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Latest Reviews

Order of the Sinking Star is the ultimate Sokoban game, a masterpiece from the best minds in the puzzle genre space.

ShackNewsShackNews·October 7, 2026
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Cold Symmetry has delivered a masterful sequel to 2020's Mortal Shell, with this entry cutting away each negative I had with the first game.

ShackNewsShackNews·August 17, 2026
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Halo Studios has remade Halo: Combat Evolved for the second time with some stunning visuals and new missions, but also no multiplayer and other woes.

ShackNewsShackNews·July 23, 2026
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Marathon is a testament to the fact that Bungie still has it. What “it” is, is the studio’s ability to deliver a video game dripping with unique vibes, gunplay that is simply unmatched in the first-person shooter space, systems and mechanics that push a genre forward, and deep, exhilarating, and...

ShackNewsShackNews·April 2, 2026
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Romeo is a Dead Man is a collage of different ideas and mechanics, textures and styles, none of which alone are exceptional, and that doesn’t change when they’re mixed together. Even standing back a few feet and taking a macro view does little to help form a cohesive piece of...

ShackNewsShackNews·February 10, 2026
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A video game has never made my palms this sweaty. The majority of my Cairn playthrough saw me on the edge of my seat, utterly breathless, hands slipping on my controller as I edged Aava up a series of increasingly sketchy pitches. This is one of those special games we...

ShackNewsShackNews·January 29, 2026
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A video game has never made my palms this sweaty. The majority of my Cairn playthrough saw me on the edge of my seat, utterly breathless, hands slipping on my controller as I edged Aava up a series of increasingly sketchy pitches. This is one of those special games we...

ShackNewsShackNews·January 29, 2026
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The extraction shooter genre is analogous to itself. Many extraction shooter games enter the fray, attempt to scoop up as much loot (players) as possible and survive long enough to be successful (extract). It’s certainly not often a new one comes along and even when it does, much like the...

ShackNewsShackNews·December 1, 2025
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Borderlands 4 is the best the series has been in decades and a testament to Gearbox’s ability to absolutely cook

ShackNewsShackNews·September 11, 2025
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Elden Ring Nightreign is a bizarre game. It’s the Majora’s Mask of the Soulsborne family, with a mix-up of locations and bosses from Elden Ring with some Dark Souls trilogy foes sprinkled in. It’s got battle royale elements and roguelite features. It’s fast paced and as brutally difficult as it...

ShackNewsShackNews·May 28, 2025
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Back before the new millennium, a brand new type of strategy game crawled onto the scene in the form of Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. It had players control a handful of commandos across a series of missions, completing objectives and taking down Nazis along the way. The game had a...

ShackNewsShackNews·April 9, 2025
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When it comes down to it, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a brilliant and astounding experience by a developer that has shown itself to be a leader in the open-world genre. Henry makes for such a pleasant protagonist that you can’t help but love him, and the journey you go...

ShackNewsShackNews·February 3, 2025
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