Author: Tom Wilson
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Netflix to Offer Video Games as a Part of its Subscription Service
According to a Bloomberg report, Netflix is proposing to offer video games as a part of its monthly subscription service, and for no extra cost. Netflix, the incredibly popular streaming platform, has apparently begun looking into adding video games to its platform. According to the Bloomberg report, Mike Verdu has joined Netflix as the vice…
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Spider-Man Star Teased Major Spider-Man 2 News
Spider-Man: Miles Morales actor, Nadji Jeter, potentially teased that the next instalment in the Spider-Man video game franchise has started production. Way back in 2018, Insomniac released Marvel’s Spider-Man to much critical acclaim. It garnered rave reviews across the board, scoring an 8.7/10 from IGN, 87% on Metacritic and a 4/5 from Eurogamer. In 2019 it…
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Social Survival Game, Dread Hunger, Leaves Early Access Later This Year
Developed by Dread Hunger Team and published by Digital Confectioners, Dread Hunger, the multiplayer roleplaying game of survival and betrayal, will leave early access this fall. Dread Hunger is best described as a social survival title all about betrayal. It released onto Steam early access back in April. Since then it has amassed an impressive…
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Boomerang X: Occasionally Challenging, Always Innovating – PC Review
I never had a boomerang growing up. Like the diabolo, which was surprisingly as popular as the fidget spinner at one point, the boomerang remained a tantilising mystery I would never get my hands on. The idea of flinging it in one direction only for it to whizz back toward me seemed mesmerisingly mythical. Sadly,…
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Black Skylands: An Adventure Like No Other – Early Access Preview
When I think of games that have successfully captured the spirit of adventure, I can only pick out a handful of titles. Games like Skyrim, The Banner Saga Trilogy and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 are stand-out titles in my eye when it comes to perfectly capturing the essence of adventuring. In order to truly encapsulate that…
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Video Games And Disappointment: Are Our Expectations Too High?
As a child, I experienced disappointment on a regular basis. Promises of ice cream were squandered in favour of fruit after my parents ridiculously decided to prioritise health over fun. Toys I had dreamed of getting for Christmas ended up not being as fun as I’d hoped. One would hope that as we get older,…
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The Best Shooters With Offline Bots
*This guide will be updated whenever any new titles are discovered or released When I was younger we didn’t have Wi-Fi. All we had, up until I was sixteen, was an ethernet cable the size of a floppy piece of spaghetti. Unfortunately, our “gaming computer”, a ten-tonne white brick that sat in my bedroom on…
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Mythic Ocean: Transcendent Oceanic Journey Is Amazing – Switch Review
When I was younger, I resented holidaying. It sounds privileged, I know, but there was something discombobulating about leaving everything behind to go somewhere so distantly removed. Shortly after I turned 10, I went on holiday feeling out of sorts. I had begun feeling depressed, I was starting secondary school and potentially losing my friends.…
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Epic Singleplayer Adventure, Omno, Is Coming To PC & Console This July
Solo developer Jonas Manke and indie publisher Future Friends have finally announced the release date of the “sweeping single-player adventure”, Omno. Omno, the debut project for solo developer Jonas Manke (Studio Inkyfox), launched a very successful Kickstarter campaign way back when. It was announced during the ID@Xbox event back in March that the game would…
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Studio Ghibli Inspired Platformer, Out Of Line, Launches On Switch Today
Developer Nerd Monkeys and publisher Hatinh Interactive have launched their Studio Ghibli inspired puzzle platformer, Out of Line, onto the Nintendo Switch today. The award-winning hand-drawn puzzle platformer that launched on PC back in June, has finally come to the Nintendo Switch. Out of Line released to rave reviews over on Steam, garnering a whopping…
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Twin-Stick Zelda-Like, Trigger Witch, Coming To Console Later This Month
Published worldwide by Eastasiasoft Limited and developed by Rainbite, Trigger Witch, the top-down action-adventure title, has finally received a release date. Trigger Witch feels like late-night Nintendo. The game’s rather humourous trailer, which you can view here, showcases a lush and vibrant fantasy world not too dissimilar to that of The Legend of Zelda. Only…
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Stylish Yakuza Beat ‘Em Up, Fading Afternoon, Announced For PC
Indie developer Yeo has announced his latest title, a stylish Yakuza beat ’em up titled Fading Afternoon, with an announcement trailer and Steam store page. Yeo, the creator of Fading Afternoon, is the iconic developer of the philosophical masterpiece The friends of Ringo Ishikawa and the frantically fantastic shoot ’em up Arrest of a Stone…