Reviews

Sonic Frontiers reviewed by Travis Northup on PlayStation 5, also available on Xbox Series X|S and PC. Sonic Frontiers is a delightfully weird and experimental evolution of the Sonic games so many of us grew up with. Its expansive islands are filled with so much variety and pieces of Sonic history, from classic platforming stages

The Entropy Centre reviewed on PC by Leana Hafer. Also available on Xbox and PlayStation. The Entropy Centre is a more than competent riff on a Portal-style first-person physics puzzler, chock full of brain teasers that manage to have satisfying solutions that made me feel like a big brain time wizard, although it never realizes

Marvel Snap reviewed by Cam Shea on iOS with iPad Gen 9 (2021). Also available on Android and PC (Early Access). “Marvel Snap upends the collectible card game genre with some truly fresh ideas, impressive strategic depth, wonderfully slick presentation, and a fantastic use of the Marvel licence. Its high variance gameplay can be frustrating

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reviewed on PC by Seth G. Macy. Also available on Xbox and PlayStation. Modern Warfare 2 is the most fun I’ve had in CoD multiplayer in a good long while. It’s taken what was already a mechanically solid multiplayer game and improved on it with a weapon customization system

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord reviewed on PC by Jon Bolding. Also available on Xbox and PlayStation. It’s good that Mount & Blade: Bannerlord’s combat is fun, because everything that’s not a fight is just a bit of color before you get caught up in a brawl somewhere or decide to kick off a new

The Valiant reviewed on PC by Luke Reilly. “The Valiant is a serviceable, squad-based RTS that serves up some usually well-balanced sword-clanging action for its heroes and their small bands of merry men, though it wears a bit thin once it’s evident how repetitive and backtrack-heavy the battles can get. There’s a sturdy story to

The Last Hero of Nostalgaia reviewed by Jarrett Green on PC, is also available on Xbox. “The Last Hero of Nostalgaia doesn’t play very differently from its soulslike contemporaries, which makes it pretty easy to fall into for fans of the genre, but that also means it can be disappointing for anyone looking for a

Star Ocean: The Divine Force reviewed by George Yang on PlayStation 5. Also available on PS4, Xbox, and PC. Narration by Mark Medina. The Divine Force isn’t necessarily a standout in this long-running series, but it is a much more successful effort to bring Star Ocean into the modern age than its predecessor. The revamped

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed reviewed by Travis Northup on Xbox Series X, also available on PlayStation and PC. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed is an entertaining asymmetrical multiplayer game that’s held back by some probably-fixable balance issues and map wonkiness, but it badly needs more content. #IGN #Gaming

One of the best combat systems in gaming gets even better with Bayonetta 3. It’s story is a bit of a letdown and its wild action scenes take a toll on the performance in certain spots, but neither of those issues get in the way of Bayonetta 3 being a top shelf action game on

Gearbox’s New Tales from the Borderlands successfully recaptures the charm and humor of Telltale’s original adventure-game spinoff of the Borderlands first-person shooter series, but its attempts to stretch out the gameplay and the story don’t fare as well. Reviewed on PC by Ryan McCaffrey.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s campaign is a lackluster follow-up to its refined predecessor, saved by its best-in-class shooting. #IGN #Gaming #CallOfDuty

Gotham Knights reviewed by Travis Northup on Xbox Series X/S. Aslo available on PlayStation 5 and PC. “Gotham Knights is a consistently disappointing return to Batman’s troubled city and a distinct step backwards from the past decade-plus of Batman games. Even if running around Gotham in two-player co-op can be decent fun and each of

NHL 23 reviewed by Matt Paprocki on PlayStation 5. Also available on Xbox Series X. “It’s overdue, but NHL 23 finally looks and feels like it belongs on these beefier new-generation consoles. The visual tech upgrade adds stellar reality to the on-ice play, which also benefits from players who are willing to dive for the

Victoria 3 reviewed on PC by Leana Hafer. Victoria 3 is the kind of game that sucks me in and doesn’t let me go, whether I’m trying to turn Hawaii into an anarcho-communist utopia or make Afghanistan the centerpiece of the global economy by monopolizing the opium trade. The scope and depth of its simulation

Here’s our full review for the new asymmetrical multiplayer game, Dragon Ball: The Breakers! In Dragon Ball: The Breakers, you play as either one of seven average citizens (called Survivors) or an iconic villain (called Raiders) from the Dragon Ball universe in a competitive asymmetrical multiplayer showdown. Villains like Majin Buu, Frieza, and Cell have

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope reviewed by Dan Stapleton on Nintendo Switch. “Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope takes the excellent tactical combat ideas of Kingdom Battle and runs absolutely wild with them. Its goofy characters still have the ability to bounce off of each other, but they’re now free of the rigid grid

A Plague Tale: Requiem reviewed by Travis Northup on Xbox Series X|S, is also available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC. A Plague Tale: Requiem is an impressive sequel to the excellent action-adventure game A Plague Tale: Innocence, upping the ante in almost every way. It doesn’t do a ton to distinguish itself from