Yes yes, everyone’s still talking about the cyberpunk game, but that was SO last week guys. Allow me to guide you through the cream of the crop, big releases and small, coming up over the next few days.
Multiplayer Snake-with-powers Curve Fever set to bring its chaotic energy to Steam
Get stuck into a chat about Tetris these days, and inevitable conversation will turn to the phenomenally successful and visually stunning Tetris Effect and it successor TE: Connected, both mesmerising music-heavy takes on the classic tile-matching game.
Channel John Wick, Superhot and Hotline Miami in upcoming shootarama The Cleaner
You only need to watch about four seconds of upcoming blamfest The Cleaner to see everything it’s asking of you. First-person-shoot your way around a bunch of overly shadowy rooms and corridors, removing people’s legs and faces with a variety of handcannons and murderguns.
Swap the stresses of the modern world for the stresses of the neolothic in survival citybuilder Ancient Cities
Cyberpunk 2077’s chaotic discourse over the last 24 hours has been pretty exhausting to watch, let alone be involved in. What better way to escape the hurricane of hatred and loathing than to withdraw to a simpler time, with nary a neon light or metal arm in sight?
After seven-years of waiting, weird, dark cyberpunk Souls-like Radio The Universe is almost here
The wait’s almost over. Seven years. And now we’re just days away from getting our hands on what surely must be the most anticipated cyberpunk release of the decade. No no THAT – I’m sure Cyberpunk 2077 will be a perfectly serviceable FPS that looks very pretty. I’m talking about a boundary-pushing, atmospheric, cyberpunk journey into a fractured, bottomless city. I’m talking about Radio The Universe.
Longboard as a raccoon dog to synthwave beats in 80s-inspired Tanuki Sunset
Tanuki Sunset ticks all the boxes for me. Redolent of dreamy, stylish all-time video game great Sayonara Wildhearts for its art style and colour palette, and packed with the kind of gameplay familiarity that lets you jump right in, steering and tricking your tanuki through a pile of different stages while upgrading your board and changing up your wardrobe.
Haven Review
Relationships are odd beasts, aren’t they? Sometimes fire and brimstone, passions running hot and heavy, at other times providing the calm serenity of just being with someone, inhabiting the same space, the cool comfort of familiarity and deep understanding. Haven, a new RPG from French developer The Game Bakers, shows both these facets masterfully through a powerful narrative of two runaway lovers, embarking on a perilous adventure together as they strive to escape a controlling regime.
Hypnotic puzzler Mixolumia explodes onto Steam
It’s hard to believe that Mixolumia hasn’t always been with us. Perhaps it has in some form, liminal at the edge of consciousness, just waiting for a Michaelangelo to chisel away the superfluous stone to reveal its majesty.
Insurmountable impressions: Don’t climb a mountain in your socks
I was almost halfway up the mountain when I realised I wasn’t wearing any boots. Or gloves. Or using my hiking pole. I’d passed a fellow climber not minutes before, who was kind enough to share some brandy to warm our stomachs – you’d think mentioning the boots thing would have been higher on his list of priorities.
The Change Architect review: A powerful, affecting game about remotely co-ordinating a protest
The Change Architect stands as an affecting piece of art, especially given the widespread protests that have raged across the US in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the end of May.