Quality racing with lots of challenge. But it misses out on some of what makes Forza Horizon so audacious and fun. [March 2017, p.86]

As a free-to-play game it's reasonably generous. [April 2017, p.91]

Updates are planned, but this needs too much work under the hood to be worth your time or money. [May 2017, p.89]

A bright, fun and surprisingly substantial racing experience that does interesting things with Forza Horizon 3's core design.

I like Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator's conceit—I used to love creating AI skirmishes in Garry's Mod—but here any potential drama is squandered by the poor execution. UEBS is good at the moneyshot—the ridiculous joy of seeing an unreasonable number of chickens swarm over some Nazis, or a super-powered turtle take on a cavalry brigade. But the joke soon wears thin, and, outside of that single gag, Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator fails to entertain.

A varied, challenging platformer that's adept at forcing improvisation and punishing mistakes.

Deeper and more refined than the original, but there’s still room to improve its game.

Wunderdoktor's beautiful handmade world is a delight to travel through, but beneath that charming exterior lies a twitchy, unforgiving, and sometimes unrewarding puzzle game.

This journey through a dreamscape of loss and absolution is unique, if a bit uneven at times.

Wholly unique and deceptively punishing, Uurnog Uurnlimited is as clever as it is creative.

A fun take on a classic format, great to play with friends—hectic and unique, but easy to understand and play.

A one-trick pony of a multiplayer fighter, Gang Beasts is sometimes hilariously messy but often just a mess.

An entertaining, light-hearted point-and-click adventure game full of memorable characters and wholesome British humor.

Lumines Remastered’s lack of online multiplayer is regrettable, its session length still demanding and, frankly, it’s probably a better match on Nintendo Switch, but it does the important thing: it brings a puzzle classic back into focus and proves that Lumines can still shake ya body down to the ground.

Exapunks is a hacking game that will make you feel like a genius or an idiot—sometimes both in quick succession.

An often spectacular space shooter that lacks the variety and depth to justify serious investment.

DayZ has the power to create incredible stories, but the twitchy, weightless combat and buggy zombies let it down.

A refreshing hybrid of Metroidvania and roguelite, unfortunately hampered by inconsequential power-ups.

Sticking points aside, Streets of Rogue is absolutely worth playing, and once you start, it’s hard to stop. It gives you more freedom than almost any roguelike, and its varied cast of characters, combined with the randomness of traits and mutators, mean no two runs play out the same way.

With a fun concept, superb creation tools, and finely crafted puzzles, Besiege is a construction game to savour.

A faithful recreation, but why go back when Stardew has since perfected the genre?

Paper Beast's origami animals delight, but the resulting game is less than the sum of its parts.

There's two chapters left to turn things around but Tell Me Why is going to have to pull out all the stops to make up for a bungled first act.

A hardcore team game that's fun when you work together, despite some unfriendly systems.

Möbius Front '83 makes a difficult genre easy to understand, but it lacks thrills.

A functional, basic board game port isn't enough to truly shine off the tabletop.

Old School RuneScape is a massive but compelling time sink, and even after all these years, there's simply nothing else like it.

A deep but fragmented PvP MMO that's not nearly as original as its early promise suggested.