Video Game Reviews
The Outlast Trials Review – Intensive Therapy
Red Barrels' detour into multiplayer horror is as messed up yet endearing as its single-player efforts, even with some issues.
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance Review – A Bit Much at Times
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance is a new real-time strategy game with an emphasis on realistic tactics.
Nightingale Early Access Review – Shallow Realms
Despite an intriguing premise, this survival crafting title has a ways to go, especially in resolving issues with combat, servers, and more.
Pacific Drive Review – Nightcall
Ironwood Studios' unorthodox rogue-lite delivers a heady mix of supernatural mystery and close encounters with the Anomalous kind.
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin Review – Not Just Another Boomer Shooter
After having spent quite a few years in early access, Wrath: Aeon of Ruin is finally out now. How well does the boomer shooter stack up against its contemporaries?
Last Epoch Review – Power Fantasy
Last Epoch is an action RPG that has spent almost half a decade in early access, and is finally out now in all its glory. Here's our review.
Enshrouded Early Access Review – Tree Punching With Magic
Enshrouded is a new survival crafting game heavily inspired by action RPGs. Here's our review to see if these ideas work well together.
New Cycle Early Access Review – You Cannot Rebuild
Developed by Core Engage, this early access title offers city-building in a post-apocalyptic landscape with some rough edges.
Palworld Early Access Review – Pokemon: Survival Evolved
Pocketpair's eagerly awaited "Pokemon with guns" title is here, but does it offer more for creature-collecting fans to dive into? Find out here.
Pioneers of Pagonia Early Access Review – Off to a Great Start
Pioneers of Pagonia puts its own twist on the genre thanks to its naturalistic approach to city layouts.
The Day Before Review – Scam City
Fntastic's last game before shutting down is a disaster on every front. It's irredeemably bad and yet somehow immensely boring.
THE FINALS Review – Total Annihilation
Embark Studios' free-to-play competitive shooter delivers a high-octane experience with stellar gunplay, map design and all-out destruction.
Blood West Review – The Wild West Just Got Weirder
Blood West is a first-person stealth game that puts players into the shoes of an undead gunslinger taking on grotesque monsters as they rid the land of evil.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Review – Pandora Rules
Despite some issues, Massive's first-person open-world adventure offers a rich world to explore, teeming with details and memorable characters.
SteamWorld Build Review – We All Lift Together
Part city-builder, part Dungeon Keeper, The Station's SteamWorld Build lends the series' signature charm to established genres.
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria Review – Wandering Lost
Despite a strong premise and decent progression, Free Range Games' survival sandbox title falls flat in the gameplay department.
Ark: Survival Ascended Early Access Review – Dino Crisis
A rough launch and some technical issues tarnish Studio Wildcard's remake, but it's still a compelling survival crafting experience.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Review – Triple Trouble
Not even a surprisingly good Zombies mode can save this year's Call of Duty from its miserable Campaign and multiplayer issues.
Risk of Rain Returns Review – Run it Back
Hopoo Games' Risk of Rain returns with HD visuals, new content, multiplayer functions and more, while retaining everything that made it great.
Football Manager 2024 Review – Steady Eddie
Sports Interactive's admirably consistent franchise delivers yet another dangerously addictive outing.
Jusant Review – Make the Climb
The Life is Strange developer tries something new with this 3D platformer and delivers a uniquely meditative experience.
Ghostrunner 2 Review – Blade Blast
Equal parts sleek and cheesy, with expanded levels and several new mechanics, Ghostrunner 2 is a great sequel that doesn't skimp on difficulty.
Skull Island: Rise of Kong Review – So Bad it’s Boring
Skull Island: Rise of Kong hopes to let you feel like the eponymous Kong as you rampage your way through his younger years.
Wildmender Review – Where the Wild Things Aren’t
Despite an intriguing premise and unique mechanics, Muse Games' survival crafting experience falters in several ways.
Endless Dungeon Review – Deeper Underground
Amplitude's tactical shooter is a conservative but solid roguelike that builds on the legacy of Dungeon of the Endless in fun ways.
Lords of the Fallen Review – An Excellent Soulslike
Lords of the Fallen is a new Souls-styled game with fresh ideas for combat and exploration.
COCOON Review – Puzzling Recursion
Some tedious and esoteric puzzles aside, COCOON manages to be as inventive as it is weird.
Witchfire Early Access Review – Witchborne
Witchfire hopes to meld gameplay inspired by Soulslikes and extraction shooters while trying to forge its own identity.
SYNCED Review – A Fun Free-to-Play Shooter with a Lackluster Grind
SYNCED's endless grind can eventually grow tiresome due to poor incentives despite superb gameplay mechanics.
Ad Infinitum Review – Infinite Void
Ad Infinitum emphasizes adventure and tragedy as much, if not more, than its myriad of horrors with above-average results.