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VG247Forza Horizon 6 review - The driving game for everyone still can’t seem to escape its car-collecting legacy
There is this idea that, for a long-running series to remain as consistently popular as Forza Horizon has been, it needs to diminish itself somewhat with each new entry, gradually losing more and more of its edge in a bid to appeal to the widest possible audience. Read more
VG247Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred review - A compelling conclusion delivered with a panache that proves Blizzard still got it
Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred has, without question, been one of my most anticipated releases of 2026. Diablo 4 is likely my most played game ever by sheer hour count, so it’s easy to see why this expansion is so high up on my list. However many rakes Blizzard has stepped on over the course of the game’s live service, however many seasons or events it botched, I maintain that no other ARPG matches Diablo 4 in either game feel or production value. Read more
VG247Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it
Hey pal, grab a chair. Sit down a while. I've spoken to your parents, and they're worried about you, mate. They've been telling me that you're thinking about buying Stellar Blade on the PS5 - don't get up! It's okay, this is a no judgement zone, bud. Don't look embarrassed, it's just me and you having a conversation here. Now, let me tell you something... Read more
VG247Sucker for Love: Date to Die For review - '90s anime-inspired romantic horror keeps things short and sweet
Sucker for Love: Date to Die For is the midpoint of a planned trilogy that grew out of solo dev Akabaka's submission to Dread X Collection 2 back in 2020. The theme of the second lockdown game jam overseen by indie horror publisher DreadXP was "Lovecrafting", which Akabaka ran with to create a dating sim where you romance anime-esque waifus who are also eldritch goddesses inspired by deities described in the Cthulhu Mythos. The aim was to create a horror dating sim where the romanceable monsters were sexy and terrifying in equal measure, pulling no punches when it came to demonstrating the dreadful and often disgusting things a human would have to do to catch the romantic attentions of an incomprehensible cosmic being. Read more
VG247Children of the Sun review - A moody, emotive sniper-puzzle shooter dripping with style
The description of Children of the Sun tells you everything that you need to know without telling you much at all. You are THE GIRL, an ex-member of THE CULT who once promised you a simpler life. Instead, they made your life hell. Now, you’re hunting down members of THE CULT, exterminating each and every one of them using your mind-bending abilities, as you attempt to reach THE LEADER. Read more
VG247Rise of the Ronin review - Team Ninja without the bite, or the Nioh heights
Rise of the Ronin is a frustrating game. If you’re familiar with the work of Japanese studio Team Ninja, that sentence may not be surprising to read. This is a team that has long prided itself on creating challenging, and sometimes unforgiving, action games laser-focused on delivering a specific experience. You’re either onboard with that or you aren’t. Read more
VG247Princess Peach: Showtime review – Nintendo's leading lady is anything but asleep at the Switch
Princess Peach has made her long-awaited comeback in Princess Peach: Showtime, her second mainline game since Super Princess Peach arrived on the Nintendo DS, way back in 2005. Almost two decades later, Mario's number one princess has returned to show us what she’s really all about – no longer being at the whim of her emotions, but instead taking to the center of the stage as she reclaims the Sparkle Theater from the Sour Bunch. Read more
VG247Dragon’s Dogma 2 review: one of the greatest games of all time… if you’ve the right constitution
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is uncompromising. Read more
VG247Unicorn Overlord review – super soup of strategy and story, swords and sorcery
I’ve decided the axe-wielding muscle man and tiny swamp witch are besties. How could you not? Read more
VG247New Star GP review: Putting the fun back in F1
If, right now, you ask a long-time F1 fan what keeps them tuning in to watch cars go round and round while a paddock full of very smart engineers and some of the most dodgy rich people the world has to offer look on, they’ll all probably give different answers. Read more
VG247The Outlast Trials – review: SAW, MKUltra, and sheer shock value combine to make Outlast as horrifying as ever
Back when The Outlast Trials first went live in Early Access, I previewed the game and described it as capable of being one of the best multiplayer horror games out there. As The Outlast Trials prepares for its 1.0 launch, I feel it’s safe to say that my high expectations of the game haven’t quite been met – but that doesn’t mean that The Outlast Trials is unenjoyable by any stretch. Read more
VG247Expeditions: A MudRunner Game review – Raiders of the Lost 'Arrgh, I’ve rolled it again'
It’s the dumbest plan anyone’s ever come up with, but it’s the only one I’ve got. Read more
VG247Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth review: Ambitious, joyous, and bursting with an energy FF hasn’t had since the 90s
In the original Final Fantasy 7, a beloved character dies in the most brutal of ways. Half an hour later, you’re snowboarding. Read more
VG247Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League review – This mission goes off the rails, but isn't a bust
