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The Dragon Garden pack in Anno 1800 Console Edition looks stunning When Anno 1800 Console Edition arrived on Xbox and PlayStation back in March, it opened up a whole new world of city building, with opportunities galore sitting at our fingertips. Today the options increase again, with the arrival of some new DLC packs that

convergence a league of legends story 2021’s Arcane – the League of Legends TV show – took the world by storm upon release, and it is no surprise that Riot and their partners have been working hard to bring the LoL narrative to video games in a brand new way. Enter, CONVERGENCE! CONVERGENCE: A League

When it comes to emotional, beautifully designed 2D platformers, the likes of Inside and Limbo immediately spring to mind. Planet of Lana is looking to take up some of that brain power too! Releasing today on Xbox and PC, day one through the Xbox Game Pass programme, Planet of Lana sets you upon a dysfunctional

My name is Eric Angelillo, I’m the Creative Director and Co-Art Director for Convergence: A League of Legends Story. I also co-founded Double Stallion games 10 years ago with a mission to create vibrant & transcendent experiences with players all around the world. I love making bold action games with vibrant stylized visuals inspired by

When you think about it, the video game industry is gradually increasing its bond with online casinos. Think about Twitch. It used to be a platform for video game fans alone. Today, channels that stream slot machines are incredibly popular. GTA V was all about racing and action five years ago. Now, it also features

Here’s a task for you. Think of your favourite game. Now, imagine you only had one button to play it. We’re not even letting you include the d-pad or analogue stick here: the only input that we will allow you is the A button. How would the game have to change? Could you make it

SOULVARS keyart Are you ready for a modern twist on the usual deckbuilding genre? What if it chucks in some classic JRPG action for good measure? SOULVARS is coming – and it’s now got a PC and console release date.  Set to launch on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch

Every now and then, in a game reviewer’s career, comes a game that can define a genre.  It happened to me in the RPG world with Persona 5 Royal, and Elden Ring for the action-RPG genre. Now, we have another game to hand that again looks to define things for its genre, but not in

I will freely admit that I’m something of a Puzzle By Nikoli W fanboy. Having reviewed every one of the developer’s puzzle games, I’ve come to expect certain things. I expect a game every couple of months; an innovative take on puzzles that I’ve never encountered before; and a couple of evenings lost. They may

Vaguely presenting your story often leaves it open to interpretation and ambiguity. It has been used in films and TV for as long as they have existed, likewise in video games. I suspect that it happens more often than creators would like to admit due to not having a strong narrative in the first instance.

Supraland: Six Inches Under wasn’t really meant to exist—at least not like this. Initially conceived as a DLC pack for the puzzle-filled sandbox adventure Supraland, creator David Münnich and his team improvised, experimented, re-scoped, and re-envisioned Six Inches Under into a bigger, fully standalone follow-up designed for anyone to dig into, whether they’ve played the

Nightmare Reaper? Or Doom? Feardemic has returned with yet another horror title – the clue is in the name, people! – yet this time it’s less creeping around stealthily, and more blasting the living daylights out of every monster in sight! Are you ready for Nightmare Reaper? Releasing today on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch, following

The Smurfs 2 The Prisoner of the Green Stone keyart You wait an age for a Smurfs game to rock up, and then two are announced in the space of a few days. Whilst we were already looking forward to Smurfs Kart, there’s now the announcement of The Smurfs 2 – The Prisoner of the

We’ve waxed lyrical about the greatness of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and how brilliantly it works on Xbox, especially in terms of how it handles controller integration; how using a game controller with this behemoth shouldn’t ever faze you. And so any chance to dip our toes back into the world is one

The aptly named Retro Army Limited have rocked up onto the Xbox gaming scene with Verdict Guilty. It’s their retro-inspired, cops versus robbers themed fighting game aiming to capture the magic of the 90’s arcade offerings like Street Fighter and Fatal Fury. They hope it’s also easy to grasp for those who may be uninitiated

The lighthouse dates back to ancient times, when most ports had fires burning at their entrances, guiding ships through the right passage. But it’s the lighthouse shape we are so familiar with that comes from an 18th-century design, protecting ships from hitting the rocks below. And they have become structures for film too, including the

Soccer Fans: put your cleats on and get ready to hit the pitch – FIFA 23 is coming to The Play List tomorrow – May 16! The most expansive EA Sports FIFA title to date, FIFA 23 hosts the next evolution of HyperMotion2 technology on current-gen platforms, setting the standard in realistic and immersive gameplay.