Latest articles by Fraser Brown
Star Trucker is sluggish, frustrating and my favourite Steam Next Fest demo
Space highway It's like Truck Simulator in space, but the setting means some dramatic changes.
Collaborative RPG Project ORCS is the future I dreamed of when I started using Roll20 to play D&D
They see me rollin A brilliant marriage of TTRPG and CRPG.
Synergy has shot straight to the top of my most anticipated survival city builders list thanks to its Next Fest demo
Strange new world A dash of Caesar, a pinch of survival, and a big dollop of Moebius.
Batman's introduction in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League makes a great case for a Dark Knight survival horror game
Darker Knight Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot, and so am I.
Unforetold: Witchstone's ambitious living world has a lot of promise and even more jank
Horsing around When it's not falling over itself it's brilliant, but this RPG is rough even by early access standards.
Brilliant PS4 horror game Until Dawn confirmed for PC
News It originally launched way back in 2015.
Extended Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 reveal is illuminating but disorientating
News Join Phyre as they infiltrate a warehouse.
Tencent boss worried that in the face of 'significant challenges' and competition it has 'achieved nothing'
News Competitors are nipping at the biggest Chinese tech company's heels.
Enshrouded has grabbed more than 1 million players in just 4 days, joining Palworld in making January an impressive month for early access survival games
News The obsession continues.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's early access bug shows the need for an offline mode
News It's been taken offline to fix a bug, making it unavailable for early players.
Palworld beats Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 with an all-time peak player count of more than 1.8 million
News Everyone needs a Pal.
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game is a change in focus for the series, but mud is still the star
Down and dirty Get dirty for science.
Best Expansion 2023: Cyberpunk 2077 – Phantom Liberty
The Gotys CDPR's RPG finally reaches its true potential.
Best Shooter 2023: Remnant 2
The Gotys Gunfire Games' subversive sequel was our favourite shooter of the year.
Best Design 2023: Dave the Diver
The Gotys An absurd chocolate box of systems—it shouldn't work, but in Dave the Diver it does.
The 10 most important strategy games to look out for in 2024
general interest From space operas to the bureaucracy of Hell.
I hate to admit it, but I would absolutely watch Zack Snyder's Fortnite movie
News It couldn't be worse than Justice League.
Age of Wonders 4 reignited my love of 4Xs by letting me become Frankenstein
I just want to conquer worlds with my cobbled-together fantasy creations.
Best Stealth 2023: Shadow Gambit – The Cursed Crew
The Gotys Set sail for the final time with the stealth tactics masters.
Baldur's Gate 3 will never be on Game Pass, says Larian CEO: 'We made a big game, so I think there's a fair price to be paid for that'
News Making people pay upfront allows the studio to "continue making other games".
I've never wanted anything more than for Larian to make a Star Wars RPG in the vein of Baldur's Gate 3
Dungeons & Krayt Dragons It's already made the best D&D videogame, so why not adapt the Star Wars TTRPG?
