Rigging the odds: Talking Dead Spin with Strong Monkey Games
Some games grab you through mechanics first. Dead Spin gets its claws in through atmosphere before you have even properly worked out what it wants from you. The abandoned casino setting, the grubby late-90s and early-2000s horror energy, the grotesque little weirdos sitting across from you, it all makes a strong first impression. Thankfully, once […]
Palm Sugar: A Village Story brings its South Indian pixel RPG adventure to PC on August 12
Palm Sugar: A Village Story will launch for Windows PC on 12 August 2026, publisher 1312 Interactive and developer Mono Tusk Studios have announced. The story-driven pixel RPG will be available through Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store, while anyone curious about its particular mixture of romance, village life and criminal violence can currently […]
Machine Party brings 15 lethal minigames to Steam on July 30th
Most party games are already perfectly capable of destroying friendships without throwing rifles, minefields and fatal workplace machinery into the equation. Machine Party has decided to add them anyway. The violent multiplayer collection from Buckshot Roulette creator Mike Klubnika and co-developer GDeavid will launch for PC through Steam on 30 July 2026, publisher Oro Interactive […]
Phasmophobia’s July update brings a new ghost, a 13 Willow Street rework and smoother hunts
Phasmophobia is preparing to make ghost hunting a little smoother, a little less awkward and, thanks to one carefully censored addition, potentially a lot more dangerous. Kinetic Games has shared two detailed previews of the quality-of-life update launching across all platforms on 21 July 2026. The update will arrive alongside the long-awaited rework of 13 […]
Publishers still making physical indie games in 2026
Sony’s move away from physical discs for new PlayStation releases has made one thing very clear: if physical games are going to survive, they are going to survive because smaller companies still believe they matter. That sounds dramatic, but it is also increasingly true. Big publishers have spent years nudging players towards digital storefronts, and […]
I, Daniel Blake review: Still one of the most quietly devastating British films around
Some films do not need monsters to be horrifying; I, Daniel Blake is one of those films. There are no killers lurking in the shadows. No supernatural twists. No grand spectacle. Just a man who has worked all his life, suffered a heart attack, and suddenly finds himself forced to navigate a system that should […]
No more PlayStation discs? What Sony’s digital future means for indie developers and gamers
Sony has not officially unveiled a digital-only PlayStation 6. But it has done something big enough to make that conversation feel a lot less hypothetical. From January 2028, new PlayStation games will no longer be produced on physical discs. That does not affect games already out, or ones still due before then, but it is […]
Dead Spin preview: Slot machine horror with a nasty little hook
Sometimes a game sells itself on the vibe before anything else. Dead Spin is one of those games. Before you even get into the actual mechanics, it already has a grip on you just through the atmosphere. The whole thing has that grimy late-90s, early-2000s horror game feel to it, like you have somehow stumbled […]
Best indie games like Stardew Valley in 2026
Stardew Valley has become one of those games people do not just enjoy; they end up quietly moving into. You tell yourself you are only going to sort out a few crops, maybe chat to a couple of villagers, do a bit of fishing, and then suddenly it is far later than it should be […]
Winds of Arcana: Ruination joins Xbox Game Pass with its warrior mage adventure in tow
Winds of Arcana: Ruination has now landed on Xbox Game Pass, giving more players a chance to jump into its dark fantasy Metroidvania world without having to buy in cold first. Already available on PC through Steam, the game is now part of Xbox Game Pass on Xbox Series X|S and PC, with support stretching […]