The Outlast Trials is a co-op focused survival horror game from Montreal studio Red Barrels who, despite some pedigree working in the industry previously, have a softography that, so far, only includes this game and the two previous Outlast titles. Set in a Cold War-era experimental facility, The Outlast Trials, exists in the same […]

The Outlast Trials – PS5 Review


Highwater by Demagog Studio is a prequel to both 2021’s Golf Club: Wasteland and The Cub from earlier this year. This writer reviewed The Cub and found it intriguing but ultimately a little frustrating. So, it was with an initial sense of ‘here we go again’ when we first started […]

Highwater – PS5 Review


King Arthur: A Knight’s Tale is an RPG with turn-based combat and with it’s mostly top-down viewpoint is very in keeping with the rest of the software catalogue of Hungarian developers NeocoreGames given that they made all those Van Helsing games and Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor.  They’re known for combining a solid story […]

King Arthur: A Knight’s Tale – PS5 Review



It’s been really nice seeing the explosion of retro re-releases hitting the market. I spent a lot of time as a kid playing older games and, now with the benefit of hindsight, it’s been interesting to revisit them. I’m not convinced many of the CPC games I used to play […]

Top Racer Collection – PS5 Review


I guess zombies place in media and popular culture is never going to disappear. I’ll be honest, I don’t think there’s much left to do with them that hasn’t already been thought of. Welcome to Paradize is the latest from EKO Software. It’s a survival game based around society’s failure […]

Welcome to Paradize – PS5 Review


Inkulinati from Warsaw-based dev Yaza Games and publisher Daedalic is probably best described as a medieval take on a puzzle strategy game. Or as Yaza would say, “where a rabbit’s bum can be deadlier than a dog’s sword.” While not strictly true in the case of gameplay, it’s an amusing […]

Inkulinati – PS5 Review



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Dead End City is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up by Dublin-based dev Thomas Schreiber otherwise known as Pixel Licker LLC and has been published by the ever-prolific eastasiasoft.  However, unlike the usual military/space settings that these games tend to use, this game has a post-apocalyptic Mad Max vibe to it […]

Dead End City – PS5 Review


I am a terrible gardener. I’ve got a real habit of neglecting plants in my backyard. Gardening is simply something other people do and I just don’t have the time to devote to creating life. Gaming has me covered, though. There’s no shortage of farming or garden growing simulators. The […]

Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator – PS5 Review


Geometry Survivor is an auto-shooter from London-based coders Brain Seal and its name really tells you know what their intentions with this game was.  Essentially it’s the latest Vampire Survivors style auto-shooting rogue-lite game to hit PSN and it borrows its aesthetic pretty heavily from Bizarre Creations’ wonderful Geometry Wars series.  That is to […]

Geometry Survivor – PS5 Review



Promenade, on the face of it, is a cutesy platformer. Just like you should never judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover, don’t assume Promenade is a game aimed at the younger player. Yes, it’s all pastel shades and fluffy pillow forts, but in fact it shares many traits with Metroidvania-type […]

Promenade – PS5 Review


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Brotato is an auto-shooting ‘survivors’ game from French coding soloist Thomas Gervraud, otherwise known as Blobfish.  Debuting on Steam in late 2022, the game caught the wave of popularity that Vampire Survivors brought to the genre but while it shares some common DNA with it, Brotato has a style and gameplay loop […]

Brotato – PS5 Review


A Little to the Left is an organising/puzzler from Canadian coding crew, Max Inferno, and it has been floating around on Steam since November 2022 but is now making its way over to consoles for a reasonable £12 with some day one DLC, Cupboards & Drawers, setting you back another fiver if […]

A Little to the Left – PS5 Review