The best games of EGX Rezzed 2018

Phogs! Smoke and Sacrifice! Unforeseen Incidents! Dead Cells! Regular Human Basketball! Metamorphosis! Hipster Cafe Simulator! Hyper Sentinel! Roll up, roll up to see the best indie games on offer at Rezzed 2018!

Developers Long Hat House explain the meaning behind Dandara

The video game Dandara is full of symbolism and strange references – but what does it all mean? I asked the developers, Long Hat House, about the thinking behind their metroidvania masterpiece.

Review: Flinthook (Switch)

Who can resist the allure of becoming a gun-toting, hookshot-wielding space pirate? The Switch port of Flinthook might be the best yet, simply because you can take it with you everywhere.

Review: Last Day of June (Switch)

What if you could go back and change the past? Last Day of June is an intriguing game all about reclaiming a lost love, and fixing what went wrong.

Review: Dandara (PS4)

Dandara is a challenging metroidvania title with a Brazilian twist – and the title character has a very unique way of getting about. No simple walking for this lady.

Review: The Long Reach (PS4)

The Long Reach is an excellently written game in the vein of point and click adventures of old. But thankfully the days of pixel hunting are long past.

Review: Clustertruck (Switch)

The Steam hit has crossed over to the Switch – and it’s lost none of it’s charm. Look out, the floor is lava!

Review: Toki Tori 2+ (Switch)

Don’t let the cutesy looks put you off – this game provides an ingenious challenge. And the Switch version has a few very welcome improvements.

Review: The Trail: Frontier Challenge (Switch)

The Trail from Peter Molyneux’s company 22cans has crossed over onto Nintendo Switch. But it’s still a mobile phone game at heart.

Why Forma.8 is brilliant and you should play it

Forma.8 was recently given away on PS Plus, and this metroidvania-but-with-spaceships has quickly become a firm favourite in The Manor.

Review: Axiom Verge: Multiverse Edition (PS4)

Now available in a funky new physical edition, meet the game that took on Super Metroid and, in many ways, made it even better.

Review: SteamWorld Dig (Switch)

The first SteamWorld game is finally available for Switch – could this be the best version yet?

Spiffing Reads: Mario tunes, the genius of Terry Cavanagh and an Indie Wonderland

This week: when Mario released a CD album, a tribute to Runic Games, Terry Cavanagh’s bizarre new game, Mass Effect Andromeda redemption and a beat ’em up with no attacks.