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The latest video game reviews for all platforms, including retro. Discover gems and must-have titles whilst also avoiding releases which have low entertainment value.
Relive the Cold War while building your own superpower. Does the mysterious yet powerful Soviet Union fascinate you? Do you…
It’s been a little over two months since Animal Crossing: New Horizons graced us with its long-awaited presence and boy,…
A “fresh breeze” in the battle royale genre With Scavengers Studios, a relatively new development team to the gaming industry, with a small…
A success on top of an OG big hit It’s back and greater than ever, a remake that was already…
Once upon a time, the humble 3D platformer was the go-to game of choice for any developer wishing to make…
For some, Call of Duty is in the midst of an identity crisis. 2017’s Call of Duty: WWII returned the…
Now this is a blast from the past. 2009 being a retro year is scary for those of us who…
The Atelier franchise is completely labyrinthine. A quick trip to Wikipedia (I know it’s not the most reliable source, but…
When Yooka-Laylee was announced, a great deal was made about how the game was a product of former Rare Studios…
I’m standing atop a hill covered with leafy vegetation and gently swaying trees. Overlooking an enemy base, I send out…
If you thought Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the most hyped animal-based life-sim coming to the Nintendo Switch, you’ve got…
Rally driving is a terrifying prospect. For those of us who’ve never tried it or never been interested in trying…
Everyone’s mileage with Yu-Gi-Oh! will vary. For some, it was an essential ritual, a part of growing up. Many of…
Dark Souls has a lot to answer for. Since From Software’s cult RPG classic launched back in 2011, it’s spawned…
The great debate in video games for a while was as follows: should we pursue linear level-based design or open…
We all love our cars. It’s difficult to imagine a world in which we had to get around without them.…
For many, Japanese RPGs represent an impenetrable phenomenon. There are, of course, plenty of accessible entry points into this most…
Recently, there has been news circulating on the web about a game entitled Breakout: The Dark Prison. After extensive research…
When Kingdom Come: Deliverance was released back in 2018, it was one of the year’s most unexpected delights. Marrying an…
BioWare’s history as a developer is an interesting one. Although the company is perhaps best known for its narrative-driven RPGs…
Roguelike games are very, very tricky to get right. Any enterprising developer looking to create one of these games must…
Superheroes, we are told, do not exist in real life. Our caped crusaders and brooding vigilantes live only on the…
Go To War Anytime you hear the word “Battlelands” as a game player, you automatically know that you will be…
Where were you back in the late ‘90s? Were you, like many of us, still in school, eagerly watching the…
Consider, if you will, the strange and wonderful world of racing simulation games. From Codemasters’ F1 series to Slightly Mad…
When we were younger, the prospect of playing “augmented” video games was something that belonged exclusively to the distant future.…
There aren’t enough happy games in the world. Most video games these days revolve around gruff, grim people trying to…
Turn-based combat is a tricky beast. Get it right and you’ve got something like XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a thrilling, tense…
Fireproof Games’ award-winning The Room is a successful Switch port that just needed to happen. Originally released for mobile devices,…
When a particular game does what it does so well that it becomes a runaway financial and critical success, pretenders…
When revisiting old video gaming classics, there’s always a sense of dread that the reality won’t match up to your…