Video Game Reviews

A bandaged man looks down at the camera while large valves stick out of him in Mouthwashing.

Review

Halloween Review | Mouthwashing review - brilliantly refreshing and unflinching horror

Mint.

Oct. 31, 2024 Katharine Castle

Artwork from No More Room in Hell 2, showing a player raising a hammer in front of a horde of zombies.

Review

Halloween Review | No More Room in Hell 2 early access review - slow-burn cooperative shooter gets zombie horror (mostly) right

Nosh pit.

Oct. 29, 2024 Rick Lane

6 comments

COD Black Ops screenshot showing Adler looking serious during a cutscene

Review

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 campaign review - nonsensical, but surprisingly intimate psyop thriller is a blast

CIAte, no crumbs.

Oct. 29, 2024 Chris Tapsell

43 comments

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead official screenshot showing a monster staring you down in a dark room

Review

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead review - a forgettable waste of a license

Sound zero.

Oct. 29, 2024 Vikki Blake

22 comments

Review

Life is Strange: Double Exposure review - a bold step forward for a series unable to escape its past

Shoot.

Oct. 28, 2024 Tom Phillips

43 comments

Bertie's feminine Rook from Dragon Age The Veilguard faces the camera with a concerned stare.

Review

Dragon Age: The Veilguard review - the best BioWare game I've ever played

Howl about that.

Oct. 28, 2024 Robert Purchese

529 comments

Official EA FC key art showing Jude Bellingham, Vini Jr and Mbappe celebrating for Real Madrid

Review

EA Sports FC 25 review - football's fitting forever-drama continues once more

Recycle kick.

Oct. 25, 2024 Chris Tapsell

53 comments

Kiran Estevez stands bathed in a red light in Alan Wake 2's The Lake House DLC.

Review

Alan Wake 2: The Lake House DLC review - an undercooked facsimile, or something more deliberate?

Shock and AWE.

Oct. 25, 2024 Katharine Castle

40 comments

an msi meg z890 ace motherboard with intel core ultra 9 285k slotted in, looking cool and zoomed in

Review

Digital Foundry | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and Ultra 5 245K review: gaming losses, content creation wins

Less power, less powerful, more potential?

Oct. 24, 2024 Will Judd

26 comments

Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV series showing Kiriyu and a female character

Review

Like a Dragon: Yakuza season 1 review - an emotional, skull-cracking saga with no time for messing around

Back tat begins.

Oct. 24, 2024 Graeme Virtue

54 comments

Batman emerges from the steamy streets of Gotham in the key art for Batman Arkham Shadow.

Review

Batman Arkham Shadow review - a masterclass in immersion that makes you feel like a part of Gotham

Chronicowls of Riddick.

Oct. 24, 2024 Ian Higton

121 comments

Wilmot rubs shoulders with puzzle pieces in Wilmot Works It Out.

Review

Wilmot Works It Out review - light, jigsaw goodness

Special delivery.

Oct. 23, 2024 Katharine Castle

4 comments

Shadow the black hedgehog holds out his hand with black and red energy

Review

Sonic x Shadow Generations review - brilliant new campaign leaves the blue blur overshadowed

Old meets Keanu.

Oct. 21, 2024 Ed Nightingale

64 comments

Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred official screenshot showing a close-up of Neyrelle's face in a wash of red, with black corrupting goo seeping from her forhead and mouth.

Review

Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred review - a spirited expansion pack in the classic Blizzard style

Earning an honest Kurast.

Oct. 18, 2024 Will Judd

25 comments

Neva official key art showing Alba and Neva, a large white wolf with stag antlers, in a field of pink flowers with sun behind them

Review

Neva review - artful puzzle-platforming action with the fullest of hearts

Howl's moving battle.

Oct. 17, 2024 Chris Tapsell

23 comments

Review

Digital Foundry | Honor Magic V3 review: once again, progress is being made in the foldable phone space

Thinner, more powerful, and of course there's AI.

Oct. 16, 2024 Reece Bithrey

4 comments

Birdo celebrates a victory in Super Mario Party Jamboree

Review

Super Mario Party Jamboree review - how to lose friends and alienate people

Board rigid.

Oct. 15, 2024 Katharine Castle

147 comments

A boy looking over a lake, mountains, and buildings in Europa

Review

Europa review - ecological ruminations on a distant moon

Crater see you.

Oct. 11, 2024 Emma Kent

13 comments

Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero key art showing goku and other characters charging attacks in front of a purple galactic background

Review

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero review - arena fighters don't get much better than this

Team Four Star.

Oct. 11, 2024 Lewis Parker

28 comments

Metaphor: ReFantazio anime screenshot showing blue-haired protagonist smiling up at flying fairy companion

Review

Metaphor: ReFantazio review - the quintessential Japanese RPG, with Atlus in epic, operatic form

Quite literally.

Oct. 7, 2024 Ed Nightingale

109 comments

Review

Phoenix Springs review - fascinating, frustrating neo-noir surrealism

Logic problem.

Oct. 7, 2024 Matt Wales

4 comments

Spectre Divide artwork showing a montage of characters in colourful cel-shaded art against sky blue background

Review

Spectre Divide review - a unique two-body concept falls flat

It's all gone pair-shaped.

Oct. 5, 2024 Emma Kent

12 comments

A confused woman holds up their hands to cradle a glowing ball of light in the distance in Starfield's Shattered Space expansion.

Review

Starfield: Shattered Space review - new planet, new problems

Lacking that va-va-Va'ruun.

Oct. 4, 2024 Katharine Castle

91 comments

Silent Hill 2 Remake official image showing James walking away from the camera in the misty grey town of Silent Hill

Review

Silent Hill 2 Remake review - an all-time horror great returns

Quiet brilliance.

Oct. 4, 2024 Vikki Blake

216 comments

Shadows of Doubt official screenshot showing a big neon sign for a diner, amongst rooftops and drain steam in a rainy metropolitan city.

Review

Shadows of Doubt review - an unmatched detective simulation, when it works

Caprice procedural.

Oct. 2, 2024 Rick Lane

35 comments