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The first Gran Turismo title debuted in 1997, almost 25 years ago. It was the first game of its kind on home consoles. From humble beginnings with Motor Toon Grand Prix in 1994, Polyphony Digital, with Kazunori Yamauchi at the helm, built an empire. They used their obsessive attention to...
Elex II
ELEX II falls into an odd category, an ambitious RPG from a beloved studio but lacks the polish and refined gameplay to go toe to toe with other recent examples in the genre. Instead, it feels like a relic of a bygone era. That is not to say it should...
Shadow Warrior 3 is the latest instalment in Polish developer Flying Wild Hog’s reboot series of the 1990s FPS Shadow Warrior. After going in a Borderlands-esque looter-shooter direction with its predecessor in 2016, Shadow Warrior 3 jettisons open-ended levels, side-quests, and most of its RPG mechanics to distil everything down...
The King of Fighters series has been a fighting game staple since the early 90s and has continued to retain massive audiences of devoted players for over two decades. It’s been nearly 6 years since the last instalment in the franchise’s long history, and its most recent release proves to...
Monark
Monark is a JRPG set in a high school where the protagonist and a posse of other teenagers must protect themselves from demonic creatures. The teenagers fight by partnering themselves with demons themselves, and forge bonds with each other as they get stronger. The game is ripe with themes of...
Martha is Dead is a foreboding new horror title from the developers at LKA that’s a grim tale of trauma and murder, taking place in 1944 Italy, with the events of World War 2 happening around the game’s story. With a title as defiant as that, one has to wonder...
Grid Legends
GRID Legends is the fifth instalment in the franchise, taking drivers on high-octane races around street circuits and real-life race tracks. Known for its edge-of-your-seat racing and Codemasters’ driving game specialty, GRID tries to bridge the gap between the competitive crowd and casual racers. Now that EA is publishing, this...
Elden Ring
From the devious mind of Hidetaka Myazaki comes the next Souls-like epic. The hugely anticipated Elden Ring has landed and it brings with it a lot of familiar concepts eager FromSoftware fans will know and love—an obtuse narrative, a dark gothic aesthetic, a lack of hand-holding, and towering foes ready...
Jumping, shooting, and lemons aplenty… if such words bring fond memories welling in for you, then I have quite the game to discuss today. Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 has recently launched into the world with guns blazing and a laser chainsaw revving alongside, because Lord knows we can...
Total War: Warhammer III is a turn-based real-time strategy game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It’s the latest instalment in the Total War franchise and is set in the Warhammer universe. It comes with a single-player campaign mode, a multiplayer campaign mode, and a local and online...
Horizon Forbidden West is the continuation of Aloy’s adventure, after taking our collective breath away with the stellar Horizon Zero Dawn back in 2017. Back then, we awarded it our Game of the Year, highlighting a world that was full of gorgeous detail, just begging to be explored. Five years...
KINGDOM of the DEAD, RANDOM capitalisation ASIDE, is a retro-styled horror-FPS with a very distinctive art style. Despite its eye-catching hand-drawn aesthetic, it doesn’t bring too much innovation to the table gameplay-wise. However, while being somewhat rough around the edges and lacking on the narrative front, it’s a fun enough...
