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Fantastic Contraption is a game about making the most of your limited toolset.
It's a puzzle title that strips down the building blocks to the bare minimum: rods to serve as joints, wheels that can turn in different direction... read
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There's a lot we can thank Valve for, apart from the annual Steam sale. Hiring the team behind Narbacular Drop and expanding those ideas into Portal kicked off an entire generation of clever, challenging action/puzz... read
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Layton's Mystery Journey will set you back $16 when it launches on mobile this month
Sitting nice and neatly in a row on my big-ass shelf of games is every entry in the Professor Layton franchise. From The Curious Village to the Azran Legacy, they sit there, waiting to be joined by Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrie... read
Vive puzzler Fantastic Contraption hits PlayStation VR next week
The weird and whimsical Fantastic Contraption releases next Tuesday, July 11 for $20 on PlayStation VR, and as someone who missed out on the Vive version, I'm still curious to try it. You kind of need to see it in motion, but surface l... read
Retroid episode 3 talks Puzzle Puzzle Puzzle games
Hi everyone, This week's Retroid looks back at vintage puzzle games. We discuss the origins of the genre and some of our favorite titles, all the way up to the modern era. From Tetris to Bejeweled, Dr. Mario to Puzzle Quest, there's so... read
Retroid records episode 3 tonight
Hey everybody, We're rolling along, matching colors and fighting gravity in this week's episode of Retroid. Tonight's topic will be puzzle games, stuff like Tetris, Columns, Puyo Puyo, Dr. Mario, Bejeweled, basically anything where blo... read
The Talos Principle VR shows that Croteam gets virtual reality
Lots of people who I just know would dig The Talos Principle slept on it. Whenever puzzle games come up in conversation, I try to sell them on the idea of a philosophical first-person puzzler about AI and eternal life, and the words never s... read
Level-5 isn't keen on a tablet only Layton game for Switch
Professor Layton is a god! The dude is calm under duress, always witty and willing to help those in need of obtuse puzzle solutions. He does it all and looks dapper while doing it. It seems, though, that Level-5 can't quite figure out how t... read
The Art of Broken Age is a perfect companion to the game
It feels like forever ago that Broken Age (Act 1, Act 2), one of the first great Kickstarter successes, actually came out. It kind of was as it came out in January 2014 (which is "forever" in gaming years), but its art style staye... read
I think I'm in love with the quirky Sushi Strikers reveal trailer
Nintendo isn't done with the 3DS just yet! In addition to Metroid: Samus Returns, it looks like Nintendo has a brand new IP coming to the platform. Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido was revealed during the Treehouse stream today and the tra... read
Oh man, Tunic, formerly known as 'Secret Legend,' looks so damn cute
We've known about Secret Legend for a while, but it's actually be renamed as Tunic during E3. A new trailer was shown during the PC Gaming Show, which will arrive on PC, Mac, Linux, and "consoles," in 2018 -- it looks perfect for the Switch... read
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This year is the 30th anniversary of Final Fantasy and Square-Enix is continuing the celebration on the Nintendo 3DS. At its anniversary celebration today, the company revealed its free-to-play mobile game Pictlogica Final Fa... read
Monument Valley 2 just popped up on iOS
I do love a good surprise launch. The mind-bending mobile puzzler Monument Valley now has a follow-up and it's out today on iOS as a timed exclusive, priced at $4.99. Despite this being a full-on numbered sequel, developer ustwo says "you ... read
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I wasn't sure what to expect when first booting up Block'hood. The screenshots are gorgeous and it looked like a city-building game, but I had no real understanding of the mechanics or details. Now that I'm familiar with it, ... read
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Shadows of the Damned director unveils time-bending Last Day of June
Shadows of the Damned director Massimo Guarini has announced his latest game, Last Day of June. The moody puzzle game looks a lot closer to Guarini's most recent directorial effort, the child-dragging Murasaki Baby, than Shadows of the Dam... read
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Rime has been through hell.
Tequila Works initially pitched it to Microsoft, which didn't end up working out. Then they went to Sony with another exclusive offer, which did work out, until it didn't. Now they're back with a vengeance on four platforms (one of which is coming later this year), and it was mostly worth the wait. read
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Rime follows Minecraft as latest Switch game that runs at 720p on both tablet and TV
Rime will launch this week on PC, PS4, and Xbox One after quite a bit of strife on Tequila Works' part. But it's also slated for Switch, eventually, and when it does hit that platform it'll be locked at 720p all around. Speaking to Game Rea... read
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I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting myself into when I signed up to review Old Man’s Journey. The name made me think I’d be playing something about a man dying and coming to terms with his life or that I&... read
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Magic is often taken for granted in games. It's just a skill you learn, to be called upon by a button press or a menu option later. Earn a new spell, equip it, then use it immediately for its effects without really thinking a... read
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It’s been a long time since a Burnout game last released. While Burnout Crash was technically the swan song for the series, most fans consider Paradise to be the final “true” entry from developer Criterion G... read
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Claybook is a puzzle-platformer made of clay
I always love a good clay-based aesthetic, and Claybook, an upcoming physics-centric puzzle-platform game from former Trials series developers, takes full advantage of its malleable look. "Everything acts like it would be made out of real ... read
The Switch eShop version of Rime won't cost more after all
You might have heard rumblings about the puzzle-adventure game Rime costing more on Nintendo Switch than on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. There's been movement on that front, with publisher Grey Box altering the price point on the eShop ... read
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"It's a lot easier than it looks."
That's what I had to keep reminding myself whenever I'd get stuck in Statik, an absorbing new PlayStation VR game in which you wake up handcuffed to various puzzle boxes that appear far more... read
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GNOG isn't just a clever puzzle game with vivid color schemes and a cool name. It also has the distinct pleasure of evoking long-lost memories of my favorite childhood toy line: Mighty Max.
Talk about making a great first impression! read
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Alolan Pokemon have finally made it to Pokemon Shuffle
For those of us who are still hanging in there with Pokémon Shuffle despite knowing full well how devious the free-to-play puzzler can be, big update: Alola-region Pokémon are starting to show up! Familiar faces from Sun and ... read
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