Latest articles by Dominic Tarason
Best Monk starter build in Path of Exile 2
Ascetic aesthetic Carry a big stick and reach heaven through violence.
Civilization 7 is officially 2025's Most Wanted PC game, and the creative director told us how he’s going to get you to finally finish a Civ campaign
News Civilization 7 aims to keep you invested until the end, even if it means changing sides mid-campaign.
Total Chaos mutates from a Doom mod into one of next summer’s most promising survival horror chillers
News Total Chaos is a bold first-person survival horror game from the tiny studio behind Turbo Overkill.
Hell Clock explores Brazil’s blood-soaked history in Diablo-like ARPG style
News The Relic Hunters studio tackle darker subject matter through a familiar lens in Hell Clock.
Japanese hip-hop, biopunk weirdness and martial arts abound in the Hotline Miami inspired Sonokuni
News Psychedelic, fleshy horror meets urban style in Sonokuni, courtesy of rapping game devs Don Yasa Crew.
Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream pairs prestige TV drama aesthetics with the soul of Commandos
News Stealth tactics live on in Eriksholm, an upcoming cinematic, sneaky 1900s Nordic adventure.
Darkwater plumbs the ocean’s depths and finds a mutant hybrid of Lethal Company and FTL
News Darkwater looks to trade comedy for tense naval combat in this Lethal Company-inspired co-op game.
Mekkablood: Quarry Assault gears up for a January launch with some clean mech combat & a filthy cockpit
News Mekkablood: Quarry Assault promises big stompy robots in retro FPS style, with a side-order of coagulating burger grease—shame about the AI, though.
Caves of Qud is leaving Early Access (and Earth’s gravity) in this poetic new launch trailer
News Massive open-world roguelike Caves of Qud is taking a very long elevator ride out of early access soon. And by soon, we mean today.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown trots out its turn-based tabletop tussles
News Next up from the studio behind I Am Your Beast and Clickolding: Turn-based Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tactics. Obviously.
Rogue Eclipse joins a procedurally generated campaign for Star Fox’s contested crown
News All-range mode space combat and Arabesque Futurism abound in this indie space shooter.
Antonblast comes out swinging to challenge Pizza Tower's chaotic platformer rule
News Antonblast confidently banks on bright colours, loud noises and Wario Land nostalgia.
New physics fighter Gladio Mori sends animators where they belong: The gladiator pit
News Gladio Mori frankensteins together Toribash, Die By The Sword and Bushido Blade then sends it to the Early Access arena.
Retro RPG The Edge Of Allegoria does it like Nintendon’t, with rude words and fat blunts
news The Edge of Allegoria riffs off Pokemon with monochrome, low-fi blackjack and hookers.
Just Grill the Steak—what else do you want from this micro-scale cooking simulator that made me very hungry?
News Just Grill the Steak makes a low stakes game of searing the perfect sirloin.
Devilated tries to fuse Doom Eternal with Borderlands and loses its mind in the process
Infernal A high-powered mutant freak of an FPS that defies all reason.
Songs of Silence is a gorgeous 4X game for people who don't have time for 4X games
Sonorous Songs of Silence trades some 4X grit for auto-battling, comprehensible cards and impeccable style.
Even half-finished, Path of Exile 2 is shaping up to be one of 2024's best action RPGs
Return of the king The early access build promises spectacular boss battles and a massive endgame.
The best Half-Life 2 mods: 20th anniversary edition
Occupied A fistful of mods for Half-Life 2’s 20th anniversary, for Free Men and Women of all stripes.
Metal Slug Tactics review: Beats the odds to capture Metal Slug’s spirit
Slugfest Metal Slug Tactics makes turn-based run-and-gun work with style… most of the time.
Tarnished Blood is a time-bending tactical RPG that plays like nothing I've ever tried before
Action replay Put lives on the (time)line.
Dead Estate wraps up 3 years of free expansions with a fond Good Night
News Four new zones, seventy items, thirty-one guns and all the nightmare horror references you can dream up
Silly Polly Beast is a stylish, spooky survival horror game where you're packing some serious firepower
News Beast mode.
