I grew up as not only a huge gaming fan, but a huge comic book fan too. As you would expect, those two worlds would collide in video game form numerous times over the years, and upon seeing the titles included in the Marvel MaXimum Collection, I was about as sold as you could be….
You’ve probably killed minotaurs in a whole bunch of games. Pretty standard enemy, right? Well, the team at Artificer are switching that little fact up with this new release. Now, instead of you hunting a terrible monster through its den, you’re the monster doing the hunting. And there are a lot of unprepared adventurers for…
Nomada Studio, the Spanish indie team behind the watercolour marvel Gris, cemented their place among gaming’s finest emotional storytellers with 2024’s Neva. A harrowing, stunning tale of Alba and her wolf companion navigating a corrupted, dying world, it felt like a fully realised artistic statement – something complete. So when Neva: Prologue was revealed during…
I’m a casual anime fan, but a massive car fan, so most racing games usually grab my attention in some way. But when I saw Screamer’s blend of anime cutscenes and stylish racing sequences, I was ready to go. For what it’s worth, I’m also just finding out that this is the fourth game in…
When Super Mario Bros. Wonder launched on the original Nintendo Switch back in October 2023, I called it “quite simply the best 2D Mario platforming game ever made” – and I stand by every word. So when Nintendo announced a Switch 2 Edition complete with the mouthful subtitle + Meetup in Bellabel Park, the…
I’ll gladly admit that for better or worse, I play the new Call of Duty every year. While I stick around for the invincible gunplay and fun multiplayer sessions with friends, it’s always nice when a new season comes around to refresh the experience with some new content. Be it maps, guns, operators or events,…
Live service games are a dime a dozen these days, and it feels like extraction shooters aren’t that far behind. From the early days of Escape From Tarkov to the wildly popular Arc Raiders that took over multiplayer charts only a few months ago, it’s clear that Bungie’s latest project, Marathon, has its work cut…
Back in February, when I attended Nintendo’s Preview Event and spent just over an hour with Pokémon Pokopia, I called it “planting the seeds of something special.” Having now sunk well north of 50 hours into the full release, I can confirm: those seeds have grown into something truly extraordinary. Pokémon Pokopia is not just…
Monster Hunter returns with a new “Stories” spin-off with some incredibly beautiful graphics, a stellar story and a Pokémon-style mechanic that will keep your inner Poké-nerd incredibly satisfied. This spin-off series boasts a beautiful anime art style and incredible stories and adventures that are more monster-raising than hunting. After my playthrough of the game, I…
While I consider myself more of a casual WWE fan, I can’t deny just how good the WWE 2K franchise has been over the past few years. From the improved mechanics to the expanded rosters and even the awesome Showcase modes focusing on some of my favourite wrestlers over the years, there’s been plenty to…
The legacy of Little Nightmares is instantly recognisable. Its unsettling visual language, with tiny protagonists navigating oversized environments filled with grotesque figures, has become iconic in the horror platforming genre. Reanimal may not officially exist within that universe, but with the creative team behind Little Nightmares II returning to the formula that made those games…
I’ve admittedly never been a huge fan of the Tales series, or even played the original Tales of Berseria when it released back in 2017, so this review is going to be its own little tale of two takes, if you wish. On the one hand, Tales of Berseria is actually a really competent and…
I’m a huge fan of the Resident Evil franchise. Resident Evil 4 is one of my favourite games of all time, and Leon Kennedy’s return alone could have sold me on Resident Evil Requiem. But even then, it’s doing so much more than just putting together the best bits of entries that came before. Those building…
I began my gaming journey long before the God of War franchise launched in 2005, but since that very first game, I’ve felt it’s been an incredible and important staple, with many entries ranking among my favourite games of all time. Be it the setting, the storytelling, the memorable characters, or the gory action, it…
I might not have been back to them in a hot minute, but I personally love both 2017’s Nioh and 2020’s Nioh 2, and stand by the opinion that at the time, they were probably the best Souls-like games you could play, short of an actual FromSoftware game. While those first two games provided solid…
