REVIEWS

As a CRPG set in a Steampunk version of London and starring a Minotaur illusionist, Sovereign Syndicate certainly makes a striking first impression. Heavily influenced by Disco Elysium, this game from Crimson Herring aims to tell a…

Last Train Home is a fascinating and engaging mix of real-time tactics and management. Tasked with getting the Czechoslovak Legion home by travelling across Russia in an armoured as a civil war is brewing, Last Train Home hones in…

Modern Mario is dominated by his 3D adventures such as Super Mario Odyssey. The plumber’s transition to the world of 3D has often been hailed as the franchise’s future, and yet over the years there’s been a growing army of…

Fair Play Labs is back with a second attempt at taking Nickelodeon’s nostalgic properties and smashing them together in a platform brawler. Nickelodeon’s All-Brawl 2 is actually a lot better than the first game, improving the…

Ghostrunner was a surprise hit when it launched in 2020, managing to sell an impressive 2.5 million copies despite being a brand-new IP. For the sequel, developer One More Level has gone with the tried and true method of bigger is…

Based on the 1976 hard sci-fi novel of the same name written by Stanislaw Lem, The Invincible is a narrative-driven mystery set on an alien planet. It falls squarely into the ‘walking-sim’ category of game, putting the emphasis…

Of all the studios under Sony’s purview, Insomniac Games is, without any shadow of a doubt, currently the best. Since Sony acquired them in 2019 they’ve released two successful console titles in Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Ratchet…

Assassin’s Creed Mirage was originally envisioned as a chunk of downloadable content for Valhalla focused on Basim, but the project grew big enough in scope that the decision was made to release it as a standalone title, one…

Payday 3’s launch was a bit of a disaster. The servers buckled almost immediately, resulting in people being unable to even play the new cooperative heist game from Starbreeze Studios. Thankfully Payday 3’s disastrous launch issues…

Is Mortal Kombat 1 a sequel, prequel or reboot? It’s a trick question, fool, the answer is all of them! The latest entry in the long-running franchise features a timeline crafted by the Keeper of Time, meaning it takes place during…