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Reviews
Elden Ring - 10
Gran Turismo 7 - 9
Tunic - 8
Triangle Strategy - 8
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - 7
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 8
Martha is Dead - 4
Total War: Warhammer III - 8
Norco - 7
Lost Ark - 7
CrossfireX - 3
Far: Changing Tides - 7
Hype
The Wolf Among Us 2
A Highland Song
Neon White
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Nintendo Switch Sports
Animal Well
Features
Lock And Load - Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
Wanderlust - industry innovators talking about the impact of walking simulators
Time Extend on De Blob
The Long Game on Crytek's Hunt: Showdown
Collected Works on Ed Rotberg
The Making of Tales of Arise
Studio Profile on Upper Games
Reviews
Elden Ring - 10
Not for the first time, a Miyazaki game has arrived and the landscape appears transformed. As you play, there is a sense of plates shifting beneath you, of the T&C's of game development being rewritten. We haven't felt this way since breath of the wild.
Gran Turismo 7 - 9
Beyond its technical excellence, then, Gran Truism 7 feels deeply, idiosyncratically personal in a way first party games rarely do. It is strange and sometimes restrictive, resolutely uncool, and in its earnest celebration of car culture, occasionally even a little overbearing. But this is a racing sim with real soul, realised with genuine passion and no little eccentricity. Twenty five years on, Gran Turismo has never felt more vital.'
Tunic - 8
When Tunic gestures towards Zelda games of old, something it does with the subtlety of an air traffic controller, its indicating an attempt to chip away the intervening decades and get back to the feeling of playing those games for the first time, when they still held what seemed like bottomless mystery. Just RTFM, as they used to say. You're sure to be rewarded.
Triangle Strategy - 8
But it's hard to deny Square's most effective stratagem is the time it takes to invest you in the fate of this war stricken continent and all who there....
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - 7
What should be an easy recommendation is instead laden with provisos: this is a good expansion, a solid foundation for the next year of updates, and a lousy place for newcomers to start.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 8
Not that Fromsoftware will be quaking in its boots., Indeed, those who've never understood the appeal of Kirby are unlikely to be convinced by his move into 3D. But otherwise this compact, imaginative adventure is a low key triumph, a work of great craft and wit that, unlike its lead, doesn't bite off more than it can chew. And it only leaves you hungry for more.
Martha is Dead - 4
This miserable wallow in the psyche of a traumatised young woman isn't so much horrifying, then, as simply unpleasant.
Total War: Warhammer III - 8
It brings one of gamings greatest licensed adaptations to a thunderous conclusion.
Norco - 7
Don't expect a tidy conclusion, exactly, or one thats much happier than its beginning, but the succession of increasingly strange moments that lead you there is irresistible. It's these that will live on in our memory we suspect, as the games rough edges are eroded by time.
Lost Ark - 7
No classic then, but Smilegate has delivered a big, silly, characterful romp thats best experienced with friends.
CrossfireX - 3
Far: Changing Tides - 7
Hype
The Wolf Among Us 2
A Highland Song
Neon White
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Nintendo Switch Sports
Animal Well
Features
Lock And Load - Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
Wanderlust - industry innovators talking about the impact of walking simulators
Time Extend on De Blob
The Long Game on Crytek's Hunt: Showdown
Collected Works on Ed Rotberg
The Making of Tales of Arise
Studio Profile on Upper Games