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The Sinking City 2 review – Ukrainian cosmic horror, come hell or high water

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox series S/X

PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PC; FrogwaresFrogwares’ Lovecraftian action-horror is full of grim tenacity and pulp paperback charm, despite a few frayed edgesI’m standing in the prosthetics lab of a campy horror hospital, hunting for a preacher’s flayed face to wear so I can trick the world’s grisliest smart doorbell. Pinned to a board in […]

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Agent 64: Spies Never Die review – licence to kill time like the 90s never ended

Adventure games, ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, James Bond, PC, Shooting games

PC; Replicant D6This GoldenEye 007-styled retro shooter is an agreeable set of straightahead shooting missions that hark back to a simpler time, with simpler controlsWith 007 First Light, 2026 has already given us the best James Bond game in more than three decades, since the release of Rare’s N64 classic GoldenEye 007. But what about

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Carcass Clad: stifling tank combat promises tension, terror and surprising laughs

Action games, ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, PC

After the success of space horror Mouthwashing, Swedish developer Wrong Organ has created a Battlefield-inspired co-op with a supernatural twist‘Claustrophobic”, “oppressive”, “pretty depressing” – these are the words Jeffrey Tomec and Dave van Egdom volunteer when I ask them to reflect on their work as part of Swedish indie developer Wrong Organ. I’d add “nightmare-inducing”,

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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls review – an anime-style rumble that’s rooting for you

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Fighting games, Games, Marvel, PC, PlayStation 5

PlayStation 5, PC; Arc System Works/Sony Interactive EntertainmentWith tremendous visuals and accessible controls, this superhero-themed fighter has the chops to inspire a new generation of champsArriving at the turn of the millennium and the twilight of the video arcade, Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes has long been a high-water mark for fighting

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Virtue and a Sledgehammer – take a literal hammer to your past

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, PC

What do you do when you return to your home town, with your dead mother in your car boot, to find the inhabitants have been turned into robots?In the boot of her car, Pratelle carries the corpse of her mother and a giant sledgehammer. Her mission is simple: take the hammer to her home town.

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Pony Island 2 Panda Circus: gallop out of hell in this phantasmagorical follow-up to 2016’s indie hit

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, PC

Daniel Mullins explains how he plans to follow up his quirky classic without losing what made it stand out in the first placeGlitchy aesthetics. Literally collapsing menu boxes. The game taunting you by “possessing” your Steam friends. Technical tricks of this nature may sound gimmicky in 2026, but they felt excitingly unorthodox a decade ago,

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Nazis and Happy Feet collide in Penguin Colony, a psychological horror game set at the world’s end

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Nintendo Switch 2, PC

Explore Antarctica as a flightless bird – and dodge some earthly monsters – in this surreal adaptation of HP LovecraftWhile watching the 2006 animated film Happy Feet with his daughter, Origame Digital founder Naphtali Faulkner noticed something interesting. “[In the movie], they see the digger fall into the ocean, and it has an almost eldritch

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What is Fields of Mistria? A magical new obsession for fans of Stardew Valley

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, PC, Simulation games

Since Stardew Valley rejuvenated the farming sim genre a decade ago, games like Fields of Mistria are capitalising on its popularity with their own special touchesFarming simulator games deliver on an escapist fantasy: going off-grid from the modern work grind, in exchange for charming small-town life and a farm to call your own. While these

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Big Walk review – larking around with mates elevated to an artform

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PlayStation, Puzzle games

Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PC; House HouseThe creators of Untitled Goose Game return with an online, open-world adventure that delivers slapstick silliness and bucolic majesty in nearly equal measureRadiant sunsets glinting on lapping waves; bushland valleys that beckon with secrets; modernist buildings sat atop craggy ridges: Big Walk’s setting is as arresting as it is

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‘A universal human story’: Clean Start’s thought-provoking tidying sim tells immigrant’s tale

ai, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, PC

Playing as recent arrival Lena, your challenges include learning a new language and uncovering family secrets – its developer hopes it will spread ‘a little more compassion’The cosy house-sorting sim has become a much-loved staple of the PC indie scene. Titles such as Unpacking, A Little to the Left and Momento charm players with their

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