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There’s something particularly fitting about The Sinking City 2 arriving as a game shaped by adversity. Developer Frogwares has always had a strong relationship with Lovecraftian horror, but this sequel takes that foundation in a noticeably different direction. While the original The Sinking City leaned heavily into open-world investigation and detective work, The Sinking City 2 shifts the series towards … Read More

There are certain games that stick with you long after you’ve finished them. For me, Steins;Gate is absolutely one of those games. Originally released in 2009, the visual novel went on to become one of the most beloved entries in the Science Adventure series, eventually finding an even wider audience through its hugely successful anime adaptation. It’s a story I’ve … Read More

There’s something immediately familiar about Duskfade. From the moment I stepped into its colourful clockwork world, I felt like I’d been transported back to the mid-2000s, when 3D platformers were everywhere and every new adventure seemed to have a lovable mascot, a collection of strange worlds to explore and a combination of platforming, combat and light RPG mechanics. Developed by … Read More

There’s something wonderfully appropriate about returning to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in 2026. When it originally launched on Nintendo Switch in 2017, it was an ambitious RPG that pushed Nintendo’s hardware surprisingly hard. Now, almost nine years later, I’ve been able to revisit it on Nintendo Switch 2 thanks to the newly released Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. … Read More

I’ll be honest, I came to Blue Reflection Quartet with absolutely no experience with the series. I’d never played the original Blue Reflection, I hadn’t watched the anime, and I’d completely missed Blue Reflection Sun during its time as a mobile game. In fact, before picking up Quartet, my knowledge of the series basically amounted to knowing that it was … Read More

Right from the time Nintendo revealed Splatoon Raiders, I was curious to see how the colourful multiplayer shooter would adapt to a single-player adventure. The mainline Splatoon games have always had enjoyable campaigns, but they’ve primarily served as introductions before pushing players into the competitive online modes. Splatoon Raiders changes that formula completely. This isn’t another multiplayer-focused sequel. Instead, it’s … Read More

When I first sat down to play Denshattack on PS5, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. It looked stylish enough from the trailers, but it wasn’t a game that had dominated headlines or generated the kind of hype that usually surrounds major releases. After spending a considerable amount of time with it, though, I came away convinced that this is going … Read More

I had the pleasure of playing Digimon Story Time Stranger when it first launched on PlayStation 5 last year, and I came away genuinely impressed. It delivered exactly what I wanted from a modern Digimon RPG, with an engaging story, a fantastic roster of Digimon to collect and evolve, and a combat system that kept me invested from beginning to end. It … Read More

For years, Halo has always occupied this almost mythical place in gaming for me. Growing up with PlayStation consoles meant I never really had the opportunity to experience Microsoft’s flagship series firsthand. I knew the name, I knew Master Chief, and I knew Halo was considered one of the most influential shooters ever made, but that was about the extent … Read More

From the time it released in 2013, Black Flag has always been my favourite Assassin’s Creed game, and that’s saying something considering how much I love the ancient Egypt setting of Origins and feudal Japan in Shadows. Those games have some of my favourite worlds in the entire franchise, but there has always been something special about Black Flag. It … Read More