Lightyear Frontier, the adorable, first-person farming game that delegates all that manual labour to a hulking mech, just showed off some exclusive gameplay footage during the Future Games Show at Gamescom Powered by Mana. The footage, which comes with commentary from developer Frame Break, focuses on the early stages of the game. As you work …
Read More »Disney Dreamlight Valley Early Access launches in two weeks and I am not prepared
You should start making preparations for Disney Dreamlight Valley to ruin your life. After countless years spent relatively disappointed by the quality of 3D life-sim adventures on home console platforms, I’ve learned to temper my expectations. Whether that’s because of convoluted control systems, finicky user interfaces, patchy performance standards, or …
Read More »Goat Simulator 3 hands-on: breathing new life into gamings funniest experiment
I’m playing Goat Simulator 3 at Gamescom 2022 and I can’t help but wonder how we got here. How did Coffee Stain Studios even table the original idea for this, let’s say, unorthodox series? What about taking Garry’s Mod-style ragdoll physics? Uh-huh. And throwing them into a game that’s pretty …
Read More »Lightyear Frontier is a promising alternative to Stardew Valley
Take a deep breath – you’ve earned it. Stardew Valley is owed a lot of credit for the way it quietly renovated the peaceful farming adventure beyond the confines of Harvest Moon, and Lightyear Frontier feels like a natural expansion of those core ideals. It’s you, up to three friends, …
Read More »Destroy cities and find romance in this Kaiju dating sim
A new dating sim that sees giant city-destroying monsters find love has got a September release date. Upcoming indie Kaichu – The Kaiju Dating Sim launches on September 7, developer Squiddershins confirms. Like your regular dating sim, this game aims to meet eligible singles and form relationships with them. The …
Read More »Steams latest breakout hit is medieval city builder Farthest Frontier
Farthest Frontier hit Steam earlier this week, and it’s quickly broken out as one of the platform’s most popular city-building games. You’re in control of a group of settlers building a village on the, er, farthest frontier of the known world. Your villagers will have to collect raw materials to …
Read More »Two Point Campus review: “Fantastic but not without its frustrations”
There’s nothing like a case of pumpkin head to make the students at one of my Two Point Campus schools start feeling a little blue – or should that be orange? But sadness, fatigue, bad grades, meteor showers, and a missing bookcase certainly aren’t helping. I’ll admit, I’m struggling to …
Read More »The Sims 4 will start letting you pick your Sims sexual preferences this month
The Sims 4’s next update adds sexual orientation options to make the game even more inclusive, EA has announced. The folks at EA and Maxis have been charting a long road toward a more inclusive Sims experience, with May’s customizable pronoun update being the latest positive change, and the option …
Read More »30 best PC games to play right now
It’s hot outside, there are plenty of game sales on – what better time to catch up on some of the best PC games of all time? Our list of the 30 best PC games has something for everyone, whether it’s indie games or bombastic AAA blockbusters. If it’s something …
Read More »New PC games: All the upcoming PC games for 2022 and beyond
It’s about to be an busy few months if you’re looking for some new PC games. With the big early summer shows out of the way, there’s a glut of new PC games on the way, with everyone from the biggest studios to tiny indie teams fighting to get their …
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