Wayward Strand, from developer Ghost Pattern, takes part during a very specific window of three days in early 1978. Friday 27th January to Sunday 29th January in fact. It’s also very very Australian. It’s not quite the stereotypical Joe Mangel “you little ripper, let me get the ute!” levels of […]

Wayward Strand – PS5 Review

We originally reviewed Biomutant from developer Experiment 101 in May last year, now we’ve a PS5 version to cast our eye over. Though we wish we’d just waited and got the free PS5 upgrade that all other owners have now got too. Due to our having played the EU version […]

Biomutant – PS5 Review

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I think annual sports games run a perpetual tightrope of trying to freshen up a familiar series on a limited development cycle. Visual Concepts have certainly rose and stumbled over the duration of their seminal basketball series. NBA 2K23 enters the court with a lot of historical content and a […]

NBA 2K23 – PS5 Review

The venerable old Puzzle Bobble series came back in 2021 thanks to a PSVR-enabled outing and this game here is the non-PSVR PS5 port of the same game.  But without its virtual reality gimmick have State-side software specialists Survios, got enough here for the game to standalone?  Let’s find out. For the […]

Puzzle Bobble 3D: Vacation Odyssey – PS5 Review

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I do love a bit of digital tourism. There’s a great swath of the world I just wouldn’t visit if it wasn’t for public transport. Train Sim World 3 looks to scratch that itch with another edition of Dovetail Games’ series. It feels very familiar to me with some new […]

Train Sim World 3 – PS5 Review

We’re nearly two years into the PlayStation 5’s lifespan now and it’s pretty well established that remakes and remasters are very much an integral part of PlayStation’s ecosystem. This year alone we’ve seen Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy receive shiny next gen updates courtesy of […]

The Last of Us Part 1 – PS5 Review

Disney Dreamlight Valley is a chilled-out life-sim/adventure game from veteran French publishers Gameloft which looks to take the well-loved gameplay mechanics of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley but with an abundance of Disney characters and lore. The concept of the game is quite straightforward.  All your favourite Disney characters live in the titular valley […]

Disney Dreamlight Valley – PS5 Review

Okay, I don’t think when I started this job, dating sims, with the incorporation of toys like those strong rabbit vibrators, would be on the menu. Least of all, Kaichu: The Kaiju Dating Sim. Coming from Squiddershins, this wholesome effort may be light on gameplay but delivers some cute, charming […]

Kaichu: The Kaiju Dating Sim – PS5 Review

Spiders are a French developer most well known for action RPGs like the enjoyable Greedfall. They’re generally not the most polished titles but they’re reasonably ambitious. Steelrising is also an action RPG, but this time taking a far greater influence from From Software titles. That’s aiming very high, but how […]

Steelrising – PS5 Review

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I don’t envy the job Volition have of taking the Saints Row series to new places. Over the course of four games, the crew began in Stillwater and became masters of both time and space.  Just how do you follow that?  On paper, a reboot seemed like a sensible idea […]

Saints Row – PS5 Review

Neon Abyss is a rogue-like plaformer-shooter from Chinese coding crew, Veewo Games.  It actually released in 2020 but we’ve ended up with a review key for it and so let’s take a look at this already well-regarded game. In Neon Abyss you play as part of the Grim Squad, a team of […]

Neon Abyss – PS4 Review

Originally released on PC in 2019, Rick Henderson is the latest porting effort from EastAsiaSoft.  Described as an ‘endless horizontal-scrolling shoot ’em up’ the game combines 16-bit visuals and classic shoot ’em up gameplay in a package that is kind of traditional but not entirely lacking in its own ideas. You […]

Rick Henderson – PS5 Review