charming retro visuals, deep gameplay mechanics, procedurally generated worlds, and even a story based adventure mode.  The dungeon building is excellent and reminiscent of Dungeon Keeper, there’s a real sense of progress as … Read More

First Person Flappy Bird is exactly what the title suggests.  You take control of your flappy bird and guide it through gaps in Mario-esque pipes in glorious 3D.  There are a couple of fundamental differences though, at the moment the pipe layout isn’t randomly generated and game is ridiculously hard, with the dev himself only managing a high-score of 4 (ours was 3).

While we’d … Read More

Standpoint is a first-person puzzle-platformer, where you can manipulate the orientation of your surroundings to allow you to traverse levels.  It’s an inventive mechanic, when combined with the striking visual style and accompanying narrator, it comes across as a great mixture of VVVVVV and Portal.

Standpoint is shaping up to be an enjoyable and intelligent first person puzzler, the Beta Demo includes the prologue for … Read More