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Artwork for Amnesia: The Bunker showing a scene viewed from the protagonist's perspective. His raised gun is visible in the foreground, pointing toward a shadowy creature looming in the centre of the image.

News

Amnesia: The Bunker gets even more terrifying in new update this Halloween

With the tough-as-nails Shell Shocked mode.

Sept. 15, 2023 Matt Wales

5 comments

A work-in-progress screenshot from American Truck Simulator's Arkansas expansion showing a truck pulling into a Taco Kingdom diner at dusk

News

American Truck Simulator is heading to Arkansas

After Kansas and Nebraska.

Sept. 15, 2023 Matt Wales

8 comments

A stark illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing a blond young man, Andrea, sat at a table beneath a pergola, almost a silhouette against the bright summer sun.

Feature

Supporters | Game of the Week: Learning to listen in Mediterranea Inferno

What?

Sept. 15, 2023 Christian Donlan

2 comments

2022 best games Prodeus - an orange and red hued room, firing a mini gun and DOOM-like enemies

Feature

What we've been playing

A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.

Sept. 15, 2023 Robert Purchese

104 comments

Broken Roads party of three exploring an orange-hued post-apocalyptic setting with destroyed buildings and cars

News

Post-apocalypse RPG Broken Roads releases in November on PC and Xbox

Switch and PlayStation versions "coming soon".

Sept. 14, 2023 Liv Ngan

4 comments

Slay the Spire artwork showing an armoured figure looking up at a tall tower wreathed in clouds and flame.

News

Slay the Spire developer pledges to ditch Unity unless controversial charges plan reversed

"We have never made a public statement before. That is how badly you f***ed up."

Sept. 14, 2023 Tom Phillips

42 comments

News

Next batch of PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games leaked, following subscription price hike

UPDATE: New arrivals now confirmed.

Sept. 13, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

73 comments

The character Kaidan from Mass Effect, in an in-game cutscene moment, wiping his brow with the back of his hand.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Worst decisions

Oops, I did it again.

Sept. 13, 2023 Robert Purchese

15 comments

News

Indie developers react to "astonishing scumbag move" of Unity's new install charge

"I f***ing hate it here."

Sept. 13, 2023 Ed Nightingale

38 comments

The sticker creator screen of Sticky Business, showing a sticker of some mushrooms, with a panel to the right with other elements that can be added to the sticker.

Feature

Sticky Business is the best chillout game of the year so far

Etsy for thee.

Sept. 13, 2023 Emad Ahmed

1 comment

An illustration from Mediterranea Inferno showing three naked young men, viewed from the waist up, bathed in a sinister green light as neon pink scissors dance around them. Mida stares out in the middle, golden threads stretching from the fingers of his crossed arms, while Claudio and Andrea stand either side behind him, both wearing blindfolds.

Review

Mediterranea Inferno review - a bruising, intensely stylish post-COVID nightmare

Mirage à trois.

Sept. 11, 2023 Matt Wales

61 comments

Goodbye Volcano High screenshot of two teen dinosaurs sitting back to back on a rooftop, against a bright green aurora

Feature

Supporters | Game of the Week: Maybe it's the energy of games that makes them so good at capturing youthful experiences

Onwards!

Sept. 8, 2023 Christian Donlan

3 comments

Goodbye Volcano High screenshot showing a group of teen dinosaurs gathered round a campfire on the beach, next to an ocean of darkness.

Review

Goodbye Volcano High review - killer tunes soundtrack a teen drama for the ages

Sonic youth.

Sept. 7, 2023 Alexis Ong

57 comments

Artwork for the game Grow Home, depicting the robot Bud running along a huge plant stalk, while a myriad stalks twist in the background behind.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Plants

Auto chlorophyll.

Sept. 6, 2023 Robert Purchese

20 comments

Sea of Stars artwork showing heroes to the right, facing off against various enemies using magical spells

News

Sea of Stars sells 100k copies in one day

UPDATE: Now outsold first year projections.

Sept. 6, 2023 Ed Nightingale

71 comments

September Game Pass: Lies of P, Solar Ash, Starfield

News

Solar Ash joins Starfield and Lies of P on Xbox Game Pass this month

They call it puppet love.

Sept. 5, 2023 Ed Nightingale

27 comments

News

Peter Molyneux says he regrets over-promising his games

"What I should have said in every interview is 'everything I say, take with a pinch of salt'."

Sept. 5, 2023 Liv Ngan

73 comments

Preparing to lay down graffiti in Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Review

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk review - one of gaming's purest joys returns in this almost-sequel

Birthday cake.

Sept. 5, 2023 Christian Donlan

72 comments

News

Here's Hollow Knight as a 3D game

Un-bee-lievable.

Sept. 5, 2023 Ed Nightingale

13 comments

Sea of Stars key art showing a male and female character standing back to back on a mount above a world of forests, rivers and mountains, lit in the blue light of a giant moon in the sky.

News

Sea of Stars developer Sabotage working on DLC

Will link back to The Messenger.

Sept. 5, 2023 Ed Nightingale

11 comments

Promo art for Gunbrella showing a cartoon illustration of its grizzled woodsman hero - sporting a wide-brimmed hat, flowing white scarf, and chaotic beard - angrily glaring at the screen, while a woman holds a young child close to her chest behind him.

News

Devolver's brolly-meets-bullets platform shooter Gunbrella is out this month

On Switch and PC.

Sept. 1, 2023 Matt Wales

11 comments

Artwork showing PowerWash Simulator's Back to the Future add-on.

News

Great Scott! There's a Back to the Future DLC coming to PowerWash Simulator

McFly me to the moon.

Sept. 1, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

22 comments

El Paso, Elsewhere screenshot showing the main character slumped in a chair in the corner of a room lit in deep red light with noir-style shadows through the blinds

Feature

What to Play This September

Our recurring series curating the month ahead.

Sept. 1, 2023 Chris Tapsell

17 comments

Feature

What we've been playing

A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.

Sept. 1, 2023 Robert Purchese

110 comments

Golden Idol Mysteries: The Lemurian Vampire

News

Acclaimed puzzler The Case of the Golden Idol gets second expansion, The Lemurian Vampire

Satire and ice.

Aug. 31, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

6 comments