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Comrades in arms | Elden Ring Nightreign review: FromSoftware's weirdest experiment yet, and its most powerful message to loyal fans

Nightreign is a powerful send off for The Lands Between, brimming with experimentation, mysteries, and intrigue. Despite everything, FromSoft has done it again.

May 28, 2025 Connor Makar

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Constructive Crit | RoadCraft review: Streamlined building biz beset by bumbling AI Bobs

Can we fix it? Well, that often depends on whether you’ll let me deliver the bits myself.

May 19, 2025 Mark Warren

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You call that a fief | Doom The Dark Ages review: The road to hell is paved with hypertension

Stressful, but in a good way, Doom The Dark Ages thunders along a well-trodden path but fails to break any new ground.

May 9, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

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Take A Lachance | The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered review - An ultra-faithful remaster I wish had gone full remake

Returning to Cyrodiil’s always nice, but I’m not sure this re-packaging’s added much to the experience.

May 3, 2025 Mark Warren

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Du Coup | Clair Obscur Expedition 33 review: avoir le coup de foudre

A fascinating mix of nostalgia, experimentation, innovation, and commitment to a vision, Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is a painterly stroke of genius.

April 23, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

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Pinky Swear | Promise Mascot Agency review: Lots of CEOs do heck-all work, but I’m not one of those

Come to Kaso-Machi for the Yakuza intrigue, stay for the gang of weirdo workers in costumes you’ve actually got to treat pretty decently.

April 7, 2025 Mark Warren

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Bloody Action | The First Berserker Khazan review: a love letter to going all-out, bold action, and re-using bosses

My love for you is like a truck, Berserker.

March 24, 2025 Connor Makar

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Got T’ Go Fast | Atomfall review: a seriously swift survivalist scramble through a scenic section of Sadness Island

You might be done with it a lot quicker than you'd anticipate, but while it’s got you, Atomfall is a decently good time.

March 21, 2025 Mark Warren

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Eye of the Iga | Assassin’s Creed Shadows review: How Ubisoft learned to stop worrying and embrace imperfection

The biggest shake-up in the Assassin’s Creed formula since Black Flag, Shadows manages to simultaneously honour legacy and break new ground.

March 18, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

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Story of the Year | Split Fiction review: a breathtaking celebration of creative media that screams Game of the Year

Everything couch co-op fans want and more, Split Fiction is a smorgasbord of belly laughs and references to cult classic media that will likely make you cry.

March 4, 2025 Kelsey Raynor

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Be(a)st Wishes | Monster Hunter Wilds review: just might rocket Capcom’s worst-kept Seikret into the mainstream

A reduced-fat, flavourful, and fantastic realisation of the Monster Hunter formula, if you can stand to chew through some half-baked narrative choices.

Feb. 24, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

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And A Bottle Of Sake | Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review: a swashbuckling success with strange showering

RGG Studio’s latest spin-off somehow pulls off being both a great pirate game and a pretty damn good Yakuza game.

Feb. 18, 2025 Mark Warren

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PILLAR OF FIRE | Avowed review: the next great cult classic

Avowed is unlikely to be marked as a trailblazer, but everything it sets out to do it accomplishes with style and confidence. I expect to many it'll be regarded as a cult classic in years to come.

Feb. 13, 2025 Alex Donaldson

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It's Own League | Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 review: one of the most unique RPGs I've ever played

Other than the first Kingdom Come, I've not played a game quite like Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. This is a good thing.

Feb. 3, 2025 Connor Makar

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We Built This City | Civilization 7 review: the most bravely different Civ in decades, for better and worse

Whatever you think of Civ's new direction, one thing is for sure: it's a solid foundation for the future.

Feb. 3, 2025 Alex Donaldson

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Machine Learning | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector review - an evocative, thrilling sci-fi sequel

A thrilling and reflective dice-driven RPG that continues to subvert modern sci-fi as we know it.

Jan. 30, 2025 Rachel Watts

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Better Meta | Honkai Star Rail 3.0 review: Horrible history and smart battle changes make this the strongest HSR update yet

A more thoughtful story and a fair new meta give HSR 3.0 a strong identity

Jan. 15, 2025 Josh Broadwell

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Rule of Thirds | Dynasty Warriors Origins review: 2025 has its first great action game

A perfect jumping-on point, and an excuse to play the year's first great action game.

Jan. 13, 2025 Connor Makar

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A Perfect Circle | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: an acquired taste, but a barnstorming classic

The best thing I can say about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is that I know I’m going to be thinking about this for a long time yet.

Dec. 6, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Get out of here! | Stalker 2 review: an excellent work of struggle and loneliness, even if it is plagued by bugs

In spite of its flaws, Stalker 2 is a brilliant game made under extenuating circumstances.

