Reviews

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AEW: Fight Forever – Review

All Elite Wrestling finally has its foot in the door and is bringing its franchise to the gaming world, and you can play as your favorite male or female superstar. Osaka-based developers, YUKE’s Co, Ltd., and THQ Nordic, with help from All Elite Wrestling, have brought us this arcade-feeling wrestling

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MAD CATZ G.L.I.D.E 38 Mouse Mat – Review

Mad Catz is one of the leading brands specialising in hardware for PC and game consoles. Their Mad Catz G.L.I.D.E 38 Mouse Pad aims to provide comfort and improve productivity for those spending long hours on their keyboards and mouse, whether they’re typing up documents, doing data entry, or even

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Park Beyond (PC) – Review

Limbic Entertainment and BANDAI NAMCO have teamed up to bring us Park Beyond, a fun-filled rollercoaster theme-park creation simulator. Let your imagination and creative juices free and build your dream theme park, filling it with custom rollercoasters while taking in some beautiful environments and listening to the excited shouts of

Deceit 2 – Preview

Deceit is back with the up-and-coming Deceit 2, and everyone is getting ready to deceive their friends. Gear up with up to 8 other players, and either try to survive or kill the people you’re trapped with. Can you get through the Game Master’s games and live to tell the

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Final Fantasy XVI – Review

The latest installment of the Final Fantasy series will be available in the coming days of writing this, I, however, was extremely lucky, in that I received an early copy and got to play through the entirety of it. The only downside is I can’t talk about it, well, until

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F1 23 – Review

F1 23, the official game of the 2023 Formula One Championship, is back and better than ever, and Codemasters have listened to everything we wanted, adding two new circuits, the first one being Qatar’s Losail International Circuit, and the second letting you fly under streetlights on the new Las Vegas

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Trepang2 – Review

I think the first thing that needs to be mentioned when talking about Trepang2 is that the name of this game is pretty random. After a quick search, you can find that trepang is a term that refers to sea cucumbers, often used in Asian cuisine. Dive a little deeper

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Killer Frequency – Review

If you have ever wanted to be a radio DJ while a serial killer is running around town, then Killer Frequency is the title for you. Team17 and Fireshine Games have teamed up to develop and produce this absolute gem of a title. You’re a radio DJ back in 1987

Wizard With A Gun (DEMO) – Preview

What’s better than a game with wizards? A game with wizards using guns, and this is exactly what the aptly named Wizard with a Gun delivers. Devolver Digital shoots another zany game our way alongside developer Galvanic Games sometime later this year, but we don’t need to wait for a

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SkateBIRD (Playstation 5) – Review

Published and developed by indy studio Glass Bottom Games, ‘SkateBIRD’ is a skateboarding simulation game similar to the Tony Hawk series, except with players taking control of a literal bird riding a skateboard the size of a Tech Deck instead of a pro skater. The game’s plot tells the story

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Brain Show (Steam) – Review

I love trivia. I often sit up late, scrolling the internet reading about the most bizarre ins and outs of this world. So, when a trivia game is presented at any gathering, I love testing my skill with the useless pieces of information that scarily inhabit the deepest recesses of

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MotoGP 23 (Xbox Series X|S) – Review

Milestone is back for another year with their latest installment of MotoGP 23, and this year’s title did not disappoint – It’s jam-packed with content. MotoGP 23 includes all the riders from the 2023 season, including the MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE categories of the championships, which takes the rideable

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Bleak Sword DX (Steam) – Review

Power always corrupts. Yes, it does, as ‘Bleak Sword DX,’ by more8bit, curses its way onto PC and console. With a finally announced release date of June 8th, we finally get to sink our demonic teeth into this rogue-like hack and slasher. The Bleak Sword has corrupted King Rhael and

9.5

Street Fighter 6 – Review

The legendary series that helped define a genre since 1987, the Street Fighter series has always remained one of the premier fighting games at arcades around the world, home consoles, and Esports events, even branching out into various other media. The brawling icons from Capcom have also duked it out

Unholy – Preview

Developed by Duality Games, Unholy is an unsettling horror experience with puzzle and stealth mechanics offering good gameplay variation. You take on the role of Dorothea shortly after the mysterious disappearance of her child, and traversing the multiple worlds is her only option to find answers. Throughout these worlds, you

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The Flash (2023) – Review

There was a time when I thought the Flash movie would never make it through its tumultuous off-screen journey. Through thick and thin, Warner Bros have stuck to their goal and pushed through to deliver what may be one of the final entries to the Snyderverse version of the DCU.

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Farworld Pioneers – Review

When seeing the trailer for Farworld Pioneers, I was immediately sucked in. The snappy visuals and the pumping soundtrack had me excited for a high-action, two-dimensional, pixel-art shooter, with base-building elements. Unfortunately, the trailer is a red herring. Developer Igloosoft and publisher tinyBuild have instead delivered a game that is

8.5

Rightfully, Beary Arms – Review

Daylight Basement Studio LLC has brought us the next best bullet hell roguelike game on the market. Being dragged into this game is an understatement. There is something awesome about being this cute little teddy bear annihilating enemies with firearms. You control Beary, a cute, cuddly little bear. You collect

Synapse (PS VR2) – Preview

This week I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have been able to get hands-on with the upcoming PlayStation VR2 exclusive, Synapse. Synapse is the landmark next-generation VR action-shooter from nDreams, the award-winning team behind Fracked, Phantom: Covert Ops, Far Cry VR: Dive into Insanity, and the eagerly anticipated Ghostbusters: Rise of

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Everdream Valley (Playstation 5) – Review

Everdream Valley is a charming farm adventure simulator, developed by Mooneaters, and produced by Untold Tales and VARSAV Studios. Everdream Valley mixes simulation and a little magic in this very pleasant farming experience. This is the Polish developer’s first project and ticks a lot of the boxes needed for a

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