Jurassic Park: Survival announced, set directly after the 1993 movie

The next Jurassic Park game takes us back to 1993, set directly after the events of the original movie. This means a fully explorable Isla Nublar, including everything that lies beyond the iconic park gates. Playing as InGen scientist Dr. Maya Joshi, Jurassic Park: Survival presents a mixture of genres, being a narrative-driven affair with …

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The Chicken Run movie tie-in wasn’t bad at all, surprisingly

With the long-time-coming Chicken Run sequel imminent on Netflix, memories are stirring of the late 2000 PC, PSone, and Dreamcast tie-in for the original movie. Somehow, this plucky little game managed to break movie tie-in convention, being quite good. Not amazing, but the gaming press were surprisingly receptive at the time. Published by Eidos, home …

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Outer Wilds, A Highland Song, Born Of Bread, While the Iron’s Hot, Mists Beyond the Mountains, and Make Way hit the Switch

Time looping adventure Outer Wilds has certainly been a long time coming on Switch, first announced way back in 2021. Screenshots suggest the extra time in development has been well spent, showing visuals that are detailed and not hugely compromised – unlike last week’s allegedly disastrous conversion of Batman Arkham Knight. It’s quite a promising …

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Digital Eclipse announces Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story [Updated]

After being hinted at for a while, Digital Eclipse has made Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story official. This interactive documentary uses the same blueprint as Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and The Making of Karateka, intended to be an archive of material that dives into the creation of each title, helping to put them into …

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SteamWorld Build review

The key to making a compelling construction sim is ensuring players always have something to focus on, such as town planning and micromanaging citizens, or perhaps introducing something that requires intervention often. The fear of progress going awry when your back is turned can make an experience all the more addictive. The Station, developers of …

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Evercade Duke Nukem Collection 2 review

When the humble Evercade launched in 2020 alongside some tired-looking Atari and Namco collections, offering not much we hadn’t seen before, I never expected that just three years later it would host a suite of Duke Nukem games – making the system the best way currently possible to legally sample the beefy brute’s past exploits. …

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GTA VI trailer launches early, 2025 release confirmed

Following an unfortunate leak, Rockstar has released the highly anticipated GTA VI trailer several hours earlier than planned. The 90-second trailer, which features Tom Petty’s Love Is A Long Road, is seemingly formed from gameplay and cut-scene snippets that showcase a richly detailed game world. We’re introduced to Lucia, the franchise’s first female protagonist, and …

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Sledders early access review

A labour of love by snowmobile enthusiasts looking to scratch the off-season itch, Sledders seeks to provide a realistic snowmobile experience where you zoom across the snowy tundras and ride powdery slopes so deep you could drown in them. Realism is the theme here. Steering isn’t controlled so much by the skis, but by the …

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No, GAME’s Christmas Tinner wasn’t real

Christmas is fast approaching, and social media is awash with recycled memes. Yes, even more than usual. In addition to guff about Die Hard being a Christmas movie, UK retailer GAME’s infamous Christmas Tinner appears to be doing the rounds again. Back in our day, it was only rubbish BBC Christmas specials that were repeated. …

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Vampire Dynasty rises in 2024

Last year, yours truly lost almost an entire week to Medieval Dynasty – a settlement builder with survival and RPG elements. It seems many other gamers ended up becoming engrossed in its world too, as publisher Toplitz has used the ‘Dynasty’ name to create a new brand. Sengoku Dynasty entered early access a while ago, now …

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Guns and Spurs 2 review (Switch)

Back in August the almighty Red Dead Redemption launched on Switch, reportedly performing admirably from a technical standpoint. It’s likely Guns and Spurs 2 – another open-world wild west adventure – was planned for the Switch long before RDR’s arrival, intended to be an on-the-go alternative. With the real deal now available, Guns and Spurs …

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