Who Let eFootball Into The 2022 Commonwealth Games?

I’m not quite sure why everyone thought Konami’s eFootball was going to be a ‘FIFA killer’. Perhaps players were just jaded with year after year of surprise mechanics and annoying updates in the EA title. Perhaps people were hoping for a return to the PES of their childhood, rather than the disappointing titles the series […]

Turning Red’s Period Scene Is A Groundbreaking Moment For Animation

Pixar’s Turning Red is bursting with youthful energy, fresh ideas, and a wondrous central narrative about family and acceptance that hits harder than anyone could have expected. It rules, and feels like the start of something new from the animation studio as a storyteller. We need more films like this, partly because it’s so real. […]

Ghostwire Tokyo Preview: It’s Basically Weeaboo Crackdown

Tango Gameworks is keen for Ghostwire Tokyo to abandon the survival horror label the studio has held for so long. The Evil Within and its sequel were clear homages to the likes of Resident Evil and Silent Hill, while this spooky foray into Japan’s capital is unlike anything I’ve ever played before with a nuanced […]

Is Trials Of Orisiris Even Worth It Anymore?

Destiny 2’s pinnacle PvP activity Trials of Osiris returned this weekend for the first time since the launch of The Witch Queen. While it’s been updated for the new weapon system, the rewards don’t quite match what players can earn from other pinnacle activities, namely, the Vow of the Disciple Raid and weapon crafting. The […]

Submerged: Hidden Depths – An Exploration Game With Heart

Stepping into an unfamiliar world to explore and figure things out for yourself, free to slowly uncover the story in teasingly small doses with little to no direction is not something many games do these days. I have fond memories of playing Myst and Riven as a kid and having absolutely no clue what I […]

It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Make a Final Fantasy Racer

Square Enix, baby, what are you doing? First you announce that you’re into NFTs, and then you kind of shit on your own Guardians of the Galaxy game, despite it being one of the most beloved releases of last year. And now this. Chocobo GP. Making a Final Fantasy racing game shouldn’t be this fucking […]