Backbone presents the player with an intriguinging world, populated by interesting characters that drive it’s often depressing and strange story home to what feels like an eventually inevitable conclusion. It’s just a pity that the minute-to-minute gameplay is not only uninspired, but it’s also rather boring.

Dark, depressing and more than a little intense, Inmost is a gorgeous game with a powerful narrative hook that doesn’t need to focus on its gameplay to deliver a powerful experience.

Gamescom progresses onwards with a plethora of new games, hardware, and experiences. Among the countless developers showing off their wares is 11-Bit Studios (the folks behind the successful strategy game, Frostpunk), who are gearing up for the launch of their long-awaited dungeon RPG, Children of Morta. You can check out the gameplay trailer below: Right off the bat, Children of …

There’s a new game out on Steam Early Access this week. It’s called Dead Cells and if I were to grab you in an elevator and throw a few buzzwords at your face, I’d call it Dark Souls meets Groundhog Day meets Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. That’s good. In fact, the game itself is rather fantastic in its design and key gameplay hook: Death.

After eight years in development, Owlboy finally has a release date. And it's not as far off as you might have expected.

Owlboy has been in development for close to a decade, but it's finally ready to spread its wings and take flight soon.

Console controllers really have changed over the years. This video takes a speedy 30 second look at some of them, showing just how they have evolved.