May 5, 2017

Format: PC (version played), Xbox One, PS4 Unleashed: Out now in PC Early Access, Q3 2017 on consoles Publisher: Angry Mob Games Developer: Angry Mob Games Players: 1-8 (current build is 1-4) Site: http://www.brawlout.com/ Game code provided by PR So Brawlout is pretty darn good. It’s not Smash Bros for sure, but it’s got a lot of the same feel...

Aug 9, 2016

Game code provided by PR When We Happy Few was announced with its provocative, intriguing trailer, gamers’ imaginations were enthralled. With an undeniable hint of Bioshock and 1984, the game’s debut displayed Compulsion Games’ retro-futuristic vision of a world rife with government-sanctioned self-deception. With the game’s recent Early Access release,...

Jul 26, 2016

Never mind game preview; given the state of the world today, We Happy Few feels more like a reality preview. Especially for us Brits, as the game is set in an alternate timeline of sixties England. Our unelected right-wing prime minister appears to have seized power through weeks, if not months, of quiet scheming. Sort of like Hitler, but within a much shorter...

Jan 7, 2016

Game code provided by the publisher At just one penny shy of twenty eight quid, Ark: Survival Evolved is pretty expensive for a game that’s not even finished yet (and remember, this early access thing is still a relatively new concept to console gamers, if you don’t count Bethesda games). How does the unfinishedness manifest itself here? The frame...

Aug 13, 2015

Game code provided by Developer Wave of Darkness is another Early Access title on Steam. It’s got a lot to do in it and it’s not too far off completion, depending on community feedback – which the developers, Dreamatrix, seem to be keeping a close eye on and are responding to fairly regularly on the forums. It’s got a lot on its plate and with it being...