Steve Chambers
DRIVE Rally is a well produced, fun rally experience. It’s imperfect but there’s plenty of time for tweaks before the full release in 2025. With a unique artistic style, arcade style handling, four charismatic co-pilots and a plethora of stages, there’s more than enough on offer for both beginners and rally veterans alike to enjoy in this early access release.
Hot Wheels: Monster Trucks Stunt Mayhem won't be a game for everyone but there's a niche market out there that will absolutely lap it up.
The Jackbox Naughty Pack isn't an essential addition to the overall Jackbox collection but by no meansa disaster, either.
Combining the combos of PS2 classics with flashy, modern looking spectacle, Monster Jam Showdown is muddy good fun.
Fling to the Finish is at its best when played with friends, and I'll happily recommend that you break this out at your next gettogether.
A solid entry, The Jackbox Party Pack 10 continues the series legacy to provide a fun mix of party minigames.
Samba de Amigo isn't perfect, but it's a good time for all, and I can already see this being brought out at parties as an instant ice-breaker.
While not a mind-blowing start, The Expanse: A Telltale Series - Episode 1 sets things up nicely for the rest of the story.
Offering appeal to both fans of deck builders and city management, Kaya's Prophecy is a fun but short blast with a cute art style that’s more than deserving of your time.
A soothing game to snuggle down with, 6-Sided Stories is a perfect pairing to a warm hot chocolate, comfy slippers and a log fire.
Empire of the Ants is a true celebration of our natural world that just happens to be disguised as a real time strategy game.
South of Midnight is a refreshing and satisfying action-adventure that has all of the trappings and nostalgia of the classics of yesteryear, yet has all of the bells and whistles you’d associate with modern gaming.
Slopecrashers is a great action racing game offering plenty of fun in both solo and multiplayer.
Anomaly Agent is a genre-bending, time-twisting, gun-toting, knuckle-crackin' badass of a game, waiting to chuck you around and leave you breathless on the floor, ready for round two.
Mainframes is beyond doubt an impressive game that looks terrific, sounds fantastic, and handles like a dream.
The Jackbox Survey Scramble is the new game in town just in time for Christmas and it has the potential to be a classic.
Wargroove is an excellent game that builds on its predecessor, offering a classic, narrative driven campaign for genre veterans and newcomers alike.
Ubisoft have copied Playground Games' homework and have made just enough changes, with a few spelling mistakes on the way, to make this a fun, rewarding experience.
Drop Duchy soon becomes a complex strategic web but it’s one that has well and truly caught me. It's compelling and has that "one more go" magic.
Nikoderiko: The Magical World looks fantastic, plays brilliantly, and hits all of the right spots.