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After over 30 hours in Blades of Fire, I’ve come to appreciate the retro charm of forging my blade

By Alicia Haddick published

Blades of Fire has a retro simplicity that hugely appeals and makes for a fine blacksmithing adventure.

Keeper wants you to love its colorful weirdness, but it's ultimately a little vanilla

By Roland Moore-Colyer published

Keeper is awash with style but lacks a little in deeper substance to captivate me through some seven hours of exploration.

The HOKA Cielo X1 2.0 is a brilliant lightweight running shoe with a price tag to match

By Alex Temblador published

How does the HOKA Cielo X1 2.0 stack up as a speed shoe for 2025?

I attempted to best the desert in Dune: Awakening’s engaging survival MMO and fell prey to the sandworms and sunburn

By Sarah Thwaites published

Dune: Awakening is a survival MMO where players need to manage their hydration and shelter as they try to become one with the desert.

Despite its co-op framework feeling stuck in the past, after 30 hours with Elden Ring Nightreign, I just want to keep playing it for years

By Echo Apsey published

Elden Ring Nightreign is a fascinating and addictive co-op adventure that shows what can be done by reusing and retooling an existing game.

I got absolutely destroyed by The First Berserker: Khazan’s bosses for hours on end and loved every second of it

By Echo Apsey published

An all-out-assault on your temperament

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: exhilarating old-school action

By Dashiell Wood published

Rocky graphics on Xbox Series S aside, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a brilliant action-adventure title worthy of your time.

Everybody's Golf Hot Shots is one of the series' better entries, even if its characters are a tad annoying

By Rhys Wood published

Everybody's Golf Hot Shots packs potentially hundreds of hours of golfing fun, provided you can deal with some slow progression.

I’ve spent 150 hours with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and the Switch 2 Edition is an incredible upgrade

By Scott McCrae published

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is still one of the greatest games ever made and is even better now due to the smooth 60fps and gorgeous visuals.

A Way Out is a gritty co-op game that challenged me to make the right choice in a world full of bad ones

By Sarah Thwaites published

A Way Out is a drama-filled co-op game from Hazelight Studios that asks players to orchestrate a prison break – and deal with the immediate ensuing consequences.

Kirby and The Forgotten Land’s Star-Crossed World expansion is a Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade that’s well worth the money

By Lloyd Coombes published

It might not be the most challenging platformer around, but this updated version of Kirby and The Forgotten Land is worth playing.

Wild Hearts S isn’t exactly definitive, but I’m glad the underrated monster hunting game has a home on Switch 2

By Rhys Wood published

Wild Hearts S is a fine way to play Omega Force’s monster hunting game, but don’t expect pristine performance.

I time-travelled to save the world in Cronos: The New Dawn, and it felt like going back two decades to play Dead Space again

By James Pickard published

Cronos: The New Dawn is a solid and well-made survival horror game, but in its reverence for the classics, it doesn't distinguish itself from games that are decades old.

After 30 hours with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, it might just be my favorite Nintendo Switch 2 game of 2025

By Rhys Wood published

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment doesn’t reinvent the Musou wheel, but it’s an incredibly polished version of it.

It Takes Two pushed me to the limit with clever platforming puzzles and moreish co-op challenges

By Sarah Thwaites published

Teamwork does, in fact, make the dream work

I've played through all three campaigns in Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered and found them to be full of welcome improvements, and graphical overhauls - but some issues remain

By Theo Litston published

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered brings Lara’s second trio of original adventures to modern systems with overhauled graphics, updated controls, extra features, and enhancements.

Dying Light: The Beast dials up the horror and keeps the parkouring, zombie-bashing action – and it's a blast

By Christian Guyton published

Dying Light: The Beast is a bloody good time that benefits from some fresh changes to the series formula - just don't expect it to be wildly different.

Donkey Kong Bananza is a must-have Nintendo Switch 2 game and worthy Super Mario Odyssey successor

By Dashiell Wood published

Donkey Kong Bananza is a fantastic Nintendo Switch 2 game, delivering great destruction and hundreds of hidden secrets to discover.

After 18 hours with Split Fiction, I can safely say that the Switch 2 version keeps the fun and thrill, but not the quality

By Vic Hood published

Switch Fiction

The first hour of FBC: Firebreak is absolutely miserable, and it doesn't get much better from there

By Dashiell Wood published

FBC: Firebreak is a bland and repetitive co-op shooter that’s not worth your time or attention.

Pro goals make Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 the best skateboarding game to date, and I can't get enough

By Ford James published

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 is the most complete skateboarding video game package available today.

Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 are as magical as ever on Nintendo Switch 2

By John-Anthony Disotto published

Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 review on Nintendo Switch 2 featuring stunning 4k visuals and buttery smooth performance.

Ninja Gaiden 4 isn’t just great; it’s the best game Team Ninja and PlatinumGames have made in years

By Rhys Wood published

Ninja Gaiden 4 is a bloody triumph, seeing its co-developers back at the top of their respective games.

Metro Awakening review: a survival horror adventure that'll land with the right audience, but that's not me

By Hamish Hector published

Metro Awakening might feature some truly terrifying moments, but it's too slow for me.

AOC Agon Pro AG276FK review: over 500Hz of gaming speed

By Jeremy Laird published

AOC is taking aim at esports aficionados with this ultra-quick 520Hz, 0.5ms IPS 1080p panel.

Battlefield REDSEC is a by-the-numbers battle royale that’s lacking a sense of character, but there’s no question that Battlefield fits the genre perfectly

By Jake Green published

Battlefield REDSEC is a solid foundation made up of the best bits from your other favorite games, though it’s in danger of being eclipsed by newer, more innovative competitors.

Hell Is Us is a surprisingly enjoyable and accessible semi-soulslike - just don't expect a cheerful story

By Christian Guyton published

It might not be a ‘true’ soulslike, but Hell Is Us takes just the right amount of inspiration from the genre to create something new and interesting.

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 is a magic-infused exploration of grief, girlhood, and rebellion

By Sarah Thwaites published

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 explores teenage angst, uprising and a future of forgotten memories.

Despite its offbeat humor, Revenge of the Savage Planet is one of the most profoundly average games that I’ve ever played

By Dashiell Wood published

Revenge of the Savage Planet is a competently made but formulaic action-adventure game that’s entertaining enough, but never groundbreaking.

Don't sleep on Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree; it's an inventive and lively roguelite worth trying

By Josephine Watson published

The world of Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree is packed full of heart, staking its claim in the roguelite genre with a unique dual-character mechanic. Here's our full review.