I’ve never really been a fan of the RIDE series, and since playing RIDE 6, I’m not really sure why. I’m a huge fan of racing games and cars in general, but I’m now realising motorbikes might be my blind spot. Ride 6 isn’t perfect, but in many ways the culmination of the best bits…
I’m a sucker for the Yakuza/ Like a Dragon franchise, and feel that as of lately, they’ve been offering an awesome blend of variety for different types of gamers to latch onto, or invest in for the very first time. You’ve got the newer, more nuanced RPG approach from Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, or…
The Mario Tennis series has never been one to hold my attention. While it has been a solid entry in the Mario Sports genre, outside of the motion controls on the Wii in Mario Power Tennis, which felt new and exciting, the novelty of motion controls has definitely worn off. After the tremendous response to…
I’ll admit that I’m not a massive fan of the My Hero Academia franchise, but I do have a certain amount of knowledge regarding the characters and broader lore. My Hero Academia: All’s Justice serves as the third game in this particular series, and in many ways, feels like it has learnt from its predecessors…
The first Code Vein didn’t really grab much of my attention when it released back in 2019, but I had gotten around to it some time later, with some surprisingly pleasant results. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it broke new ground within the Souls-like genre, but it certainly did enough to warrant…
If Hotline Miami was a synthed up fever dream, Anger Foot is that same dream dosed with five espresso shots and a white Monster chaser. Developed by Free Lives (Broforce, Genital Jousting), this first-person kicker makes supercharged, choreographed chaos into an artform. Less about survival and more about weaponising momentum, it’s dumb, brilliant, infuriating, and…
Close to the first anniversary of its initial release on PC and the Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 came out on the PS5 earlier this December. I must admit, my experience with the game is quite limited. Friends have let me play around with the game, including the complete home setup (joystick and…
I can’t lie, I’m a sucker for Mortal Kombat. Call it nostalgia, brought on by the 1995 movie (insert MORTAL KOMBAAAATTT scream here), or the long list of arcade and console classics that inspired it. Now I get it, that movie doesn’t hold a candle to the games released before and since, but that was…
It feels like forever since I’ve played a new Metroid Prime game, and then I realised, that’s because it’s been forever since we got one. Not counting 2023’s admittedly stellar Metroid Prime Remastered, we last touched base with this particular series in 2007 with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on the Nintendo Wii. While it was far from…
It’s crazy to announce it here in writing, but I can proudly say that my wife and I are expecting our first child. Am I excited? Of course. Am I also terrified? You bet. When Goodnight Universe came my way, I couldn’t resist the subject matter and felt compelled to give this one a shot….
Skate Story is, as you might imagine, a game about skateboarding. Specifically, a game about skateboarding as a glass demon. And yes, it’s just as awesome as you might imagine. Created by developer Sam Eng (featuring music by band Blood Cultures and published by the iconic Devolver Digital), this one has spent a while in…
Few sequels feel as miraculous, unexpected and downright delightful as Kirby Air Riders. Reviving a niche GameCube classic and transforming it into a fully fledged Switch 2 powerhouse, Nintendo and HAL have delivered something rare: a bold, wildly creative action-racer that not only honours its cult predecessor but completely redefines what a Kirby racing game…
It’s no secret that the Call of Duty machine practically churns at the end of every year, working on the next annual project in hopes of moving the Modern Warfare or Black Ops series forward. Funnily enough, we got Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 one after the other, so it seems the next…
The Jurassic Park franchise has spent more than three decades stomping through every corner of pop culture, from novels to films, theme parks, and, of course, video games. For many, the 1993 film remains a near-sacred text, its awe-struck lens matched only by John Williams’ iconic score. Most adaptations fell victim to a constant identity…
The original Pac-Man World 2 was a huge part of my gaming childhood. The integrated television show, 3D graphics, and cheeky characters blended my love of television and gaming. I spent hours exploring Pac Village, interacting with the Pac-villagers, and playing as much as I could. So this ground-up remake of the original game was…