Several hours of chaotic playtime later, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League still largely elicits the same feelings from this looter-shooter veteran and casual DC fan. Its highs are really high and separate Rocksteady's effort from the chaff, but in the long run, we're stuck with a game of two halves. Read more
VG247Granblue Fantasy: Relink review – Short, sweet, but far from the Platinum-standard RPG
How do you review a game that is essentially one giant ad for another game entirely? That's kind of what Granblue Fantasy: Relink feels like to me, the first fully-fledged, 3D, RPG take on Cygames' long-running mobile gacha game. It's a difficult question to answer, especially when – spoiler alert – Relink is actually pretty good! And it's even harder to answer when the ad kind-of works. Read more
VG247Persona 3 Reload review: A perfect history lesson for recent series converts
When you read that a movie is being ‘remade’, you know what it means. But in games, the concept of a remake is far less concrete. Gaming remakes can run the gamut in terms of scope, ambition, and even intention. Honestly, thinking about the differences in approach between the remakes of Resident Evil 4, Final Fantasy 7, GoldenEye and Mario RPG practically gives me a headache. Read more
VG247Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy review - Every bit as charming as its predecessors, if a little more uneven
The elephant in the room when discussing the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy is the argument that it's not really a trilogy. The three games which have just been remastered and rereleased under the title — 2007's Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, 2013's Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, and 2016's Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice — are indeed respectively the fourth, fifth, and sixth mainline games in the Ace Attorney series of courtroom dramedy visual novels. But nevertheless, many long-time fans were surprised at last year's announcement that the remasters were being marketed in this way, since there'd never really been a sense that the originals were intended to be read as a single continuous narrative. Read more
VG247Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth review – Carry On Partying
“Yeah, but imagine what it says about your crab status,” declares Ichiban Kasuga as he strides along the sand of Aloha Beach under the Hawaiian sun, with his three mates in tow. Read more
VG247Tekken 8 review: Back(dash), and better than ever
I do my best to create a 1-to-1 recreation of Margaret Thatcher in the Tekken 8 avatar creator for 20 minutes, before giving up and heading into an online lobby at 11PM. There, I lounge at the beach and practice some combos before an American reviewer hops online and sits down at a cab. He buries me alive. I download each replay and pick them apart. I mess around with some other characters, and chuckle one of them transforms a salmon into a giant missile. Tekken is truly back. Read more
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VG247Palworld is more than just 'Pokemon with guns', but not much more
Since Palworld was first shown off, plenty of folk described the game as ‘Pokemon with guns’, and that’s not exactly a stretch. One look at the Tokyo Game Show trailer for the game and you’ll quite clearly see Pal designs (those are the creatures you’ll be collecting) that are akin to fan-favourite Pokemon, albeit wielding AK’s and other weaponry. Read more
VG247Prince of Persia The Lost Crown review: Ubisoft’s Metroidvania royal treatment
The key tenet of a Metroidvania game is that you backtrack – you journey back to once-explored areas and use your newly-acquired powers to forge new paths, reach new ledges, backflip into obscured passageways that contain treasure. It’s part of the game; intuitive and self-aware, and smart developers leave breadcrumbs for you to nibble on as you head back through to the beginning of the game, your avatar’s body humming with new-found power. En route, you may discover more things – secrets, more hidden paths, respawned enemies with a grudge – and you get distracted and pulled from your circular orbit. Read more
VG247Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising review - A second chance well earned
Second chances are rare these days. In an age of yearly roadmaps, seasonal releases, and endless downloadable updates it can be hard to figure out when to jump into an ongoing game. Worse yet, it's impossible to avoid the feeling that you're already late. If you didn't jump in on the ground floor, then you're doomed to be stomped on by online warriors forever. With Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, the world has a second chance to get invested in one of the most interesting fighting games we've seen in some time. Read more
VG247Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora review – A lovely new world to Na’vigate
Modern triple-A open-world games rarely make your jaw drop by using only vibes and putting aside all the fireworks. But Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora manages to do exactly that, every few minutes. It’s a familiar journey that lacks sharp edges, sure, but it’s also a game that knows what it wants to be and trusts the source material. Read more
VG247Super Mario RPG review: a classic reborn
As the old adage goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Such is the case for Super Mario RPG, the latest volley in what has been a banner year for the aging Nintendo Switch. WIth this remake, Nintendo takes a beloved but also oft-forgotten nineties classic and largely preserves it with all of the charm, character, and imagination that made it great in the first place. Read more
VG247Spirittea review: A beautiful blend of Stardew Valley and Spirited Away that is hard to put down
