Reviews

Spellbreak Review – Epic mage battles for the ages

Spellbreak is a fantasy battle royale that challenges you to duke it out with 41 other mages using powerful spells. The combat is fast, chaotic, and absolutely epic. Don’t worry, Spellbreak will ease you into it. When you first open the game, you’ll begin…

Valorant Review – A Valiant Effort

Valorant hooks you match after match with tight, tactical gameplay, albeit in rather barebones fashion. Think Counter-Strike with hero elements. That’s the elevator pitch for Valorant, Riot Games’ debut on the competitive first-person shooter scene. I say that not to disparage Valorant, though….

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope review — The perfect game for Halloween

Four students and their professor, fresh off a field trip, are stranded in the middle of a highway after their bus crashes. Your exploration uncovers deeper mysteries in a nearby New England town, one that’s steeped in occult rituals. This…

Spelunky 2 Review – Snakes On A 2D Plane

Spelunky 2 is a successful evolution of what made the original Spelunky work. In Spelunky 2, the turkey’s fate is in your hands. You could hop on the bird’s back, making use of its double jump and Yoshi-like glide to flap…

Might & Magic: Chess Royale review

Need to know What is it? A peculiar addition to two very different hype trains. Expect to pay: Free-to-play Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-5820K, 8GB RAM, GeForce GTX 950 Multiplayer: Multiplayer only; 100 players Link: Official…

Transient review — Across the universe

It’s almost Halloween, and you know what that means! It’s time to review another Cthulhu-mythos walking simulator with some puzzles here and there! Transient is the successor to the game Conarium, although it requires no familiarity with it. The game might…

Review: Destroy All Humans invades the current gen with out-of-this-world B-movie fun

In the early 2000s, it was common for game developers to focus on making an experience that was purely fun above all else. Now, it seems like every game needs to have a serious tone. People want to feel something….

Unity of Command 2 review

Need to know What is it? An approachable operations-scale World War 2 wargame. Expect to pay $27/£23.49 Developer 2×2 Games, Croteam Publisher 2×2 Games Reviewed on Intel Core i5-3330, GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 8GB RAM Multiplayer? Hotseat only. Link Official…

WRC 9 review — Not a Sunday drive

Taking place across 13 countries around the world, WRC 9: Fia World Rally Championship puts you behind the wheel of nimble rally cars as you race against the clock. The goal: to dominate the death-defying tracks of some of the…

Persona Q2 Review – You Oughta Be In Pictures

It looks like the 3DS’s time in the spotlight is over. We’ve seen 3DS support dwindle over the past few years, but there’s at least one more show to see on the long-lived portable before it takes a bow. Persona Q2:…

Marvel’s Avengers: How Long Does It Take To Beat?

The main Marvel’s Avengers story content will fill a good chunk of time even before you get into the post-campaign Avengers Initiative. Marvel’s Avengers is available now for everyone on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Stadia. Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics…

Murder by Numbers review

Need to Know What is it? A fun mystery visual novel with lots and lots of picross Expect to pay $16 / £12 Developer Mediatonic Publisher The Irregular Corporation Reviewed on i5-2500K, 8GB RAM, GTX 670 Multiplayer No Link Official…