Preview: Gestalt: Steam & Cinder – PS4
As the opening notes of Gestalt: Steam & Cinders sweeping, grandiose score welcomed me to its steampunk-inspired world, I felt an odd sense of nostalgia....
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Review: SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated – PS4
Since his TV debut in the late 90s, SpongeBob SquarePants has remained an enduring and endearing character, soaking up royalties from movies, merchandise, and dozens...
Pure Opinion: Sony is Spearheading Representation in Gaming
Sony’s recent PS5 reveal event left me with a lot to think about and discuss. While the pacey presentation delivered a range of games from...
Review: Those Who Remain – PS4
Good horror is hard to find. For every P.T. or Resident Evil, there are a dozen well-intentioned yet ultimately ill-fated imitators. While Those Who Remain...
Review: Coffee Crisis – PS4
Coffee Crisis is thoroughly retro. So much so that developer Mega Cat Studios has even released the game on Sega Genesis and Mega Drive. While...
Review: Maneater – PS4
For a game in which you can tear a baby seal in half before guzzling its gizzards and transform a human into a crippled sack...
Review: The Inner Friend – PS4
Surrealist dreamscapes have become familiar territory for games in recent years. Whether finely crafted or clumsily cobbled together, they almost always offer something worth appreciating,...
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Revealed In Debut Cinematic Trailer Following Yesterday’s Announcement Livestream
After yesterday’s livestream event which confirmed the setting and title of the next Assassin’s Creed game, Ubisoft has today shared the debut cinematic trailer for...
Review: Deliver Us The Moon – PS4
Good sci-fi centres around human stories. Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. This juxtaposition between the familiar and fantastical is what makes the genre so enticing,...
Preview: Holmgang: Memories of the Forgotten
Creating a distinct yet relatable fictional world seems like a difficult and daunting task. Crafting one that blends sci-fi, fantasy, mythology and history all while...
Review: A Room Where Art Conceals – PS4/PSVR
The concept behind A Room Where Art Conceals is an enticing one; a unique VR experience that promises to immerse you in art history. While...
Sony Reveals The PlayStation 5’s DualSense Controller
After last month’s rather anticlimactic Mark Cerny-led deep dive event PlayStation fans have been left wanting for more news on the PS5. While we’re yet...
Review: Biped – PS4
Biped is finicky fun. Best experienced in co-op, NExT Studios’ latest often captures the absurd, bumbling playfulness of games like Gang Beasts and Octodad, testing...
Review: Paper Beast – PS4/PSVR
Paper Beast is a unique experience, a surreal journey through a beautiful, bizarre and often deeply unsettling dreamscape. This latest experiment from avant-garde game designer...
Review: Operencia: The Stolen Sun – PS4
Emerging at the height of Dungeons & Dragon’s popularity, pioneering first-person dungeon-crawlers of the 80s like Wizardry and Might and Magic sought to capture the...
Review: Freedom Finger – PS4
As the inaugural hum of feedback grows and launches into the fuzz-laden first riff of Red Fang’s “Prehistoric Dog”, a fleet of enemy ships erupt...
Review: Dead or School – PS4
If there’s one thing Japan loves more than hyper-sexualised school girls it’s hyper-sexualised school girls massacring grotesque monsters with a massive katana. This gratuitousness is...
Pure PlayStation Plays: Week 200
We’ve been sharing our plays with you for 200 weeks! WOOOOOOO! Unfortunately, that is all the joy we can muster in these troubled times. While...
Pure PlayStation Plays: Week 198
While Britain’s seemingly endless torrential rain has encouraged me to go full Old Testament with my hair and beard and finally get to work on...
Review: Bloodroots – PS4
Blood erupts from an enemy’s neck in a sudden spout of scarlet as an impatient ‘GO!’ flashes on screen urging me hurriedly onward. In my...