Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Before Tequila Works set about tugging heartstrings in their wistful puzzle-platformer Rime, they were full-on wrenching them out of your chest in their gritty zombie-platformer Deadlight. An odd origin story, perhaps, for a studio that’s now mostly known for their bright, colourful artwork and raw, emotional sucker punches, but Deadlight was very much a product of its time. When Tel...

While the joys of the new Zelda on Switch are being experienced by all and/or sundry, we in PC land have to resort to scowling and then writing about how we can still learn lessons from Nintendo s long-running adventures of Link the Landscaper. But what s this, sailing over the horizon? It s Rime , that adventure game about being a wee lad stranded on a gorgeous Mediterranean-style island. And it s holding up a sign. WILL ARRIVE, it says, MAY 26. …

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I was pretty torn with sidescrolling platformer/survival ‘em up Deadlight when I first played it a few years back. For the most part, I enjoyed its zombie apocalypse narrative, its challenging gauntlet sequences and its wonderfully bleak presentation, however really struggled with certain jarring features – like how the protagonist would instantly drown upon impact in water, or how the screen would go all weird when he was exhausted. Just ask Adam about that one. Other folk I’v...

A handful of recent job listings may offer some hints as to Amazon's future ambitions in the gaming space. One opening mentions that the online giant "is looking for a software engineer to contribute to the design and construction of next generation of distribution technology for online video games." The listing's copy also talks up the " very cool software that affects a lot of people" vis-a-vis some sort of multiplatform client that interfaces with Amazon's web services. An evolution of Amazo...