Games Inbox: What is the best video game of 2021?

The Wednesday Inbox is worried it’ll be hard to tell if Halo Infinite is a success or not, as one reader is upset about Vanguard’s cheaters. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected] No accounting for tasteLovely to see Returnal receive nods for audio and direction at The Game Awards, but surely accolades […]

Game & Watch: The Legend Of Zelda – a Link to the stocking filler

GameCentral takes a look at the new Zelda themed Game & Watch, which includes three classic games and some charming fan service. It doesn’t really make sense to talk about Nintendo acting strangely, since that is their default state of being. However, the one thing that’s stuck out to us recently is the peculiar way […]

Jurassic World Evolution 2 review – dinosaur tycoon refined

A mix of theme park and zoo simulator seems like the perfect Jurassic Park game but can this sequel improve on the flawed original? It’s been almost three decades since Jurassic Park felt exciting. Hollywood may have built a financially successful franchise beyond Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic, but each subsequent film has felt like a […]

Games Inbox: What is the best N64 game?

The Tuesday Inbox wonders if Guardians Of The Galaxy is going to be a major hit, as a reader is disappointed by Age Of Empires 4. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected] Bad but interestingThe Expansion Pack for Nintendo Switch Online not working properly is really upsetting to me because this is […]

Voice Of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars review – a card based world

The creator of NieR and Drakengard helms a turn-based RPG with a tabletop aesthetic, where a fantasy world is represented entirely by cards. For many, card-based video games are a Marmite proposition. You’re either fully engrossed in the likes of Hearthstone and Slay The Spire or bemused as to why anyone would choose to play […]

Age Of Empires 4 review – war never changes

After 16 years the Age Of Empires franchise finally gets a new sequel but is the latest entry too similar to the old ones – or not enough? Following the release of Command & Conquer in 1995 real-time strategy games became the most popular game type on the PC, with every Western publisher in the […]

Castlevania Advance Collection review – Dracula X Metroid

Konami’s new compilation of classic Castlevanias includes what many consider the best entry ever but how do such old games hold up today? In our recent preview of Metroid Dread we noted how the two games that the Metroidvania franchise is named after are almost unknown to modern gamers. Next month Metroid gets its first […]

Dungeon Encounters review – oldest school RPG

Two of Square Enix’s most renowned creators release one of the best JRPGs of recent years, but you’ve probably never even heard of it. If we said that Square Enix had just released a new role-playing game by Hiroyuki Ito, director of the classic Final Fantasy 6, 9, and 12 and inventor of the Active […]