I was fortunate enough to spend most of my weekend playing Spirittea; not by choice, but mainly because I couldn’t put this whimsical rural-life sim down. Simply put, Cheesemaster Games has developed something beautiful that most Stardew Valley fans will be enamoured by. Read more
VG247EA Sports WRC review: Fast, flowing rally fun
Rally cars, despite being very complex, are very simple beasts. Read more
VG247Like A Dragon Gaiden review: The shortest Yakuza game is also one of the best
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name may be a side story in RGG Studio’s long-running Yakuza franchise, but it’s also one of the biggest steps forward in quality and thoughtful design that the series has seen in years. Throwing some of the usual Yakuza fixtures out the window (the sprawling maps, overly familiar combat, and slice-of-life approach) gave RGG the freedom to explore the often-neglected core of their formula: the characters. Kiryu takes center stage in a new way, not as a plot device, but as a proper person at last, and the entire package benefits from it. Read more
VG247WarioWare: Move It review – an enjoyable, if flawed, waggle frenzy to make the Wii proud
While it has a solid identity as the hyper-creative face of family-friendly gaming, it’s fair to say that Nintendo actually has a few different identities. On Switch, we’ve been treated to a most of them at once. We have accessible-but-hardcore offerings in Zelda, old-school joy in Mario Wonder, and here, in WarioWare’s second Switch title, we have a love letter to the Wii. Read more
VG247Robocop: Rogue City Review - finally, a worthy sequel to the classic film
Here’s the deal in a nutshell – Robocop: Rogue City is, much like the film that inspires it, a work made by a brilliant creative team whose ambition frequently collides with the resources available to them. The result is an overall experience that’s infinitely better than it has any right to be: janky, and a little rough around the edges, but nonetheless smart, compelling, and cool as hell. Read more
VG247My Time at Sandrock review: A tight, content-packed life simulator that won’t disappoint fans
My Time at Sandrock is a spiritual successor to 2018’s My Time at Portia – and it's a successor in just about every way, too. This time around, you’ll be the brand-new builder in the desert town of Sandrock, alongside friendly competition, Mi-an. You’ll be striving to not only have the best workshop, but to breathe life into this dwindling community on the brink of financial ruin. Which may cut a bit close to home. Read more
VG247Jusant review: an incredible vertical odyssey with a hopeful environmental message
Video game climbing is a deceptive affair. Rarely is it the centrepiece gameplay mechanic: often it’s barely more than a one-button means for Nathan Drake to get to the next shooty bit. A traversal mode for getting across Florence or Damascus in a hurry, akin to a car in the sense that you just press the button to turn it on and point it when you want to go. The System takes care of the rest. Yes, I’m being reductive, and dismissive of the fact that Assassin’s Creed, Uncharted, Tomb Raider, and any other Climby Games you’d want to mention usually have a few tricky puzzles where being good at prodding The System is crucial, but games rarely get your palms sweaty searching for the next handhold. Read more
VG247Alan Wake 2 review: The best psychological horror game I’ve played in generations
Alan Wake 2 plays out like a completely different game when compared to its 2010 predecessor. For all the right reasons. Believe me when I say that Remedy Entertainment has created something so unnerving, and wholly bizarre, that it will give Silent Hill’s reboot a run for its money. Read more
VG247Ghostrunner 2 review: an imperfect game that understands the rule of cool
Ghostrunner 2 is not a perfect game. I don't believe it'll be taking home many game of the year awards. It won't shake the industry to the ground. There are better games out there right now, 2023 being the monstrous year that it is. So why am I – at 3am Saturday morning – glued to the cyberpunk sequel? The answer is simple: Ghostrunner 2 knows exactly what its audience wants. There's a good chance it has what you want, too. Read more
VG247Metal Gear Solid Master Collection (Vol 1) review: A soft collection of solid games
The first thing I do when I gain access to the medical menu in MGS3 as part of the new Metal Gear Solid Master Collection (Vol 1) is shake the right stick to whip Naked Snake around like a ragdoll. Read more
VG247Lords of the Fallen review: fertile ground for a sequel, but leaves a lot to be desired
My time with Lords of the Fallen started out very positive, but it was disheartening to see my opinion on it turn the more of it I played. It’s a game with some genuinely brilliant ideas, and a high-level vision of how to set itself apart from other Souls-likes. But that vision did not seem to have been shared by everyone on the team. Read more
VG247Cities Skylines 2 review: a solid foundation for a spec-hungry future classic
After years of expansions and DLCs, Colossal Order and Paradox are finally pressing reset on Cities Skylines. For this sort of simulation game, this is a huge moment. These titles aren’t so much games as they are platforms for years of content and expansion – and so starting fresh is a very big deal indeed. Read more
VG247Super Mario Bros. Wonder review: 2D Mario is finally back at his best
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the best 2D Mario game since the franchise’s 16-bit heyday. But, honestly, writing that doesn’t even feel like the biggest, splashiest thing I can lead this review with. So, let’s try something else. Let’s get spicier. Read more