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Brendan Caldwell

Former Features Editor

Brendan likes all types of games. To him there is wisdom in Crusader Kings 2, valour in Dark Souls, and tragicomedy in Nidhogg.

An explosion wipes out some enemies in Card Bard (or Wildcard? The name of the game is not clear...)

News

Update: Card Bard is a suspicious deckbuildy shooter with some familiar assets

Oh dear

June 4, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Geoff Keighley talks to viewers during a Twitch livestream.

News

Don't expect big reveals at Summer Games Fest, says Geoff Keighley

He's "expectation setting"

June 3, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

An engineer pilots a homemade tank simulator controller with World of Tanks.

News

You need an entire crew to pilot this homemade tank simulator

Tanks for this

June 3, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

The player reloads their firearm in retro shooter Selaco.

News

F.E.A.R.-inspired retro shooter Selaco comes out blastin', covered in early access dust

"She's behind that desk"

May 31, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

The hero of Just Cause 4 rides a motorbike away from an explosion and a pursuing fighter jet.

News

A Just Cause movie is in production, with Blue Beetle director in charge

Que Rico

May 30, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Rover faces the camera, saying "I don't know what I'm doing here".

Feature

It's hard to like the heroes of Wuthering Waves when they keep soiling you with dictionary vomit

The Lament

May 30, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Three Kerbals in spacesuits look at one another on the surface of a distant planet.

News

Kerbal Space Program 2 producer confirms mass layoffs, contradicting CEO's remarks

Executive indecision

May 29, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

BB explores the crime-ridden streets of her home city.

News

Anthology of the Killer is out now, bringing murder to your doorstep

Many more confirmed dead

May 28, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

The characters Soukaku and Hoshimi Miyabi hang out in Zenless Zone Zero.

News

Zenless Zone Zero gets a release date of July 4th, plus a trailer with lots of kicking

Zourth of Zuly

May 28, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

BB is grabbed by hostile nurses in Anthology of the Killer.

News

'Don't worry! I'm a murderer!' - award-winning comedy Anthology of the Killer is out next week

Crime zone

May 23, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Alice holds a knife in Alice: Madness Returns

Feature

The best Alices in PC games

There have been a few

May 22, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Two characters flirt in life sim Life By You

News

Sims contender Life By You gets delayed once again, this time indefinitely

Work-life balance

May 21, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Prisoners crowd into the yard, where some punching bags hang unused.

Feature

Prison Architect 2 is coming up for release, but it's hard to rehabilitate from years of 2D

A hard cell

May 20, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

A soldier runs across a battlefield in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)

News

Captain Price seems to die in a cut ending from Modern Warfare 3, uncovered 13 years later

Price cut

May 20, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Hephaestus, the god of smithing, talks to Melinoë.

News

First Hades 2 patch lets you gather seed, silver and souls simultaneously

Resourceful

May 17, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Some agents pose dramatically in the key art for The Division: Heartland.

News

Ubisoft quietly cancel The Division Heartland

Middling America

May 16, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Harold is desperate to trade manga with Luna.

Review

Read Only Memories: Neurodiver review - a bright cyberpunk noir overdosing on easter eggs

Squid pro quo

May 15, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

A dinosaur informs Tim, the hero of Braid, that his "princess is in another castle".

News

Braid Anniversary Edition is out now, rewinding time approximately 15 years

Let's do the Tim warp again

May 15, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

A ghost "welcomes" the player to the Clockwork Kingdom.

Feature

Who needs a Morrowind remake when you can explore the beautiful nightmare of Dread Delusion?

Praise Paeguth

May 14, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

The racetrack Deep Dip 2 towers over a field in Trackmania

News

These racing game players are 11 days into an exhausting race to climb a deadly tower

The winner gets $15,000

May 14, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Selene, goddess of the Moon offers a powerful Hex.

News

Hades 2 will change your "dash" and "sprint" abilities in its first patch

We have word from the oracle

May 14, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

A scientist attempts to catch an alien creature with a net in Abiotic Factor.

News

You can pet the headcrabs in Abiotic Factor, and now they'll follow you around

They've also added cheese

May 13, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Orpheus and Hermes rock out in a city at night time in role-playing musical Stray Gods

News

Orpheus may be missing from Hades 2 but he's returning to role-playing musical Stray Gods

Sad bard DLC confirmed

May 10, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

The title screen for Rusty's Retirement, an idle game you can play over the top of other work.

Feature

Can you play Rusty's Retirement while at work and still get work done?

Let's find out

May 9, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

Lightning, Squall and Cloud from the Final Fantasy series

Feature

The best Final Fantasy games on PC

Ranked in the correct order, finally

May 8, 2024 Katharine Castle