Category: Previews

Here’s a cocktail as explosive as a firecracker: take three parts SRPG, one part roguelike and a final dash of spicy musou, and you’ve got a mix that bangs. The Last Spell, which dropped a demo on Steam earlier this month, is proof of that – it’s a sparky little mess of influences that shows […]

I had an okay time with Volta, FIFA 20’s new street football mode, during my solid afternoon with it at that same event in July where the FUT part of the day saw EA Sports take a bit of a grilling. It’s snappy, easy to grasp but still with a little bit of nuance to […]

With the rise of miniaturised retro consoles, there’s still a special corner of gaming’s past that’s gone sorely overlooked. It’s a corner that could once be found in a mid-90s London Trocadero – a space, among many spaces, that Capcom called home with its sublime arcade produce, built on the CPS1 and CPS2 boards. Between […]

There’s no particular reason Minecraft Dungeons needs to be a Minecraft game. Its dungeon-crawling gameplay could fit any fantasy setting, its enemies could be baddies from any monster hack-and-slash. There’s no mining or crafting. And yet the Minecraft theme makes a lot of sense: it’s a friendly aesthetic for a different genre, its enemies are […]

It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to play a new Monkey Ball game on console, and dipping into Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD at Gamescom has reminded me why I fell in love with the series during its GameCube heyday, when those first couple of brilliant games founded a franchise which […]

After the breakthrough global success of Monster Hunter World, the tasteful handling of Mega Man’s return and the course correcting for Resident Evil – which, in the remake of 2, artfully managed to blend Resident Evil old and new, resulting in perhaps the greatest series entry yet – we now have this. A team-based shooter […]

Where to start after playing two hours of The Last of Us Part 2? How exactly to talk about a sequel to one of the last decade’s most beloved games – if not the most beloved – without spoiling a story beat that’s best experienced first-hand, or sharing too much? By now, you’ll surely know […]

When news of Respawn’s first foray into VR development came to light back in 2017 during Oculus Connect 4, most people’s money was probably riding on the end product being some kind of Titanfall spin-off. I know mine was; the thought of climbing aboard a huge mech and dropping like a rocket propelled boulder into […]

Pokémon Sword and Shield open more or less the same as any other in the series: wake up in your room, chat with your mum, check the telly for a little Nintendo console reference. You know the story. Right the way through to the usual little fetch quest for the professor and battle with your […]

It’s hard to put a finger on that Star Wars feeling, but you know it when it happens. Star Wars is traditional myth combined with things you’ve never seen before – both familiar and strange, it’s the hero’s journey in a sci-fi world. To me, it’s about epic themes told with a twinkle in the […]