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It’s hard to deny the cultural impact The Last of Us series has had since its original launch. Both the first and second game have had people mesmerised by its world and discussing its story and themes many years on from the launch of each game. I still consider the original 2013 release to be one of, if not the … Read More

I have a long and passionate history with the Prince of Persia franchise. It’s a series that helped bridge a gaming relationship with my Dad due to his personal history playing the original game, so we both spent plenty of nights playing through the Sands of Time trilogy together when it released in the early 2000s. I had always hoped … Read More

When Avatar, the highest grossing film franchise of all time was announced to be getting a video game adaptation and was partnering for Ubisoft, I was both curious and had a few questions. 1. How have we not had more Avatar video games in the years since the first film and 2. How would this collaboration with Ubisoft play out. … Read More

When the first Marvel’s Spider-Man game launched back in 2018, it quickly became the new gold standard for super hero video games. And for good reason. It provided a new, original spin on existing characters we love with a deep and meaningful story, let us explore New York and complete plenty of objectives, but above all, it was fun to … Read More

Sonic is one of gaming’s most recognisable mascots. He’s grown so big that he probably can’t even just be referred to as a gaming icon anymore, given the amount of various merchandise, animated series’ and Hollywood movies he’s now appeared in. But still more than any other, he’s featured in many games over the years, the quality of which, as … Read More

Whether you’ve played any of the series’ entries, if you’re a fan of games even on a surface level, it’s highly likely you’ve heard of the Metal Gear series. A series that is still highly regarded all these years after it’s debut, primarily due to the way it helped define the stealth-action genre and how it showed that games could … Read More

Very few franchises have the success and the ability to have their games span over multiple decades. It’s surprising of those that do, quite a few are from the fighting genre. But growing up, my go-to fighter was always Mortal Kombat. Sure, I was playing the game at a younger age than I probably should have been, but it’s made … Read More

The Final Fantasy series is one of gaming’s most long running series and up to this point has already spanned numerous generations and is undoubtedly a bigger franchise right now than its ever been. Amongst the franchises many entries, it’s widely accepted that Final Fantasy 7 is one of the most popular and is definitely the deepest explored, with that … Read More

When I originally previewed Immortals of Aveum, it was a game that really grabbed my interest primarily due to the calibre of the developers bringing it to life, but also because of its very apparent and deep world building and it’s incredibly flashy visuals. I was very curious at the time about how the game would actually play and if … Read More

The Final Fantasy series has long been, and likely will be one of my all time favourite series of video games. There’s something so magical about jumping into a new world, meeting a new party of characters and battling through hordes of the series’ most iconic creatures. Final Fantasy 16 has brought the fantasy part of the series back to … Read More