Video Game Reviews

Promotional artwork for Zenless Zone Zero's launch showing a selection of characters. Including Zhu Yuan, Ellen, Nicole, Belle, and Wise.

Review

Zenless Zone Zero review - ultracool action at a smaller scale brings miHoYo's characters into focus

Bang-booyah.

4 Jul 2024 Jessica Orr

60 comments

A screenshot of Until Then shows a character that looks despondent.

Review

Until Then review - friendships, fears, and Filipinos

Pinoy Pride intensifies.

25 Jun 2024 Jason Rodriguez

11 comments

Destiny 2 The Final Shape official image showing three guardians facing the camera in new pink and blue glowing gear against a pink-purple background

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Destiny 2: The Final Shape review - a fitting end for a story ten years in the telling

Subclass warfare.

20 Jun 2024 Philippa Warr

40 comments

Official Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree art showing a skeletal figure in tattered robes, surrounded by darkness, pulling a golden spear up and out of its eye

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree review - a visually resplendent living text made less alive

Tarnished.

18 Jun 2024 Alexis Ong

284 comments

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Still Wakes the Deep review - astonishing artistry can't quite keep this oil rig horror afloat

Not all is as it seas.

17 Jun 2024 Matt Wales

68 comments

Skald official artwork showing several party members on a rocky coast fending off sea monsters as waves crash around them, in classic C64 pixellated style

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Skald: Against the Black Priory review - a robust but inessential throwback to the RPG's primordial era

Blue cloister cult.

2 Jun 2024 Rick Lane

65 comments

Crow Country official screenshot showing the main character in a room full of retro arcade machines, lit by a flourescent pink glow

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Crow Country review - retro horror thrills that offer much more than mere nostalgia

Park de Triomphe.

29 May 2024 Vikki Blake

13 comments

A screenshot from V Rising. We see a caped, white-haired vampire walking down a carpeted hallway, sword drawn, towards the imposing, winged figure of Dracula.

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V Rising review - a wickedly deep, generous, and satisfying vampire fantasy

Spectdracular.

22 May 2024 Robert Purchese

41 comments

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes official screenshot showing an elderly lady lying in bed in greyscale, with pink lasers coming out of her eyes

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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes review - art, ghosts, and perfect puzzles intertwine

Plight at the museum.

22 May 2024 Ashley Bardhan

16 comments

Hellblade 2 official screenshot showing the top half of Senua's face peeping out from above a dark surface of water

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 review - a triumphant return to a challenging story

A worrier's tale.

21 May 2024 Johnny Chiodini

480 comments

Songs of Conquest key art showing four characters - an elf, a frog-person, a red-haired lady, and a bald mage - in front of a distant tower and orange cloudy sky

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Songs of Conquest review - fantasy tactics that favours breadth over depth

Hexes of might and magic.

20 May 2024 Katharine Castle

10 comments

Indika promo image showing Indika's face, centre, in a black hood, surrounded by laughing elderly nuns with gold-yellow halos

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Indika review - a dark, surreal, and devilishly playful drama

Nun's on the run.

13 May 2024 Matt Wales

41 comments

1000xresist official screenshot showing a character in a red mask and outfit talking to you, against red-lit futuristic background

Review

1000xResist review - a deeply personal exploration of diaspora politics and psychology

Sister act.

10 May 2024 Alexis Ong

16 comments

A ghost cat looms over the player in Animal Well.

Review

Animal Well review - this one gets deep

A hole in one.

9 May 2024 Christian Donlan

111 comments

hades 2 key art of melinoe wielding magic

Review

Hades 2 early access review - polish and terrifying power from some of the best out there

The fable of Arachne.

6 May 2024 Christian Donlan

49 comments

Review

Digital Foundry | MSI MPG 321URX review: the best QD-OLED monitor for US buyers

Another excellent side of the same QD-OLED coin.

30 Apr 2024 Reece Bithrey

11 comments

Sand Land official image showing three characters in a rickety truck crying out

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Sand Land review - a fitting tribute to a wonderful author

Just deserts.

29 Apr 2024 Lewis Parker

19 comments

No Rest for the Wicked artwork showing a bruised and bloodied warrior being gripped by two robed figures standing either side.

Review

No Rest For the Wicked early access review - a shaky start, but there's potential

I-soul-metric.

25 Apr 2024 Caelyn Ellis

35 comments

Stellar Blade official promo image showing Eve looking straight on at the camera

Review

Stellar Blade review - no thinking, just slashing

Eve of destruction.

24 Apr 2024 Jessica Orr

140 comments

Key art for Manor Lords. An armoured person atop their house surveying the kingdom before them. It is a pastoral idyll, all verdant green and topped with a castle on a hill, like a cherry tops a cake. A, um, grassy cake.

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Manor Lords early access review - beautiful foundations but missing important pieces

Hooray for the village people.

24 Apr 2024 Robert Purchese

17 comments

Tales of Kenzera screenshot showing African prince in Afro-futurist landscape in sunset

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Tales of Kenzera review: a compassionate Afro-futurist exploration of grief

Fresh, genuine storytelling.

22 Apr 2024 Ed Nightingale

36 comments

A hundred anime characters from Eiyuden Chronicles in mass collage

Review

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes review - a Suikoden successor that plays things safe

Extrovert simulator.

21 Apr 2024 Kaan Serin

43 comments

A vibrant illustration of a grizzled man in a baseball cap and t-shirt stuffing a bloody leg into a bag.

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Life Eater review - an intriguingly uncomfortable game about abduction that chickens out a bit

Raises questions it doesn't answer.

17 Apr 2024 Robert Purchese

4 comments

Harold from Harold Halibut is standing looking forlornly into middle distance. He is wearing a beige shirt and trouser braces. The background is soft focus but it looks like there is graffiti behind him.

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Harold Halibut review - sub-aquatic sci-fi adventure is a little too prog-rock

Space-mod at sea.

15 Apr 2024 Chris Tapsell

63 comments

A side-on, cartoony illustration of a wizardly old man, by the looks of things, wearing a high collared cloak and a stern expression. Behind him, pink swirling magic can be seen.

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Inkbound review - another stand out roguelike by the Monster Train team

The blot thickens.

11 Apr 2024 Robert Purchese

18 comments