HomeFeaturesPetal Runner Petal Runner is a slice-of-life Gameboy Advance style RPG about being a digital pet courierThe ‘pet’ in ‘petal runner’ is a play on ‘pet’ as in ‘pets’ as in ‘cats and such’ The ‘pet’ in ‘petal runner’ is a play on ‘pet’ as in ‘pets’ as in ‘cats and such’ Image credit:Nano Park Studios Image credit:Nano Park Studios Are Tamagotchis a thing now again? I’m getting a sense they might be, but I’ll always associate them with the nineties....

HomeNewsBella Wants Blood Playing Bella Wants Blood is satisfying in the same way pulling clogged hair from a shower drain isI wish I hadn’t touched it but I want to do it again I wish I hadn’t touched it but I want to do it again Image credit:Sonderland Image credit:Sonderland This week, we’re highlighting the best demos you can play duringSteam Next Fest, which starts June 10th. We’re calling thisWishlisted, in partnership with Eurogamer and VG247....

HomeNewsKiller Bean Roguelike shooter Killer Bean brings its mix of Just Cause physics, Matrix gunfights and PS2 energy to early access this summerSolo developer Jeff Lew worked on The Matrix Reloaded - and it shows Solo developer Jeff Lew worked on The Matrix Reloaded - and it shows Image credit:Jeff Lew Image credit:Jeff Lew Killer Bean the game is a third-person shooter roguelike that procedurally generates a whole new campaign - from locations and the enemies and bosses you’ll fight there - each time you play....

HomeNews Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 is coming in 2025, with more details in AugustAs per leaks earlier today As per leaks earlier today Image credit:Firaxis Games Image credit:Firaxis Games The way not-E3 games showcases work is that you open with something attention-getting an unexpected, end with the biggest game of the show, and pack the middling and mundane in the middle.Sid Meier’s Civilization VIIis surely one of the biggest announcements of this year’s (in-progress, as I type this) Summer Game Fest 2024, and yet it was buried in that middle section, as unassuming as Sid himself....

HomeNewsUFO 50 Spelunky creator’s mega-collection of fictional retro games UFO 50 will finally be out this SeptemberFirst revealed back in 2017 First revealed back in 2017 Image credit:Mossmouth Image credit:Mossmouth UFO 50is a collection of fictional retro games designed as if they were made for a non-existent games console 40 years ago, but in reality have been developed as brand new titles for an upcoming collection from indie devs includingSpelunkycreator Derek Yu....

HomeNewsTears Of Metal Tears Of Metal is a normal night out in Scotland with slightly more co-op roguelike stabbingIron Brew Iron Brew Image credit:Paper Cult Image credit:Paper Cult Oh, this one looks nice, doesn’t it?Tears Of Metalis a rousing medieval stabathon that sees you retaking your Scottish island from a bunch of bad lads who’ve decided to come have a go, which was a bit silly of them, honestly. It’s a hack n’ slashco-oproguelike with some nifty looking strategy elements and a striking art style, but you can tell most of that from the trailer below:Tears of Metal - Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTubeThe press release speaketh:Tears Of Metal is a medieval hack’n’slash roguelike in which you’ll fight your way through battles of hundreds of characters alongside trusty companions that will grow in experience....

HomeNewsThe First Descendant The First Descendant brings Warframe style looter shooting this JulyI’m not that GaaSed about it I’m not that GaaSed about it Image credit:Nexon Image credit:Nexon The First Descendant│Official Launch Date Reveal│Summer Game Fest 2024Watch on YouTube The First Descendant│Official Launch Date Reveal│Summer Game Fest 2024 This one’s a four playerco-opjoint, where you’ll team up to shoot dudes, collect loot, shoot more dudes, collect more loot, tweak your loadout, pay a weekly shopping bill’s worth of cash for a fancy shirt probably, collect more loot, then fight a very large boss....

HomeNewsSkate The new Skate resurfaces with a surprise Tim Robinson appearance, snippets of gameplay and plans for a playtest expansionConsole players will be able to join the closed Insider programme later this year Console players will be able to join the closed Insider programme later this year Image credit:EA Image credit:EA Things that weren’t on my Summer Game Fest bingo card: a surprise appearance from I Think You Should Leave’s Tim Robinson....

HomeNewsWanderstop The Stanley Parable co-creator announces a tea-brewing sim that’s secretly not-so-cosyIvy Road’s Wanderstop gets pretty bleak for a shop-keeping sim, but who’s surprised? Ivy Road’s Wanderstop gets pretty bleak for a shop-keeping sim, but who’s surprised? Image credit:Annapurna Interactive Image credit:Annapurna Interactive When the Summer Game Fest trailer for “narrative-centric cosy game"Wanderstopsaid it was from the creator behindThe Stanley Parable, I thought I had surely entered a different dimension where The Stanley Parable was actually a wholesome shop-keeping sim rather than a zig-zagging office-based nightmare....

HomeNewsFishards This game will be deleted from Steam unless players can beat the developers at itHeroic last flop Heroic last flop Image credit:Rivernotch Game Studio Image credit:Rivernotch Game Studio Back in 2020, fresh out of high school and feeling unstoppable, Charles Maddock and a few friends “decided to code a game about Fish Wizards.” The result wasFishards,Magicka-inspired PVP arenaactionthat has you out-squirt, out-splash, and out-spellcast your mates. It’s a charmer, but after two years of dev, release saw it suffer the same sad fate as many multiplayer-only indies....

HomeNewsTides Of Tomorrow We’re finally getting our big budget Kevin Costner’s Waterworld game in Tides Of TomorrowWe’re going to need more than 40 quarters We’re going to need more than 40 quarters Image credit:Digixart Image credit:Digixart Enough moons ago to qualify as quite a lot of moons but not so much for me to categorise them as ‘many’, Alice Beewroteabout an Itch game called Kevin Costner’s Waterworld - a fully playable extrapolation of a Simpsons’ joke from three decades ago....

HomeGuidesElden Ring What level should you be for Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?Here’s the recommended level for Shadow of the Erdtree Here’s the recommended level for Shadow of the Erdtree Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco What recommended level should you be for Elden Ring’s DLC?Elden Ring’s gargantuanShadow Of The ErdtreeDLC makes an already grand game even grander with another 100 hours of playtime and an expansive map designed to put veteran Tarnished to the test....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1084): How to solve the Friday June 7 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for June 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...