Author: Ruaraidh Dempster

Ruaraidh - pronounced Roo-Ree - is a Scottish gamer with the name and games to prove it. He enjoys mostly everything, unless it involves exercise, and much prefers to run around inside a good, open-world RPG, being chased across the lands by a horde of monsters after his sweet loot. When he has made his escape, he will often return to the real world to continue playing anything with a good story - indie or otherwise.
  • Nintendo Switch’s Virtual Console is Missing Launch Day

    The Nintendo Switch is barely over a week away – and it can’t seem to stop losing launch products. After yesterday’s announcement that The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ won’t make it to launch, today, Nintendo have confirmed the virtual console feature won’t be ready either. While the digital eShop will be available straight away on…

  • Shadows of Adam Review

    Shadows of Adam takes the very best aspects of the genre, cuts out most of the tedium and delivers an exciting, stirring and compelling trip through memory lane.

  • Nintendo Switch Loses a Launch Title: The Binding of Isaac Delayed

    The Nintendo Switch approaches, leaks are abound and people are getting in trouble with the law. Well, it’s maybe not that dramatic but the Switch did just lose one of its, relatively few, launch titles. Assuming anyone will be playing anything but The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. However, if you were excited…

  • Rogue Legacy Developers Announce New Game, Full Metal Furies

    CellarDoorGames, the team behind 2013’s brilliant Rogue Legacy, have revealed their newest title – and it looks like a combination of Castle Crashers and Enter the Gungeon. Full Metal Furies is set to arrive for PC and Xbox One later this year. Unlike Rogue Legacy, however, this looks like it will have a much larger…

  • Styx: Shards of Darkness Gets ‘Making of a Goblin’ Trailer

    Stealth game, Styx: Shards of Darkness, is set to release next month and its marketing continues to hit it out the park. The latest trailer details the making of, and character, of the eponymous goblin Styx. Various members of the development team – including level designer, Julien Desourteaux, and animator, Marie Duponchelle – take us…

  • Square Enix Announce New RPG Called Project Prelude Rune

    Square Enix have shared some artwork on an upcoming RPG from a new development team, Studio Istolia. The game, currently known as Project Prelude Rune, seems to feature a magical world heavily populated by dragons. We do, however, have a very long time to wait before we see much else of the title. In usual…

  • Nioh Developers Talk Upcoming Free Updates and DLC

    Nioh has been out for a few weeks now and, hopefully, you’ve all made it past the first boss. If you haven’t even thought of picking the game up – you really, really should. But for the rest of us poor souls who have completed the game, when can we expect some more content? The…

  • Yoku’s Island Express Combines Platforming and Pinball

    You’ve probably never thought what an “open-world pinball adventure” would be like – but Swedish developer Villa Gorilla has. Set to release for PC and consoles – yes, that includes the Nintendo Switch – sometime before winter 2018, Yoku’s Island Express takes on one of the industry’s most classic games in a way never before…

  • All the Delicate Duplicates Review

    All The Delicate Duplicates’ moments of greatness – often coming from its experimental nature – are too few and far between stages of gratuitous reading and derivative searching.

  • Songbringer, A Procedurally-Generated RPG, is Arriving This Year

    Wizard Fu Games have released their first, full trailer for Songbringer, set to arrive in Summer for PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One. Taking place on a mysterious alien world, protagonist Roq Epimetheos – try remembering that – must fight and survive in a procedurally-generated wasteland. The development team is, in fact, only made up…

  • Someone Just Got a Very Early Nintendo Switch

    At times, the Nintendo Switch seems further away than it really is. It’s just over two weeks until launch and, as per usual, someone has nabbed themselves a leaked console. Earlier tonight, a NeoGAF user uploaded a couple pictures of his apparent new console. As usual with these things, most people didn’t believe him –…

  • Veteran Game Devs Launch Kickstarter for ‘Anew: The Distant Light’

    Anew: The Distant Light is a sidescroller, action game from developers Jeff Spoonhower and Steve Copeland – and they want your help funding it. Playing as a stranded child on an alien moon far from Earth, you are tasked with fighting, exploring and surviving on a hostile and exotic world. The developers have previously worked…

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to Get a Season Pass

    The Temple of Seasons is back with a vengeance for Link – in a slightly different form. Yes, that’s right, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is getting a season pass. It’s the first time a Zelda title has gotten one but, don’t fret too much, it’s not that bad. It will become…

  • Obsidian No Longer Part of Development on Armored Warfare

    Obsidian Entertainment seems to have little luck with publishers. It was announced over the weekend that the studio – primarily known for its RPG’s – will no longer be working on tank-game, Armored Warfare. Russian publisher My.com will be taking over. Obsidian had been working on the title for over three years in collaboration with…

  • Hollow Knight, A Gorgeous 2D Metroidvania, Releasing This Month

    Australian studio Team Cherry have been working on Hollow Knight for over three years, and now, the game is finally ready for release. Taking place in a forgotten city below the isolated village of Dirtmouth, Hollow Knight has you exploring, fighting and jumping through bug-infested ruins. Set to release on February 24, the full title…

  • Destiny 2 Set to Release in Autumn 2017

    Well, after numerous reports – mainly leaked – and delays, it seems we may have another Destiny in our hands soon. During an investor call last night, publisher Activision spoke out about the upcoming sequel to 2014’s hit. The title is looking to improve story and characters specifically – but will also be as accomodating…

  • Valve Discusses New Games and the US Travel Ban

    Various talks and conference calls took place yesterday, not least a round-table discussion with Valve’s Gabe Newell and Erik Johnson. Two particular highlights came from talk over how the US travel ban is affecting the company and possible new titles from the studio. Now, don’t get too excited; while Valve does have various teams working…

  • ‘Stories Untold’ is a Horror Game that Channels Stranger Things

    After a lot of teasing over the past week, developer No Code and publisher Devolver Digital have revealed their new project, Stories Untold – and its arriving in less than three weeks. It’s spooky, it’s got a synth soundtrack and a lot of CRT monitors – a few things Stranger Things fans may be familiar with….

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