HomeNewsLittle Nightmares II Little Nightmares 2 is coming in February, looking nightmarishHow perfectly unpleasant How perfectly unpleasant The horribly squidgy world of tiny tots and giant cannibals will call us back forLittle Nightmares 2on the 11th of February, 2021, Bandai Namco announced today. The first game was wonderfully unpleasant and yup, the puzzle-platforming horror sequel looks it too. We’ll be playing as a new wee kid this time, with our old littl’un tagging along to help us with yet more oversized terrors....

HomeGuidesMortal Shell Mortal Shell: How to fast travelSkip the mist Skip the mist Getting aroundMortal Shell’s map isn’t easy. The world is often veiled in mist, forks in the road add to the confusion, and many paths look identical - plus, there’s no minimap to rely upon.Thankfully there’s a way to teleport between all the Sister Genessas - she acts as a checkpoint if you’re new to the game - scattered around the world....

HomePodcasts Podcast episode 107: the Dad Games specialDad not lest ye be dad’d Dad not lest ye be dad’d This week the podcast truly is the daddy of all podcasts, as we decide to talk all things dad in games. This of course means we must first establish what a dad game is. Are we talking about games that dads will like, or games about dads? And what is the crossover between the two?...

HomeNewsSam & Max Hit The Road Sam & Max return with a virtual reality caper next yearJoin the force. Join the force. Fuzzy freelance coppers-for-hire Sam & Max are back from their ten-year hiatus. They’re getting a new game, see - and for this case, you’ll need a big plastic headset strapped to your noggin. Announced during tonight’s Gamescom festivities,Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtualwill let you join the duo as a nameless third wheel sometime next year....

HomeNews Star Wars: Squadrons trailer gives a wee peek at the story campaignPew pew! Pew pew! A new trailer forStar Wars: Squadronsis coming in hotter than a tauntaun’s guts, fresh out of Gamescom Opening Night Live. It shows more of the story campaign, which’ll have us playing on flying for both the Empire and New Republic, seeing two sides of a weird time in Star Wars history. That ‘weird time’ being before shortly after Palpatine died but a good few years before they discovered actually he was fine and his clones were sewing their wild oats across the galaxy and… welp....

HomeNews Steam introducing optional chat filters for profanity and slursGet the f*** in Get the f*** in Valve plan to add optional profanity filters to Steam Chat, and it’ll also be able to filter language in games which use Steam’s own chat system. If you want to block effing, jeffing, and slurs, you’ll be able to fiddle with a load of settings and filters to add and remove words and otherwise fine-tune your chat civility....

HomeNewsTell Me Why The first episode of Dontnod’s Tell Me Why is out nowAin’t nothing but a heartache. Ain’t nothing but a heartache. Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Lonely towns, supernatural kids and pine-filled forests at the top of America? Why, it could only be another episodic narrative from Dontnod Entertainment, couldn’t it? The first episode of moody magical adventureTell Me Whyarrives today, following the Ronan twins as they untangle a murky childhood mystery deep in the heart of Alaska....

HomeNews The Sims 4 is getting a Star Wars Game Pack feat. lightsabers and Kylo RenYes, and little robot friends Yes, and little robot friends The newest game pack forThe Sims 4has been officially revealed atGamescom Opening Night Live, and it is the Star War.The Sims 4 Star Wars (TM): Journey To Batuuis coming out on September 8th, just over a week from today, and will allow your Sims to just, like, go to a Star Wars planet and see the Millennium Falcon and everything....

HomeNews12 Minutes Time loop game 12 Minutes features Willem Dafoe, Daisy Ridley, and James McAvoyA great voice cast! A great voice cast! Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube The press release I have wants me to tell you that you’ll recognise Daisy Ridley from the new Star Wars films, James McAvoy from films like Split and the new X-Men, and Willem Dafoe from The Lighthouse and The Florida Project. But truthfully, I know the best way to get you to recognise Willem Dafoe is to say he was the Green Goblin in the 2002 Spider-Man movie....

HomeReviewsWasteland 3 Wasteland 3 reviewRemember jokes? Remember jokes? Let’s start with that tale. You’re playing as a couple of Desert Rangers, heroes of Arizona who have mushed North seeking foreign aid from the iron fist leader of Colorado, a man with a big hammer who calls himself The Patriarch. Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube From there you embark on missions for the myriad eyeballing factions of this frozen state, adding troops and helpers to your makeshift headquarters in an old Air Force base....

HomeFeatures Everything you need to know about VR before you startThe future Jamiroquai foretold The future Jamiroquai foretold Ever since I squeezed my face into David Braben’s Rift hole (humblebrag), I’ve been a VR convert. I’ve moved house three times since then, and each time I’ve managed to tether up some sort of VR system, from the pokiest of rooms to my reasonably spacious home office. That last one is not a humblebrag, as I’m far too humble to do two in one paragraph....

HomeFeatures Have You Played… Don’t Give Up: A Cynical Tale?It is very very good It is very very good Don’t Give Up: A Cynical Taleis 80p on Steam,andhas a free demo, so even if you haven’t played it there’s really no excuse. I meant to write about it when it came out in September last year, but something happened where too many of us were on holiday or off sick, and I regret only telling you about it now because it isexcellent....

HomeNews Whack your mates with all kinds of 17th century blades Indie studio Kubold are making a sword duelling game namedHellish Quart, and it looks to have some excellent ragdoll and sword-whacking physics. The lead developer, Jakub Kisiel, was animator and motion capture actor for The Witcher 3, and he’s bringing those skills to his own game which will feature proper motion-captured fencing techniques. It’s not just fencingHellish Quarthas to offer though, you’ll be able to duel your pals with all sorts of 17th century blades....