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A Fortnight Of Free Games From The Epic Games Store

The final one of these of the year, I couldn’t be happier: Monday, Prime Gaming added Yooka-Laylee‘s 2.5D sequel for members, Alexx spoke of a dark-humored murder mystery from the House Flipper devs, and I showed concern Codemasters might be bought by EA. Tuesday, David spoke of Steam’s latest experiment; All the…

Cyberpunk 2077 (PC) Review

It’s safe to say millions have been dying to play Cyberpunk 2077, as the game has finally landed on digital store shelves after its announcement almost a decade ago. We knew from the start that development would take ages, but a common misconception…

Doctor Who “Midnight” – Review

Midnight, not just the time I am swearing at when trying to grab images for these reviews, but also the name of a planet in an episode I didn’t quite remember watching before. I knew one or two shots but for the…

Demon Turf Trials Demo gets Updated Content

Back in November, I reported on an announcement that the upcoming game Demon Turf was getting a unique demo format. Demon Turf: Trials was meant to provide a demo and challenge competition at the same time. If you win the various challenges…

GOG Winter Sale Starts With Free Prison Architect

If you are a platform holder, either a storefront or console and its store, you have free PR for when you erode all the goodwill you’ve created with a game people love. So, you might have heard, that CD Projekt Red not…

PHOGS! (PC) Review

I’m a simple man. If I’m presented with the opportunity to play as an animal in a game, I’m immediately intrigued, but the chance to play as a two-headed dog a la CatDog? I knew I had to get my hands on…

EA Play Not Coming To Game Pass PC This Month

Following the initial announcement back in September, some have been excited for the addition of EA Play to Xbox Game Pass. The service did see EA Play join for consoles back in November upon the release of the Xbox Series X and S…

Cyberpunk 2077: Underwhelming, Insulting, Badly Managed

Warning: This article contains a discussion of racism, ableism, transphobia, and anti-sex worker rhetoric. Cyberpunk 2077 was announced in 2012. We first saw a teaser trailer for this thing in 2013. We next really saw it again in 2018 at E3, before…

DiRT 5 Update & Snowy DLC Out now

“Snow no!” “You’ve got snow-where to run to,” and other snow-based punnery I’d normally be too professional to include if it wasn’t our last week. Snow, it is all the rage around this time of the year, and I hate it. Though,…

Channel Zero Episode 4 Review: “Protect the Ship!”

Warning: This article contains mentions of murder and death. Weaving into Channel Zero‘s fourth episode necessitated answering some questions that root back to protagonist Mike Painter’s childhood. As the other side of the coin to episode 3 it spends time fleshing out…