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Untitled Goose Game adds a second goose

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HONK HONK!

Lewis Packwood 18 August 2020 News

New Facebook page

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Like us. Please, please like us. We crave attention.

Lewis Packwood 11 August 2020 Editorial

Read my review of The Procession to Calvary in Wireframe

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Monty Python-esque point and click.

Lewis Packwood 6 July 2020 News

Welcome to Abhik, our newest writer

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New player unlocked.

Lewis Packwood 5 July 2020 Editorial

Win A Summer with the Shiba Inu on PS4

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Dog lovers, rejoice!

Lewis Packwood 4 July 2020 News

The Itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is phenomenal

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And all the money goes to a phenomenal cause. #BlackLivesMatter

Lewis Packwood 7 June 2020 News

Super-rare EDGE magazine issue zero goes on sale for £449

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A real piece of gaming history.

Lewis Packwood 4 June 2020 News

The ludicrously dangerous Noita is out in Early Access today

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A rogue-like in which it is thrillingly easy to do yourself a mischief.

Lewis Packwood 24 September 2019 News

The update for Control makes a big difference to the frame rates on PS4

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Not perfect, but a lot better.

Lewis Packwood 21 September 2019 News

Muse Dash is a fun rhythm-action game with some pounding J-POP tunes

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Infectious beats.

Lewis Packwood 23 June 2019 News

The dog stole the show at Ubisoft’s E3 conference

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Very good boy 12/10.

Lewis Packwood 11 June 2019 News

Spiritfarer is one of the highlights of E3 so far

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Thunder Lotus has unveiled a ‘cosy management game about dying’.

Lewis Packwood 11 June 2019 News

Nowhere Prophet is a fun card-based battle through the apocalypse

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The intriguing mix of survival mechanics and deck building makes Nowhere Prophet one to watch.

Lewis Packwood 18 May 2019 News

The brilliant Hyper Sentinel is just 99p on Switch right now

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This shoot ’em up is an essential purchase if you own a Switch.

Lewis Packwood 30 April 2019 News

Heaven’s Vault now lets you skip those dull flying bits

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Inkle responds to criticism with a quick-travel option.

Lewis Packwood 26 April 2019 News

Permadeath is killed off in The Swords of Ditto: Mormo’s Curse

Rejoice!

Lewis Packwood 26 April 2019 News

There’s a demo available for the lovely-looking LUNA The Shadow Dust

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This point and click adventure looks very promising indeed.

Lewis Packwood 24 April 2019 News

Well this is unexpected: there’s a remake of XIII on the way

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Ubisoft’s excellent 2003 cel-shaded shooter is getting the remake treatment in November. Quelle surprise!

Lewis Packwood 19 April 2019 News

The Sunless Skies Wayfarer update completely changes Albion

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London is remarkably different now, one of many sweeping changes to Failbetter’s game.

Lewis Packwood 11 April 2019 News

I’ll be at EGX Rezzed on Friday and Saturday – come say hi!

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I’d love to catch up with AMAP readers and other games writers.

Lewis Packwood 4 April 2019 News

My first article for Retro Gamer

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I did a feature on the Amiga CD32 for the latest issue of the magazine.

Lewis Packwood 16 March 2019 Editorial

A Plague Tale: Innocence preview – rats entertainment

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Think of that bit in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, except with rats that can strip a man to the bone in 30 seconds.

James Keen 6 March 2019 News

Steins;Gate Elite is out today – here are some first impressions

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This remake of the excellent 2009 visual novel is essentially a playable version of the 2011 anime series.

Lewis Packwood 19 February 2019 News

A look back at the original Resident Evil 2

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Have a listen to this podcast from back in 2011, in which we discuss what made Resident Evil 2 so damn good.

Lewis Packwood 25 January 2019 News

Preview: Katana ZERO

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Ninjas are cool, aren’t they? I shall brook no argument on this.

Lewis Packwood 18 January 2019 News

Ghost of a Tale is coming to Xbox One and PS4

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The gorgeous mousey PC adventure is finally heading to consoles.

Lewis Packwood 6 January 2019 News

Today is the first day of #DiscoverIndies

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The rules are simple – find an indie game you’ve never heard of before, then tweet about it using #DiscoverIndies.

Lewis Packwood 4 January 2019 News

January sale bargain: Yoku’s Island Express

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Just under ten quid for a quality Metroidvania title.

Lewis Packwood 31 December 2018 News

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

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Have a very Happy Holidays, see you in the New Year!

Lewis Packwood 24 December 2018 News

Exciting goose news

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Goose sock puppets! A fuzzy goose T-shirt! Untitled Goose Game has got some seriously lovely merch.

Lewis Packwood 6 December 2018 News

Look at these amazing Japanese-woodblock-style gaming prints

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Starfox, Mario Kart and Pokemon like you’ve never seen them before.

Lewis Packwood 5 November 2018 News

Two fascinating gaming books are on the way

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The NES Encyclopaedia and Japansoft: An Oral History are both set for release next year.

Lewis Packwood 4 November 2018 News

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