WiZmans World Re;Try on Switch 2 – "A Hidden Gem Reborn?" 🧚⚔️ @claricedisc

Rich dives into Wizmans World ReTry as it returns with a fresh coat of paint on the Nintendo Switch 2, and we’re diving straight into this magical RPG revival. Whether you played the original or you’re discovering it for the first time, this re-release brings upgraded visuals, smoother performance, and that classic dungeon‑crawling charm.

In this video, we explore early gameplay, performance on Switch 2, and what makes Wizmans World ReTry such a fascinating comeback title for RPG fans. Expect spell‑slinging, monster‑raising, and plenty of retro‑flavoured goodness.

If you love hidden gems, quirky RPGs, and deep-cut revivals, this one’s for you.

 

Clash of Clans Dragon Duke Guide

Supercell dropped the Dragon Duke on March 1, 2026, and it immediately rewrote the rulebook on air attacks. This fire-breathing, wall-ignoring tank is the sixth hero in Clash of Clans and only the second one that flies, giving TH15+ players a wrecking ball that can crack open base cores from angles that ground heroes simply can't reach. If you haven't built your strategy around him yet, you're already behind.

This guide covers everything you need to run the Dragon Duke at a high level: his stats, how Royal Rampage actually works (including the pet interactions that trip people up), the best equipment loadouts, and the attack strategies that are tripling max bases in Legend League right now.

Best TH18 Base Layouts for War, CWL & Ranked Mode in 2026 🏰

 

Town Hall 18 dropped a literal meteor on your village, and if you are still running a recycled TH17 layout with a few extra walls slapped on, you are handing out free three-stars like candy on Halloween. The November 2025 update introduced Guardians, the Revenge Tower, the Super Wizard Tower, and a completely reworked defensive ecosystem. Then the February 2026 patch stacked on Inferno Tower 12, Hidden Tesla 17, a Totem radius nerf, and a reworked Earthquake Spell that now hits ground troops. The base you built three months ago? It is already outdated.

This guide breaks down the best TH18 base designs across every competitive format: Clan War, Clan War Leagues (now with 5v5), and the revamped Ranked Mode. We will cover the defence placements that actually matter, the attack strategies you need to counter, and the design principles separating a solid base from a highlight-reel victim.

Everything You Need to Know About Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 Showdown 🔫

Epic Games just dropped the most controversial one-two punch in Fortnite history: a brand-new season that looks genuinely exciting, paired with a V-Bucks price hike that has the community reaching for pitchforks. Chapter 7 Season 2, officially titled "Showdown," launches on March 19, 2026, and it brings The Foundation, the Ice King, Bugs Bunny, and a wallet-thinning change to how much your V-Bucks actually cost. Here's everything confirmed, leaked, and worth knowing before the update drops.

Akatori PC Gameplay – This Indie Metroidvania Looks Incredible 🌳🏯🎍 @AKATORIGAME #IndieGame #GameDev

Rich Steps into the vibrant world of Akatori, a stunning new Metroidvania packed with fluid combat, gorgeous pixel art, and fast, responsive platforming. In this PC gameplay showcase, we dive into the opening areas, explore its unique movement mechanics, and get a feel for the world-building that makes this indie adventure stand out.

QPAD OMNIBEAM Stream RGB Mic Pro Unboxing & Test 🎙️📦

Rich gets into the Unboxing and testing of the QPAD OMNIBEAM Stream RGB Mic Pro — a sleek, RGB‑lit streaming microphone designed for creators who want clean audio and standout desk aesthetics. In this video, I take a first look at the build quality, features, RGB lighting, and—most importantly—the real‑world sound test so you can hear exactly how it performs.

🎤 What’s Inside the Box 💡 RGB Lighting Demo 🔧 Setup & Controls Overview 🎧 Live Mic Test / Raw Audio Sample 💬 First Impressions & Who This Mic Is For

🎙️ MIC LINK: https://qpad.com/omnibeam-stream-mic

Monster Train 2 DLC - Destiny of the Railforged Xbox Series X Review 8/10 "Keeping it Rail" 🚂 @TheMonsterTrain #IndieGame #GameDev

The first paid DLC for Monster Train 2 has arrived at the station. The lauded sequel itself only came out in May of last year, and in late 2025 we were blessed with a host of new additions through the ‘Echoes From the Void’ update. Now, only a few months later, we have another, more substantial offering to expand the network in a way that shows HS2 how it’s done (Google it, non-UK people).

