What’s the least life-threatening way to get a sheep from point A to point B? Flockers is a 2D puzzle-platformer in the grand tradition of Lemmings — sheep spawn at one end of a map, and players must shepherd as …
It’s a bit early to call it in October, but Shadow of Mordor just might be the game of the year. Set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, you play Talion, a ranger killed by the Black …
In a world where so many games are dark, nasty, and profane, sometimes it’s nice to enjoy something brighter for a change. If you’re getting sick of grim and mean-spirited games, a cute little platformer like LittleBigPlanet may just be …
In the world of first-person puzzle games, it is often very difficult not to mention THAT first-person puzzle game (or it’s sequel) as a basis of comparison. TRI: Of Friendship and Madness, however, is one of the few games of …
Shelter is part parable about the cruelty of nature, and part parenting sim. You play a mother badger guiding her cubs across a vast wilderness fraught with danger. You cannot control the cubs, but they waddle alongside you, and it …
Generally, video game spinoffs of TV shows are not very good. Falling Skies is no exception. Falling Skies: The Game is a turn-based tactical shooter where you command members of the 2nd Mass in their fight against Espheni aliens across …
A City Sleeps, the twin stick shooter from Rock Band creator Harmonix, is exactly what it reports to be, you guide Poe through 3 brightly coloured levels, each containing 3 stages including a boss fight. A City Sleeps’ music is …
Schein has already won a half dozen or more awards and rightly so. Playing heavily on a sense of lonely unease and precision platforming Schein challenges the player to unravel the mysteries at the heart of the swamp. Schein takes …
The video game industry is, like fashion, an industry about trends. We’ve had the mascot-3D-platformer craze, the rise and fall of the music game, the saturation of fighting games in the arcades, and we are currently living the “first-person shooters …
Starpoint Gemini 2 certainly doesn’t lack for scope or ambition. It sticks you in a spaceship, sends you out into a massive universe, and encourages you to go do whatever you want. You’re free to spend your time trading between …