Nov. 20, 2024 Connor Makar

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Twin Mirror | Life is Strange: Double Exposure review - the most satisfyingly speculative, but least intimate, entry into the franchise yet

Max Caulfield returns to headline a follow-up that hints at an exciting new direction for the series — but doesn't quite manage to answer all of its own questions.

Oct. 29, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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Nailed It | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 review - franchise-high thrills in a near-perfect blend of old and new

Back in black, for realsies this time.

Oct. 29, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Rook & a Hard Place | Dragon Age The Veilguard review: a competent, compelling RPG that's less than the sum of its parts

Many of Veilguard's best ideas feel like they struggle to get out of first gear, and those that do find it harder still to make it to third.

Oct. 28, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Lost Memories | Fear the Spotlight review: Blumhouse Games’ ghost story debut is a promising start

Blumhouse Games’ publishing debut, Fear the Spotlight, is a perfectly enjoyable time delving into the psychological after-effects of a seance gone wrong.

Oct. 23, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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5 O'Clock Shadow | Sonic X Shadow Generations review: one of Sonic’s modern classics well-refined, with a strong (but short) new campaign

Sonic Generations remains one of the hedgehog’s better outings in this remaster, but the best of this release is the all-new story starring Shadow.

Oct. 21, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Schrödinger's Cut | Until Dawn review: a last-gen stand-out rescued from the jaws of oblivion

Ballistic Moon's second pass at Until Dawn is more than a remaster yet not wholly a remake — but most importantly, it definitively preserves one of the best modern adventure games with only a few compromises.

Oct. 8, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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The Drink | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero review: as meaningful a send-up to the source material as one could hope for

A sweet drink that'll quench the thirst of any and all Dragon Ball fans.

Oct. 7, 2024 Connor Makar

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Is This Just Fantasy | Metaphor Refantazio review: moreish, subversive RPG excellence that’s fit for a king

The most inventive and peculiar RPG in recent years, Metaphor Refantazio plays like a ‘Greatest Hits of Atlus’ - with new ideas thrown in for good measure.

Oct. 7, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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It Exists | Starfield Shattered Space review - Almost

The first major expansion for Bethesda’s big space baby isn’t terrible by any means, but it still just feels like more Starfield, for all that that entails.

Oct. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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Not A Load of Balls | EA Sports FC 25 Review - gameplay over gimmicks makes for a season to remember

There’s a lot that EA Sports FC 25 does which isn’t iterative - and that, actually, is a good thing.

Oct. 4, 2024 James Billcliffe

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This Town... | Silent Hill 2 review - Bloober Team's remake will blow your mind

That Silent Hill 2-shaped hole in your heart? It’s gone now, with Bloober Team’s faithful and outright terrifying remake.

Oct. 4, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Not So Pure Magic | Reynatis review - an imperfect, but fascinating, reality based on a fantasy

This one's for the shorter games with worse graphics crowd.

Sept. 26, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Hunting For Glory | Golden Lap review: A love letter to racing’s past with near-immaculate vibes

Managing your team through an F1 golden era dripping with glamour, danger, and plain old oil is an almost meditative experience at times.

Sept. 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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No-Follow Link | Zelda Echoes of Wisdom review: Cozy open world provides the perfect Switch sign-off

A colourful, accessible epic that pushes its console to the limit, and a perfect would-be swansong for Nintendo's little hybrid miracle.

Sept. 25, 2024 James Billcliffe

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FANTASTIC | Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster review - A masterclass that turns an Xbox 360 classic into a 2024 game of the year contender

One of the best Capcom games from the 7th generation of consoles has been brought back better than ever.

Sept. 17, 2024 Connor Makar

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Hollow Nights | Hollowbody review - A thrilling PSX-style experience that remixes the classic survival horror formula

A new and refreshing take on the survival horror genre that pays homage to various cult classics.

Sept. 14, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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It’s LeBigggg | NBA 2K25 review: A 7-foot 6, 300-pound center that’s plenty skilled, but still a bit turnover-prone

2K’s basketball behemoths have long felt like a pretty strong package, but this year isn’t a wholly authoritative slam dunk for reasons beyond VC.

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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Astrolutely Botiful | Astro Bot review: A perfect little platformer that only really cares about fun

A tonic to the semi-slog modern triple-A gaming occasionally becomes, and a proper genre classic.

Sept. 5, 2024 Tom Orry

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Once In A Bad Moon | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 review - Maybe the most faithful Warhammer video game adaptation of all time

Space Marine 2 is one of the best Warhammer games ever released, and one of the most dangerous gateway drugs to plastic crack I've ever seen.

Sept. 4, 2024 Connor Makar

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MOVIE MAGIC | The Casting of Frank Stone review: A worthy expansion of Dead by Daylight’s lore that celebrates all things horror

The Casting of Frank Stone exhibits a real passion for the genre, and fans of both Behaviour Interactive and Supermassive Games are in for a real treat.

Sept. 3, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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