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14Mar

By Mark HudsonNo Comments

Previews & Early Access

SteamWorld Build – PC Preview

SteamWorld Build is a steampunk city builder, the first city builder game in the SteamWorld series. In order to escape a dying planet, build your mining town and dig to find vital long-lost technology. Developed by Thunderful Development and published by Thunderful Publishing, SteamWorld Build is coming soon to PC and console. Join me as I check out the early demo. And So The Story Begins "In SteamWorld Build, you must escape a dying planet by building a mining town to dig up vital long-lost technology. Meet the ever-growing needs of your citizens, trade resources and defend your mine from the creatures that lurk below." We play as Jack and Alice Clutchsprocket - a grandpa and granddaughter duo who act as the managers for our town. Under the ever-watchful eye of Gunn-Britt Gildenwire,...

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake – PS4 Review

14Mar

By JasonNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake – PS4 Review

Bouncing recently onto console and PC comes SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake. Developed by Vienna-based Purple Lamp (Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated) along with publishers THQ Nordic, your favourite and sometimes annoying yellow sponge is back for a new adventure. Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea? After blowing "magical" bubbles from an innocent-looking bottle of soap that had been purchased from a mermaid fortune teller, SpongeBob, along with his faithful companion Patrick, find out that they are in fact mermaid tears belonging to King Neptune. Cue craziness as buildings and characters are sucked into a portal. Can SpongeBob get all of his friends back and restore Bikini Bottom back to normal? Gameplay SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is a single-player 3...

Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator – PC Review

6Mar

By MikeNo Comments

PC Reviews

Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator – PC Review

From developer Cyanide Studio (Styx: Master of Shadows) and publisher Nacon (Steel Rising) is Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator. Much like the title suggests, Chef Life is a third-person management sim like Two Point Campus. Out of the frying pan and into the fire, you begin with all the responsibilities of the manager and head chef of a new restaurant. Thanks to your partner Kassim and several other NPCs hopefully you rise and earn that first Michelin star. Chef Life is available now on PC as well as Switch, Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Can you stand the heat in Chef Life or should you get out of the kitchen? Gordon Ramsay, I am not but I had a very good time playing Chef Life. I only wish actual cooking was as easy. I'd love to hear what you think of the game so comment below. G...

27Feb

By Mark HudsonNo Comments

Previews & Early Access

Goblins of Elderstone – PC Preview

Built using Unreal Engine 4 by Lost Goblin and Outerdawn Limited, Goblins of Elderstone is a city-building strategy game with a chaotic twist. Though it was released all the way back in January 2018, the game is still in early access. Shape The Future Of Your Goblins As the game is still in early access, this means the game still contains bugs, unbalanced mechanics and occasionally strange behaviour. With a modest 6/10 average score review on Steam, let's take a look and see what the devs have been up to for the last few years. Getting Started At it's core, Goblins of Elderstone is a city-building strategy game where you shape the future of your Goblins. Using your cunning, wits and smarts you must decide what your goals, morals and limitations are. We begin our journey with a backstor...

26Jan

By Mark HudsonNo Comments

Previews & Early Access

Forest Ranger Simulator – PC Preview

Forest Ranger Simulator is a brand new Kickstarter game all about saving nature. Currently under development by FreeMind Games - a Polish development team, release is planned for Q2 2023. So far the title has raised £2,582 of it's £7,550 goal, with 179 backers and 20 days to go. Check it out here; Forest Ranger Simulator Kickstarter. Stats as of 22nd Jan 2023, subject to change Gameplay Forest Ranger Simulator is a first person, exploration sim game about managing a forest. Play as a ranger, manage resources, pick up trash and tend to the environment in this relaxing and thought provoking experience. Played from the first person perspective, players control a pretty basic camera setup. A lack of character body animations means interacting with objects works similar to the old Oblivion...

24Jan

By Oliver RevoltaNo Comments

Switch Reviews

Lil Gator Game – Switch Review

Every now and again a game is released that I completely underestimate at first glance. I’m not sure if it’s down to some residual peer pressure in my head. Sometimes, in my imagination, I have the critical eyes of certain friends looming over my shoulder when I start up a game. So if the game is a little too colourful and happy-looking then my own fickle decision-making weakens and prostrates itself to my friends’ illusionary judgement. I looked at the pictures and announcement video of Lil Gator Game and thought on some level that it wasn’t necessarily for me. I wanted something a little less whimsical. But I was wrong. It’s difficult to realise without playing it, but Lil Gator Game is a triumph. It’s one of those games with a universal appeal—like Donut County, or Katamari Damacy. And,...

14Jan

By Vinno2 Comments

Switch Reviews

Escape String – Nintendo Switch Review

From Italy-based developer BumbleBee and US/Thailand-based publisher 7 Raven Studios, today we’ll be taking a look at Escape String, which is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and the Nintendo Switch. We’ll be covering the Nintendo Switch version, which comes in at £6.29/$6.99 with a download size of 324 MB. Sometimes to go forward, you need to go back Set in an undefined time and place, Escape String is a single-player 2D puzzle game, with a twist. The premise is simple enough, you have to help our little mechanical chum traverse his way through 40 levels. Except you don’t control the robot, not really. Gameplay You start each level at the left-hand side of a room. As previously mentioned, you don’t have actual control of the robot. Instead, you have to input a ...

11Jan

By Tony CNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

My Fantastic Ranch – PS5 Review

Playing video games can have many positive impacts for kids. Hand to eye coordination, problem solving, decision making, reading are but a few of the skills that benefit from a healthy dose of gaming. My Fantastic Ranch is an easy to play management simulation game that you can play with younger kids as an introduction to games. Fantastical Ranching Developed by Piece of Cake Studios, a team based in Paris, the game is available on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. Played here on PS5 the game has a 1.17GB install size. Gameplay My Fantastic Ranch is set in a fantastical world you design and develop a ranch where you adopt Unicorns and Dragons, train and care for them. To advance your ranch you can offer lessons for paying students to earn some ca...

4Jan

By DanNo Comments

Switch Reviews

Kirby’s Dream Buffet – Switch Review

Brought to you by Nintendo, developed by HAL Laboratory, and available On the Nintendo Switch. Kirby’s Dream Buffet is recommended for Ages 3+. Gamers will remember and associate Kirby with previous games such as Kirby and The Forgotten Land. We're on a strawberry roll now... Kirby is taking on fall guys! Kirby’s Dream Buffet is a 2D platform game exclusively available for the Nintendo Switch and is rather controversially associated with Mediatonic’s Fall guys – a multiplayer game with a similar goal. Controversially where ‘Fall guys’ offers the ability to play with 60 online players, Kirby currently offers several different modes enabling the game to be played solo (with AI bots) against a friend locally on an additional switch or up to four others online. Gameplay The game has no fix...

20Dec

By JasonNo Comments

PC Reviews

Cities: Skylines World Tour – PC Review

Ever wanted to add a bit more character to your Cities: Skylines world? Well thanks to the Cities Skylines World Tour DLC you can do just that. With 4 themed DLC packs now dropped across all platforms, what do they entail and how will they enhance your experience? Around the World in 80 Days! I'm excited to bring a bit of culture and pizazz into my ageing cities. It's time to play my Willy Fogg theme tune and go around the world! Gameplay Cities: Skylines is incredible, let's face it. While I grew up with Sim City back in the day, Skylines is to me the ultimate evolution, showing off how graphics, sound and gameplay have now expanded into futuristic realms thanks to technological advancements. The latest Cities Skylines World Tour DLC features a number of content packs that draw...