After becoming one of the great modern champions of multiplayer co-op gaming in 2016, Overcooked is back with more kitchen carnage – and most importantly, more of canine mascot Kevin – than ever before. As with the
Despite being set in an alternate 1960s where World War II ended very differently, We Happy Few could be just as damning an examination of what a post-Brexit Britain might look like. Bereft of allies and with
To some, Shenmue is a legendary game, a pioneer of the kinds of open world RPGs that have become common since the original took its bow on Dreamcast back at the turn of the millennium. To others,
At its best, Warhammer: 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr feels like a cross between Doom and Diablo. Featuring the gore-soaked combat and gritty sci-fi setting of the former with the top-down view and looting-and-leveling loop of the latter, it’s fun for
Strange Brigade feels like a throwback to a simpler time, when gun-toting heroes chugged crimson-colored health potions, collected fat stacks of shiny gold coins, and exploded red barrels real good. This isn’t a knock against the
On the surface, Divinity: Original Sin II Definitive Edition looks like another dungeon-plundering, dragon-slaying role-playing game. And while it certainly features its fair share of fang-baring beasts, brimming treasure chests, and other high fantasy tropes, its superb
If Final Fantasy is the RPG franchise where Square Enix is happiest experimenting with the genre’s form, Dragon Quest is its hallowed ground – almost sacrosanct and unchanging across the years, something its most ardent fans cherish. That dedication
Monster Hunter used to be one of the gaming world’s best-kept secrets: a franchise which was absolutely huge in Japan but obscure elsewhere, in large part because it generally resided on Nintendo’s handhelds. Then along came
Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man, does whatever a Marvel’s Spider can… Aside from the license-dictated need to refer to everyone’s favourite wallcrawler not just as Spider-Man, but Marvel’s Spider-Man, there’s not a lot to dislike about Insomniac’s comic
And so, it ends – only, technically, to begin again. The prequel Tomb Raider trilogy, establishing how a young Lara Croft became the confident, outgoing adventurer players first encountered over 20 years ago, comes to a close