Monster Train, for the uninitiated, is a roguelike deck-building game. I won’t go into the mechanics too much as I cover a lot of it HERE. And I didn’t review the Void update, but essentially it offered a bit more of everything. We were furnished with new foes, new weapons and new variants of the Pyre (source of the player’s life and what your monsters protect) to up the ante and keep the train rolling.

GameZone Slots Strategy: Guide to Organized Slot Gameplay 🎰🃏

Online slot gaming has become one of the most recognizable forms of digital entertainment. Bright animations, themed reels, and fast-paced spins attract players who enjoy visually engaging gameplay. Yet behind the excitement of spinning reels lies an important factor that often shapes the overall experience: organization. Within the GameZone platform, the concept of GameZone Slots Strategy reflects a thoughtful approach to enjoying slot sessions with structure and awareness.

Many players approach slot gameplay as a quick form of entertainment, but structured play can often lead to a smoother and more balanced experience. Understanding how the platform works, planning gaming sessions carefully, and recognizing the rhythm of slot gameplay can help players manage their time and activity more effectively.

The emotional appeal of slot games also plays a role. The psychology of slot thrills influences how players perceive excitement during digital gameplay. Sound effects, visual motion, and anticipation between spins create moments that keep players engaged. When players understand this rhythm, they often develop better awareness of how to pace their sessions.

Mindseye PS5 Review 4/10 [POST 2026 UPDATE 7] "Not quite as catastrophic as you might have heard" 👁️

Here are the first ten minutes of Mindseye.

After a slick cinematic establishing our hero, Jacob Diaz, you begin a new job at a sprawling military-tech corporation. Your superior takes you on a guided tour of the pristine facility in a small buggy, explaining the company’s grand ambitions.

You can absolutely floor this buggy and plough into every NPC in sight.

It’s like the parking garage in Dead Rising, bodies ragdolling across the place, your buggy skidding over their motionless corpses. No one meaningfully reacts to this. They don’t move out of the way, and aside from a few yelps they don't say anything.

At one point I flipped the vehicle completely. My boss, still seated beside me, calmly continued her monologue while Jacob nodded along, upside down, as if this were standard onboarding procedure.

This was the most fun I had playing Mindseye.

The Cabin Factory PS5 Review 9.5/10 "A beautifully designed bite-sized horror that’s a must play for fans of the genre" 🛖 @ICS_indie #IndieGame #GameDev

As long time readers will know, I’m a (blood) sucker for short horror games. I love settling down and knowing I’ll be watching the credits roll in an hour or two and will get a short blast of unsettling thrills. Combine that with the fact that The Cabin Factory costs less than half a pint of lager, and we are very much onto a winner.

I’m purposely not going into the game that much here as discovering it is where a lot of the fun lies, all you need to know is that this is a first-person 3D horror game in which you play an older lady that begins The Cabin Factory in a lift en route to the huge aeroplane hangar-like room in which she will be performing her job…checking if cabins that roll up on a conveyor belt are haunted or not. There are two buttons marked ‘danger’ and ‘clear’, and if you get eight cabins correct on the trot – you finish the game, it really is that simple.

Roadwarden Nintendo Switch 2 Review 5.5/10 "A beautiful tale crushed by performance issues" 🗺️ @MoralAnxiety #IndieGame #GameDev

I actually received Roadwarden for review last year, but had an issue when playing on my Switch, whereby the game would judder along as if it was constantly buffering – I made contact with the relevant party to inquire if this was a known issue that would be patched shortly etc. – as it made the game unplayable - and received no response, so it fell off my radar. 

It was only upon installing games on our new Switch 2 that I spotted Roadwarden and wondered if it would run more smoothly on this new console, it is after all, a text-based adventure – hardly a genre that needs a technical powerhouse! And yet…problems remain, which is a real shame as the game has so much potential.

Disco Simulator PS5 Review 7.5/10 "Can people please stop spewing on the dance floor?" 🕺🪩💃 @GamesIncubator #IndieGame #GameDev

As someone who has a partner that grew up on The Sims games, I quite fancied the idea of settling down of an evening and spending a few sessions with Disco Simulator, a game in which you run your own nightclub (I do really feel that this should have been called Nightclub Simulator, by the way, but it looks like that name was already taken). 

The game begins with a brisk tutorial that lays out the setting, you begin each scenario with certain goals in mind – reaching a certain amount of cash, hitting certain metrics etc. – and from there, you pretty much get free reign of how to run your club, from naming it through to shaking cocktails, unclogging toilets, checking tickets for entry, and ensuring that the power stays on – or will you delegate all this nonsense to your ever-growing team of staff?

