![A hero in armour sits before a bonfire in Dark Souls](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Dark-Souls-bonfire.webp?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Christian Donlan
![A hero in armour sits before a bonfire in Dark Souls](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Dark-Souls-bonfire.webp?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![An MS Paint-looking image of a young feminine face being poked in the cheek by the finger of a hand presumably controlled by the player. It's weird. It's WarioWare.](jpg/warioware_fotb0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Supporters | Game of the Week: Play WarioWare, it's what Danny DeVito would want
Have a rotten day!
![Simple and striking artwork for cat game Little Kitty, Big City, showing a 2D image of a cute, simplistic cat wearing a frog hat.](jpg/littlekitty_bigcity0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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What we've been playing - campfires, unexpected cat games, and northern lights
A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
![A black and white illustration showing a werewolf hand silhouetted against a full moon.](jpg/werewolf_shapeshift_shapechange_adobestock0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A city street in Redfall, with the sun covered.](jpg/redfall-2_crnhozs0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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One last stroll through Redfall, at the pace it was always meant to be played
Saying goodbye and thanks to one of recent gaming's most intriguing worlds.
![A two-page spread from 2120 showing a hallway in an office building with various objects the reader can inspect including a light patch of wall.](jpg/16%2b170641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A ghost cat looms over the player in Animal Well.](jpg/animal-well-ghost-cat0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![hades 2 key art of melinoe wielding magic](jpg/hades-2-key-art-melinoe0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Hades 2 early access review - polish and terrifying power from some of the best out there
The fable of Arachne.
![Two climbers help each other up a rock face using ropes in Surmount.](jpg/surmount_lrkkbud0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Vertical limit | Let's go climbing in some games
Surmount, Insurmountable, Unsurmountable...
![Not A Hero official image showing a purple bunny creature sitting above a St George's cross flag and a banner reading VOTE BUNNYLORD, in front of a silhouetted crowed in pixel art style.](jpg/not-a-hero-header0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Supporters | Game of the Week: Not a Hero is another reminder of Roll7's brilliance
Cover star.
![A photograph of three fingers, as seen from their inside/underneath side, with little smiling faces biro-d onto them. The two outside fingers also have little stick arms drawn onto them, as if the blissfully happy face in the middle is hugging them. Lovely!](jpg/matchmaking_together_adobestock0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A close-up image of the Scrabble board, showing letter tiles laid out.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/scrabble-2024-close-up-image.webp?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![The cover of Hand to Mouth, a Paul Auster book](jpg/image-from-ios-(2)_rwmp6ud0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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A quick memory of Paul Auster: novelist, screenwriter, and... game designer?
The music of chance.
![A diver is silhouetted by a whaleshark in Endless Ocean Luminous](jpg/endless-ocean-whaleshark0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A Rotwood hero leaps through the air wielding a hammer and an intimidating expression.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Rotwood-header.webp?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Tales of Kenzera screenshot showing main character looking out at giant storm bird in the sky](jpg/tales-of-kenzera%e2%84%a2_-zau_202404141532240641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Supporters | Game of the Week: exploring the other things that make a Metroidvania great
Door dash.
![Your friendly red crab from Another Crab's Treasure stands on two legs and holds a two-pronged fork, a rusty tin can on his back.](jpg/untitled-1_nohoscb0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Another Crab's Treasure feels a natural evolution for an underwater Soulslike
Pincer movement.
![A stylised image of Josemonkey staring at the camera.](jpg/jose_i1d35as0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Long read | Where in the world is Josemonkey?
How TikTok's most intriguing geolocator makes a story out of a game.
![Close up of Hades 2 blonde-haired witch protagonist Melinoƫ on blue background](jpg/hades2_war4e1k0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![An illustration of a trial bike rider ho-handsing their bike towards the camera in a plume of dirt, while in the background, other trial bike riders soar through the air.](jpg/trials_rising_2d0oaut0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A bedraggled man in a baseball cap sits behind the steering wheel of a car in Strange Scaffold.](jpg/life_eater_character_20641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Supporters | Game of the Week: Life Eater and why games need their own Moviedrome
And go and watch Videodrome.
![A side-on, cartoony illustration of a wizardly old man, by the looks of things, wearing a high collared cloak and a stern expression. Behind him, pink swirling magic can be seen.](jpg/inkbound_review0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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What we've been playing - old twin-sticks, caves, and ink
A few of the things that have us hooked this week.
![A Planetiles game in motion, with a fish-eye view of a planet, divided into squares with tiles of desert, forest, sand and fields.](jpg/20240416092948_10641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A Vault Dweller uses the Pip-Boy computer clamped to their arm in this screen from Fallout 76](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/solo_fallout_76_02.webp?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A picnic is set up in the grounds of Botany Manor](jpg/botany-manor-picnic0641.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)