#Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Review (PS5)

#Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Review (PS5)

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Review (PS5) For many fans, Yakuza 3 would have been their gateway to the series when it first released back in 2010 for the PS3 — but returning to it now, or even booting up the PS4 remaster, highlights loads of older design elements that have aged rather poorly….

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#Nioh 3 Review (PS5)

#Nioh 3 Review (PS5)

Nioh 3 Review (PS5) If FromSoftware can do it, then Team Ninja believes it can too. Having established one of the best Dark Souls copycats in the Nioh series, the Japanese developer is chasing its own Elden Ring moment. Nioh 3 isn’t quite that, but it still marks a new highlight for the franchise. This…

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#Arknights: Endfield Review (PS5)

#Arknights: Endfield Review (PS5)

Arknights: Endfield Review (PS5) Did the PS5 need another all-encompassing live service gacha game? Probably not, no – and so our expectations for Arknights: Endfield prior to release were relatively low. While we’ve always appreciated its industrial aesthetic, we simply didn’t feel we had enough time in our schedule for another daily grind. It speaks…

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#Highguard Review (PS5)

#Highguard Review (PS5)

Highguard Review (PS5) Have you ever played a game that has a nugget of something special in there, but just isn’t quite hitting the mark? That basically sums up our time with Wildlight Entertainment’s Highguard. This is a PvP raid shooter, which may sound like something new, but in reality, there’s a little something of…

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#Trails beyond the Horizon Review (PS5)

#Trails beyond the Horizon Review (PS5)

Trails beyond the Horizon Review (PS5) Right, first things first, do not play Trails beyond the Horizon if you haven’t already beaten Trails through Daybreak and Trails through Daybreak 2. Even by Trails standards, Horizon is ridiculously dense; the events of this long-awaited sequel rely heavily on you having intimate knowledge of past titles, and…

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#Marvel Cosmic Invasion Review (PS5)

#Marvel Cosmic Invasion Review (PS5)

Marvel Cosmic Invasion Review (PS5) Between the brilliant TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind, retro beat-‘em-ups are enjoying a bit of renaissance. Marvel Cosmic Invasion is perhaps the highest profile effort yet, a sublimely presented four-player pixel art tribute to the arcade glory years, when smoky pool halls were ruled by…

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#Mini Review: Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition (PS5) – Timeless RTS Formula with Some Modern Twists

#Mini Review: Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition (PS5) – Timeless RTS Formula with Some Modern Twists

Mini Review: Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition (PS5) – Timeless RTS Formula with Some Modern Twists Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition is another excellent real-time strategy game from the now venerable series that popularised the subgenre back in the late 90s and early 2000s (with ‘popular’ being a relative term). Developed by Relic…

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