Crisol: Theatre of Idols PS5 Review 8.5/10 “A Bloody Good Start for Vermila Studio” 🪆🩸 @CrisolGame @VermilaStudios #IndieGame #GameDev

When viewing the trailer for Crisol: Theatre of Idols it was immediately obvious where a lot of inspiration had come from it. looked like a mix of Bioshock and Resident Evil, which are two of my favourite game series, so I was very excited to see whether it could live up to its lofty inspirations, or would it be a pale imitation? 

Especially as this is the first game by the studio. I think they hit it out of the park, a slam dunk, a hole in one.. and that's all the sports metaphors I know. For a first outing I think it’s fantastic. Crisol knows what it wants to achieve, it is a love letter to the horror games that inspired it, and whilst it may not reinvent the horror game wheel, it has wonderful art design and a cool new mechanic that makes the game a delight to play.

Gaming Genres You Might Not Have Considered Before 🎮

Over half of the UK population now plays video games. It’s a weird and wonderful world, with all kinds of titles available to explore. If you’re feeling bored with the big blockbuster titles, here are some new genres worth picking up your pad (or mouse) for at the end of a long day.   

Cosy and slow-paced

So-called ‘cosy’ games are designed to help you breathe out. They focus on cute, calm routines rather than fast reactions, inviting you to settle into a rhythm. You tend to look after a small environment, chat to a handful of characters, or gather useful items in your own time. This kind of play can become a form of mindfulness, with no real rush or consequence to your decisions.

If you want to ease into the genre, choose something that encourages small daily habits. Set aside ten minutes to tend a garden or arrange a room, for example. These pockets of activity give you a sense of progress without demanding hours of commitment or high performance.

Britt’s iOS Adventures #1 Dawncaster & Caves of Lore on iOS 📱⚔️ @WanderlostGames #IndieGame #GameDev

Considering how many games I play across the various console platforms (and PC, back in the day), one aspect of gaming that I have been disappointed with over the last ten years or so has been mobile gaming. As much as I like the classics being ported to mobile, I’ve always wanted to discover new single-player games, and to this end – it’s always been difficult to come across handcrafted, enjoyable experiences, having been stung in the past with games that look great, but are hampered by either micro-transactions, endless grinding, multiplayer-focused shash, or have a spark – but are unfinished, abandoned projects.

A few weeks ago, I came across a list of a few games that stood out to me and I thought I’d – again – try to get hips deep into the world of mobile gaming, initially through the medium of two games. Dawncaster, a deck-building ‘cardventure’ developed by the Netherlands-based studio Wanderlost Interactive, and Caves of Lore, an RPG in a more classic vein from solo developer Mike Robins. I have to say, these titles have both been incredible discoveries, and have reinvigorated gaming on a mobile device for me, with Dawncaster taking the place of a game that is fun to both dip in and out of as well as have lengthier session on (my four year old is also a fan, loving the character and card designs), whilst Caves of Lore really connected with me with its pixel visuals, dynamic lighting and classic, open-world sensibilities that fill the game with quests and quirks, very clearly the vision of a single individual, which makes the scope of the game all the more impressive, and the vibe very personal.

Hyper Sentinel Fusion A NEW Retro Shooter on Floppy Disk! [UNBOXING] 💾 @GamesYouLoved @Huey_Games

Hyper Sentinel Fusion is here — and it’s arriving on an actual floppy disk!

In this unboxing, we crack open the brand‑new retro shooter from HUEY GAMES, the team carrying the legendary Hewson Consultants torch into a new era of indie retro brilliance. Expect chunky pixels, arcade‑pure gameplay, and a collector’s edition that feels like it’s been teleported straight from the 80s. If you love physical media, classic shoot ’em ups, or anything that smells faintly of CRT nostalgia, this one’s going to hit you right in the retro cortex. Join me as I dive into the box, explore the goodies, and celebrate a project that blends modern indie passion with old‑school charm.

🔗BACK THE KICKSTARTER: t.co/QrPUuKSbAn

Hyper Sentinel Fusion is gearing up for a Kickstarter debut with a launch campaign that leans fully into retro charm while delivering a modern arcade punch. Huey Games has revealed that its upcoming shoot‑’em‑up will blast onto Kickstarter on Friday, 27th February 2026 at 9:00 AM (UK time)—and it’s doing so with a collectible that will hit every retro gamer right in the nostalgia.

🕹️ A Floppy Disk for 2026

The centrepiece of the campaign is a limited‑edition “floppy disk” reward: a chunky, 1980s‑style disk that flips open to reveal a USB drive containing the final game. It’s a physical throwback with a modern twist, designed to celebrate the era when home computing meant swapping disks, loading screens, and pixel‑perfect imagination.

