Next Level of this Project


Dear readers/followers of PCGN, This is the 3000th article published on this site, created in 2011 as a side project for a high school student to spend his free time on things he loves to do: playing games and writing about them. I never imagined that 6 years later I would manage to gather a…

PREVIEW: Mr Shifty


While complete clones are usually frowned upon, when a good formula has been established there is no reason not to get inspiration from it either to give us more of what we are craving, or to further a genre. After all, FPS games started off as “Doom-likes”. And when the inspiration is the masterpiece Hotline…

REVIEW: Milkmaid of the Milky Way


Ruth, a simple farm girl living in Western Norway in 1929 has her life turned upside down all of a sudden after a thunderstorm. Pixelated graphics leave a lot for the player’s own imagination to fill in with the otherwise beautiful looking locations, and gives the game that charming retro-feel at the same time.

REVIEW: 8-Bit Hordes


This is the second title (by release date) within Petroglyph’s 8-Bit series and as soon as you start playing it one thing becomes clear: it’s a homage to both classic Command & Conquer as well as Warcraft RTS’ from back in the day when real time strategy was all about the challenge and didn’t care…