The Walking Dead: Destinies
The team behind Nerf Legends and Lord of the Rings: Gollum are back with another licensed game that we suspect may well be the worst game of 2023...
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
A solid RTS weighed down by technical problems that make it feel as untameable as the Realm of Beasts.
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Alex Hopley
Achilles: Legends Untold
Niclas has tackled Greek mythology as perhaps the most famous hero of them all...
American Arcadia
Call of the Sea's Out of the Blue is back with its latest adventure-puzzler that takes us to a fictional totalitarian city-state.
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Ben Lyons
The Talos Principle 2
Patrik has been petting cats and solving puzzles in a long-awaited sequel to one of 2014's best games...
Persona 5 Tactica
We've seen a lot of spin-offs from Persona 5, but how does Atlus handle a tactical action game?
Dead Island 2 HAUS Expansion Review
Dead Island 2 has received its first expansion, and we've put Claus on the case.
Football Manager 2024
The latest instalment in Sports Interactive's long-running sports simulation series is here, but is it a worthwhile step forward?
Jumanji: Wild Adventures
Outright Games and Cradle Games deliver a lot of fun in this movie adaptation.
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Alex Hopley
EA Sports WRC
The team behind Dirt Rally 2.0 is now rolling out its first official WRC game, and our rally expert has put it through the ringer.
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
Free Range Games is taking us back to the kingdom of Moria to help reclaim it from orcs and to remind fans why we love The Lord of the Rings titles.
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Ben Lyons
Skull Island: Rise of Kong
The worst game of the year is here and it includes more bugs than Cyberpunk 2077 and the single ugliest ape we've ever seen...
Ghostrunner 2
Jack Ghostrunner is back with some new tricks, but are they enough to make this action sequel stand out?
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Alex Hopley
Cities: Skylines II
We've become mayor and tried to build our dream city in this long-awaited sequel.
Hellboy Web of Wyrd
The first Hellboy game in over a decade is likely to impress comic fans, but stumbles as a roguelite.
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Alex Hopley
Wizard with a Gun
Galvanic Games is taking us into the magical unknown in this indie action-adventure.
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Ben Lyons
Pharaoh: A New Era
An unofficial remake down to the smallest detail.
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Kim Olsen
Fate/Samurai Remnant
Could a game in the Fate universe be something even for the uninitiated? Conny has found out...
Saltsea Chronicles
We've been travelling through a flooded world in Die Gute Fabrik's stunning narrative adventure game.
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Ben Lyons
Total War: Pharaoh
Rule or be ruled. A more complex combat system elevates the series.
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Kim Olsen
Counter-Strike 2
Patrick has continued defusing bombs, rescuing hostages and buying obscene amounts of weaponry in this sequel to the classic Counter-Strike...
Total War: Warhammer III - Shadows of Change
We finally played all of it, and its mostly good news, except for the price.
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Kim Olsen
Cocoon
Geometric Interactive's debut game is quite simply the biggest triumph for a Danish developer since Inside.
AK-xolotl
It's a pixelated action fest in this cute rougelike game. Conny has shot himself in the trigger finger...
Synced
There's a lot to like about NExT Studios and Level Infinite's new shooter, but it can at times feel as if there's an equal amount of drawbacks.
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Alex Hopley
Enchanted Portals
It looks and feels like a shameless copy of Cuphead. We try to find out if there is something more beneath the cartoony surface.
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
We've played the gorgeous Trine 5, which, despite its lack of innovation, offers plenty of fun, mind-bending puzzles.
Baldur's Gate III on PS5
Despite the fact there are some little bugs in Baldur's Gate 3 it comes out as one of the greatest releases in 2023, though there are some slow parts compared to pc version. Most important is to understand that this game is turn-based, so its much more different than the release from 2004.
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Fae Farm
Is Phoenix Labs' adorable game set to be your next life-sim obsession? We've been playing to answer exactly that question.
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Ben Lyons
Goodbye Volcano High
Ever wondered what Riverdale would be like if it replaced Archie with an anthropomorphic dinosaur? Now you can find out.
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Ben Lyons
Under the Waves
Sam's four-year-old daughter has died and his grief is well on its way to killing him, leading him to visit the bottom of the sea where the isolation represents his loss...
Sea of Stars
Sabotage Studio has created a love-letter to 90s JRPGs, and we're impressed by it.
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
Captain Claus has once again taken on a pirate game.
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Robots don't have souls.
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Ride 5
The fifth edition of Milestone's Ride series is here.
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
Decide on the fate of the universe with this interactive fiction adventure game from the team behind The Red Strings Club.
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Ben Lyons
En Garde!
En Garde! boldly challenges AAA games like Arkham City, but ends up losing the duel.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The team behind Little Big Planet 3 and Sonic Allstars Racing has given their take on Dead by Daylight and we're anything but impressed.
Quake II: Remastered
Id Software's old shooter has been restored by the people behind Quake: Remastered and Hegevall is super pleased...
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on PC
Patrik has jumped through time and space in his first encounter with the former Sony-exclusive series by Insomniac Games...
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Enter a world of gods and men in Summerfall Studios' narrative-heavy title.
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Ben Lyons
WrestleQuest
In one of the most unique clashes of the year where wrestling meets role-playing games, Conny has stepped into the ring to find out how good this will be...
Super Space Club
Modern day Asteroids?
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Ben Lyons
Jagged Alliance 3
We've been leading a force of mercenaries in pursuit of a resource-rich country's leader.
Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara
We've seen plenty of old-school 3D platformers over the past few years, so does this title stand out?
The Expanse: A Telltale Series - First Three Episodes
Trying to stay alive in space requires sacrifices.
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F1 Manager 2023
Frontier Developments is ready for revenge with its second game in the series that lets you take the reins of one of the teams in the world's fastest motorsport.
Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine
Super Meat Boy meets Puyo Puyo in an unforgiving and frustrating puzzle game.
Remnant II
Gunfire Games is back with its follow up to the brilliant Remnant: From the Ashes.
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Ben Lyons
Viewfinder
Reality isn't what it seems with this striking puzzler.
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Ben Lyons