Supporters and content creators will be showing off the disk throughout the campaign, digging into the USB contents—pixel art, images, videos, and more—and sharing their unboxings across social platforms.

🚀 A Modern Take on Classic Arcade Action

Hyper Sentinel Fusion draws inspiration from legendary shooters like Uridium and Paradroid, but rebuilds the formula with contemporary design and technology. Expect:

• Fast, fluid combat across the exteriors and interiors of colossal alien warships

• Pixel‑art style fused with modern effects and smooth performance

• A dynamic loop of risk and reward, where each run strengthens your ship and strategy

Players pilot a nimble starfighter, tear down alien megastructures under heavy fire, then dive inside to pull off a high‑stakes heist before everything detonates. Death isn’t the end—time rewinds, sending you back to Moonbase Alpha to upgrade, re‑arm, and try again.

💾 Digital or Physical—Your Choice

Alongside standard digital downloads, the Kickstarter will offer the collectible floppy disk edition for fans who love physical media and retro memorabilia. It’s a campaign built to resonate with long‑time arcade enthusiasts while introducing newcomers to the thrill of classic shoot‑’em‑ups.

📣 Follow the Launch

Huey Games will be sharing updates and community content across X, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, and YouTube, where fans can track the campaign’s progress and join the conversation.

🎯 Launch Details

Hyper Sentinel Fusion goes live on Kickstarter at 9:00 AM (UK time) on Friday, 27th February 2026, with a full range of rewards ready to unlock. With its blend of retro aesthetics, modern gameplay, and a genuinely unique physical collectible, it’s shaping up to be one of the standout indie launches of the year.

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Death & Lead SEGA Mega Drive Review 7/10 "The West rises again on Sega’s best machine from the East" 🤠🏇 @Kai_MSX #IndieGame #GameDev #RetroGaming

We here at GF have been big fans of Kai Magazine Software, a Spanish development company that has brought us The Secret of the Four Winds, Life On Mars, and Metal Dragon – amongst others over the years. 

Whilst their games have had some pros and cons, the one thing that stands out about this development house for me, and keeps me extremely interested in their upcoming releases, is that they have an uncanny ability to hone in on game genres that felt under-realised on Sega’s best* home console system, as well as having the ability to make the audio shine. 

There are a handful of developer/publishers that release titles for the Mega Drive – and I genuinely adore them all – but Kai Magazine Software seems to have a little niche in that the games they create aren’t the typical sort that you’d find on the MD, and in doing so, have that frisson that brings the system alive.

G’AIM’E Plug & Play Time Crisis Light Gun System Review By Britt "A new light gun bundle for Modern TVs!" 🔫 @MyGAIME

It’s always a pleasure when tech that has fallen by the wayside gets a new lease of life, and light gun games certainly fall into that category.

A couple of years ago, I covered the fantastic Sinden light Gun, but it did require some setup and also relied on the owner’s library of games, as opposed to coming pre-packaged with anything.

The G’AIM’E light gun ‘aims’ to remedy this, and after a successful Kickstarter raised over 800k, they now have various packages available, timed in with celebrating thirty years of that classic arcade light gun shooter, Time Crisis.

Sugoroku New Year's Party Available on PC & Switch 🎲🎲 @SAT_BOX_2011

A new digital board game packed with mini-games from developer Sat-Box that celebrates the Japanese New Year, collect lucky coins through festive New Year's games. Bring in the most good fortune, and you'll be crowned Master of the New Year!

Sugoroku Mode:
Collect coins and aim for victory!
The board is filled with festive New Year's events and special ema plaques that can change your fate!
There's always a chance for a last-minute comeback!

Mini game Mode:
Enjoy a variety of New Year's-themed mini games!
Play 10 different games, including Fukuwarai and Mochi Pounding!

Freely customize your Character Piece used in Sugoroku Mode!
Create original pieces in festive New Year's attire!

Trust GXT 498P Forta Gaming Headset For PS5 ¬ Review By Britt 🎧 @TrustGaming #GXTrust

Trust have released a line of headsets licensed for PS5 in a range of colours (Nova Pink, Midnight Black, white, and Starlight Blue) that are available now!

We were sent the Nova Pink edition, which is a bright and vibrant colour that is definitely more a hot pink than baby pink. Well packaged and easy to set up, the Forta headset has a detachable mic arm and a universal 3.5mm cable that is soft, braided (thank the lord, much more practical than some stiff, plasticky cables I’ve encountered in the past), and also detachable - much preferred to hard-wired cables that can get yanked and require full unit replacements in such situations. I always find it comforting to know that cables can be replaced with my accessories, should the worst happen.