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Have you ever played a game that you find is far better than it has any right to be? Maybe it’s the wacky crossover of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Or even possibly it’s the bizarre concrete jungle to explore in Yakuza. Regardless, it’s rare that you find a game that...
Team17’s Worms franchise has been going strong for well over 20 years at this stage. As such, perhaps it was overdue for a bit of a change-up. The Worms games have previously been strategic turn-based affairs, featuring teams of worms chipping away at each other with various crazy weaponry. This...
Haven
How far are you willing to go for the one that you love? The half visual novel, half role-playing game, Haven, all about a couple taking to the intergalactic skies, asks you this question and it asks it well. Throughout its time you’ll find yourself coming up with your own...
Pull on some gloves and jump in the ring! It’s time to fight the pandemic-induced muscle atrophy of 2020 right from the comfort of your very own COVID cave. Grab your Joy-Cons, a water bottle, and a sweat towel, and let’s get FIT with Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise!
Empire of Sin is a tactical strategy game developed by Romero Games and published by Paradox. It’s set in the Prohibition Era in Chicago. You play as a crime boss in the city of Chicago, where you’ll need to fight other bosses, bribe the police, and manage your empire’s speakeasies,...
What’s in a name? It’s not very often that we see an announced title go through an identity crisis, but that’s what happened earlier this year when the previously announced Ubisoft title Gods & Monsters was re-revealed as the newly titled Immortals Fenyx Rising. Like many, I scoffed initially at...
Serious Sam is a franchise that’s been around for longer than you might think. I had the opportunity to review the latest entry in the series not too long ago, and suffice it to say – I came away loving it! Now the entire collection has been released and updated...
“Where fault can be found, the good is ignored.” – that’s a real Viking phrase, and it just so happens to reflect the repute of this game. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the twelfth instalment of the blockbuster franchise and the third of the series with an RPG focus. After a...
Dirt 5
DIRT 5 is the latest by legendary UK developers Codemasters and is technically the eighth game to carry the ‘DIRT’ title. I hadn’t played any of the previous mainline games but I DID give DIRT Rally 2.0 a crack a while back and absolutely loved it. It had awesome graphics...
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory is a musical romp set across the Disney-inspired universe of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. It’s a rhythm action game, reminiscent of titles like Guitar Hero or Beat Saber. Gameplay involves smacking monsters and dodging obstacles to the beat of the music. It serves as a...
New genres in video games are rare, but in 2009, Demon’s Souls on PlayStation 3 managed to make that happen, bringing a new style of hardcore action RPG that presented a captivating challenge, where skill is paramount and learning from your mistakes is absolutely essential. We’d seen difficult games before,...
The knitted hero known as Sackboy originally debuted in LittleBigPlanet back in 2008, and has returned in its various sequels and spin-offs. Although that franchise has been dormant since 2014, Sony Interactive Entertainment knew that Sackboy is too iconic and adorable to not give him his own game, and thus...
