PDXCon Highlights
Surviving the Aftermath The sequel to Surviving Mars, Surviving The Aftermath throws players into a post apocalyptic setting with the aim of building a sustainable colony. You'll have to use your scarce resources to construct buildings and manage survivors, even overcome natural disasters. In addition to building your colony you'll have to venture out into…
Frogwares and Focus Home Interactive License Dispute
Yesterday, Frogwares released a public statement on Twitter detailing an ongoing license dispute with the publisher of many of their games, Focus Home Interactive. The crux of this issue is a new clause in Focus' policies that reads (translated from French): “Focus has put in place a policy in accordance with which they will not…
Whiskey Talks: Why I Rage Quit A Game I Love
If you love a game you're going to have fun with it, right? Most of the time, yeah. Though when that game is multiplayer and online coop focused your enjoyment can vary greatly depending on who you're grouped up with. This is the impetus that led to me rage quitting Insurgency: Sandstorm. Let me start…
Play Expo Manchester 2019 Indie Showcase
Last weekend we took a trip to the ever excellent Play Expo 2019 to explore what indie games were on show and meet their developers. We got the chance to play eight games ranging from racing to robot wars so keep reading to see what cool new digital toys we got hands-on with. Before we…
Farewell TotalBiscuit
On the 24th of May John Bain aka TotalBiscuit, aka The Cynical Brit, died aged 33 after a four year battle with cancer. His death hit me harder than I expected and a lot of reviewers, YouTubers, and gamers have said a similar thing, but that is for a simple reason: He’s had a profound…
Battletech Retrial
I'd like to preface this by saying that I am a pretty big MechWarrior fan, having only recently rekindled my love for the whole Battletech franchise by replaying MechWarrior 4 a few weeks ago. The point is, I'm kind of on a Battletech/Mechwarrior kick right now and getting to play Battletech by HBS was right…
History Time: EGATrek
In this instalment of History Time we're taking a look at one specific game, EGATrek. Somewhat in relation to our previous exploration of PLATO first-person games, EGATrek has its roots in the same era with the creator, Nels Anderson, directly attributing the creation of EGATrek to his experience playing Star Trek on college computers in…
History Time: First Person Shooters
First person shooters are some of the most popular games on the market today, and have been for well over a decade. But the genre doesn't always include the shooter part, with “walking simulators” becoming increasingly popular in the past couple of years and even RPGs taking a stab at the perspective. So, where did…
Jay Talks: Loot Boxes and Assorted Industry BS
Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion, it will be a rant. There will be swearing and I will say things that will offend. If you don't like that idea, don't read it. It doesn't necessarily reflect the standpoint of Pixel Judge as an entity and doesn't impact our impartial coverage. Loot boxes have recently become…
PlayExpo Manchester 2017 Indie Games Showcase
This year we took our first trip to Replay Events PlayExpo Manchester to check out the indies on offer. We met some interesting people, played some games, hung out with some developers and generally had a good time. Before we begin I'd like to give a big thank you to all the indie developers that…
EA – A Brutal and Visceral Experience
Good 'ole Electronic Arts are up to their old tricks again. Buying yet another studio, only to shut it down when they don't like what it's doing. Well, actually, about that, there are a few things to be cleared up first. Most importantly, EA didn't buy Visceral, they made it. It's a studio that actually…
You Can’t Spell Humble Without IGN
So IGN bought Humble. And it went down about as well as you would expect. With more than a few people declaring 10/10: won't buy again. A liberal dose of hyperbole all around, I'm sure, but there's also a grain of truth to it. Now, IGN have assured us that their acquisition will not result…
So, About That Infamous EU Piracy Report
By now, I'm sure we're all aware that the EU commissioned a study regarding potential impacts piracy might have on media. You know the deal, things like downloading music from BeeMP3 (is that even still going?) or the latest Disney film from the Pirate Bay. All that good stuff. A debate that has been going…
Let’s Talk About Walking Simulators
If you’ve never heard of 'Walking Simulators' before, it’s a game “genre” where you get to walk from point A to B with lots of story in between. Usually while not doing much else. Though I personally feel that by calling this genre 'Walking Simulators', we're doing most of these games a disservice. Some games…
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Cat Cafe Manager – Releasing April
3 years ago
On my birhday! Nice -
Chicken Police – Releasing November
4 years ago
Wut? -
Final Fantasy XVI – Announcement (Updated)
4 years ago
This might be an actual Final Fantasy for a change. I'll remain sceptically optimistic -
Future Games Show August 2020
4 years ago
Die by the Blade didn't just steal the show, it is the show, now -
E3: Guerrilla Collective 2020 Day 1
4 years ago
No Werewolf? Interesting