We’re sure that if you asked David Doak (Golden Eye) and Steve Ellis (Timesplitters) twenty-five years ago what they would be making today, neither of them would have guessed they would be releasing Beyond Words. Just as Balatro took poker but filtered it through an addictive-roguelike structure, this game is […]

Beyond Words – PS5 Review

It is very strange to a Limited Run Games developed title on sale. I know they do dabble in game preservation but I’ve mostly seen them as a publisher rather than being more hands on. MARVEL MaXimum Collection is a diverse packaging of some 90’s classics and a couple of […]

MARVEL MaXimum Collection – PS5 Review

Crimson Desert seems like something too good to be true. At least in the marketing, Pearl Abyss’ attempt at an open-world sandbox was throwing out all the stops. I wasn’t too sure how a studio known for massively multiplayer adventures would transition into the realm of something single player. Turns […]

Crimson Desert – PS5 Review

We reviewed the PS4 incarnation of this jolly platformer in late August 2020. Eeeh. When lockdowns were loosely interpreted and yer man Rishi Sunak had the Eat Out To Help Out initiative. Seems like a lifetime ago now. Heck, PS5 had yet to be released, but even when it was […]

New Super Lucky’s Tale – PS5 Review

Ever since Vampire Survivors took hold of the indie gaming scene, we’ve had a steady stream of imitators. Some good, some bad, but generally, as a genre, these games tend to be reasonably enjoyable. However, if there’s a downside to them, it’s that they can be kind of repetitive, dragging […]

Grind Survivors – PS5 Review

There is little to be said about Capcom’s history with the Resident Evil series that hasn’t been said already. We all know the drill. Capcom introduced survival horror to the populace thirty years ago; the franchise’s staying power is clear, as it’s still widely discussed today. While some missteps like […]

Resident Evil Requiem – PS5 Review

From developer devotid and publisher Kwalee Gaming comes The Coin Game. The title tells you nothing, but what it is, in effect, is a compendium of all manner of ticket and carnival games in the grand US style. Think of any bowling alley where you can win tickets and exchange […]

The Coin Game – PS5 Review

I can’t say I had high hopes for Marathon. The protracted development cycle, issues over stolen artwork and a general malaise around pre-release had me wondering if Bungie could still pull something out of the bag. I may not be all that into extraction shooters but Marathon‘s world of corporate […]

Marathon – PS5 Review

Continuing the theme of seasonal hidden cat games released out of sync with the expected time of year, we have Nukearts and Silesia Games most recent, being Hidden Cats in Spooky Village. Admittedly, not wholeheartedly Halloween themed, but definitely a close encounter of the spooky kind. Across its generous array […]

Hidden Cats in Spooky Village – PS5 Review

Devil Jam is an auto-battling, roguelite, and it comes to us from Belgium-based devs, Rogueside (originally Crazy Monkey Studios, the team behind the Guns, Gore and Cannoli games). This is the latest game to riff off the Vampire Survivors formula, with you playing as members of a band who have […]

Devil Jam – PS5 Review

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John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando is a squad-based first-person shooter from Saber Interactive, the developers behind various remasters, the Mudrunner games, a few VR titles and, most importantly for this review, World War Z, a similarly co-op shooter which uses a similar structure to this game but now features a story […]

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando – PS5 Review

Perhaps it was inevitable to see Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered. After last year’s reworking of the two Soul Reaver games, it’s only right to give the follow-up the same treatment. As a game that doesn’t quite hold the same cache as the older titles, this Playstation 2-era effort retains […]

Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered – PS5 Review