ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS | GAME REVIEW
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS | GAME REVIEW Animal Crossing: New Horizons may be exactly what the world needs right now. Although that may seem a little hyperbolic, couldn’t we all …
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS | GAME REVIEW Animal Crossing: New Horizons may be exactly what the world needs right now. Although that may seem a little hyperbolic, couldn’t we all …
Fight off the boredom with these five board game recommendations, from John-Paul Davies and Ben Woolhead You’ve Got Crabs (Exploding Kittens) This is a new one for us. A one-joke card game, with …
The joy that sticks? Oliver R. Moore Howells takes a trip down memory lane at Cardiff’s new hotspot for fans of all things gaming. It’s the weekend, and with Friday …
SEMBLANCE **** Nyamakop (PC) Semblance doesn’t break any traditional narrative conventions. Its premise is simple – the gooey world you inhabit has been frozen solid, and your job is to fix …
Semblance **** Developer: Nyamakop Games Price: It’s an interesting concept, to grow up surrounded by fiction, hearing words in a specific context and then mirroring the usage – without any …
THE INFECTIOUS MADNESS OF DR DEKKER Nintendo Switch (Wales Interactive) Following on from their previous titles, The Bunker and Late Shift, Bridgend-based firm Wales Interactive changes things up by putting you …
BOARD GAMING CAFÉ COMING TO CARDIFF Opening just a stone’s throw away from Cardiff Castle, the Bristol-based Chance & Counters will expand to Wales this summer. With a massive collection …
Games RAGING JUSTICE ** All major platforms (MakingGames) Raging Justice is a callback to the mid-90s when, for a brief time, digitised brawlers took over from the pixel style. …
ASSASSIN’S CREED ROGUE REMASTERED *** Xbox One / 360 In 2014, the first version of Assassin’s Creed: Rogue was released as an upgrade from the original game. I had somewhat low …
KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE **** Warhorse Studios, PS4 / XBOX 1 / PC RPGs have become somewhat predictable over the years: you’re the extraordinary hero in a fantasy world full of …
PAPERS, PLEASE **** Lucas Pope, PC Indie developer Lucas Pope’s dystopian border control puzzle thriller is a lot more fun than it sounds. You play a border force officer responsible …
SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY ***** Nintendo, Nintendo Switch For a game that encourages exploration, Super Mario Odyssey sure is infuriating. Some parts will drive you mad whilst others will make you punch …
MORROWIND ***** Bethesda, PC Games like Morrowind are rare, and since its release 15 years ago, it’s captivated the hearts of RPG fans with its otherworldly surreal universe. The many overhauls, …
METROID: SAMUS RETURNS **** Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS More of a reimagining than a remake of the 1991 classic Metroid II: Return of Samus, Metroid: Samus Returns feels like a classic Metroid game, …
BAFTA CYMRU AWARDS 2017 | REPORT SUN 8 OCT As the 26th annual BAFTA Cymru awards that took place in St David’s Hall in Cardiff on Sunday 8th October, programmes …
STARCRAFT REMASTERED **** Blizzard, PC This title needs little explanation: it’s essentially just the remastered version of the 1998 classic RTS. While the look has been updated, they’ve been careful …
Head of 360, AR and VR at Orchard Media and Events Group, Glenn Hapgood, speaks with Luke Owain Boult about the possible implications of the technology. How did you first …
PRUNE **** Polyculture, iOS, Android While playing taxing games can be great fun and hugely rewarding, sometimes you just want to unwind and enjoy a game for its beauty and …
RIME *** Tequila Works, PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One On the surface, Rime is absolutely stunning, decorated with astonishing Wind Waker-esque animation and a beautiful score by David García Díaz. Its …
KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM ***** Squad, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Wii U This space flight sim has famously received support from NASA and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, and gets the player …
At the end of last year, Bridgend-based games developers Dojo Arcade released their debut game Creature Battle Lab, a colourful and addictive game for iOS and Android devices. Imagine Robot …
HORIZON ZERO DAWN ***** Guerilla Games, PS4 Guerilla Games (Dutch developer of the PlayStation exclusive FPS franchise Killzone) are back with a new IP that feels fresh, looks phenomenal and plays …
Games development is a burgeoning industry in Wales, with around 30 companies in South Wales alone and the Wales Games Development Show – which last year took place in the …
SEMISPHERES *** Vivid Helix, PS4 Meditative indie puzzler Semispheres utilises minimalist art, audio and mechanics in smart, unique ways to produce a strangely compelling, chilled experience. Using both sticks, players manoeuvre …