GameReviews
Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered Review - Comfort Food With a New Coat of Paint
Koei Tecmo rebuilds the 2001 Musou classic in Unreal Engine 5 with Xtreme Legends and split-screen co-op included. Still a joy to mash through, still a 25-year-old game underneath. Score: 7/10.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Review - The Burnout DNA Shows, and That's a Compliment
Fuse Games' anti-grav racer wraps genuinely great arcade handling in a roguelite tournament that punishes failure. Fast, gorgeous and occasionally cruel. Score: 8/10.
Gears of War: E-Day Review: A Strong Return, Not a Reinvention
The Coalition's prequel is the best-received Gears in fifteen years, with combat almost everyone praises and a formula almost nobody says has changed. A confident comeback that plays it safe. Score: 8/10.
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Review - The Best Flying, the Worst Script
Project Aces' biggest entry yet is a joy in the cockpit and a mess in the briefing room. Spectacular arcade dogfighting, a story that trips over itself, and a multiplayer with a shop I did not ask for. Score: 8/10.
End of Abyss Review: The Little Nightmares Veterans Grow Up and Grab a Shotgun
Section 9 Interactive, the ex-Tarsier team from Malmö, turns a derelict underground facility into a tense third-person horror metroidvania for 29.99 EUR. Brilliant atmosphere, maddening map. Score: 7/10.
Well Dweller Review: The Best Thing You Missed in a Crowded September
Kyle Thompson, the mind behind Crypt Custodian and Islets, returns with a dark fairy-tale metroidvania about a tiny bird with a match. Nothing revolutionary, but polished, funny and a joy to explore. Score: 8/10.
Rayman Legends Retold Review: A Bold Remake That Forgot Online Friends
Ubisoft rebuilds its 2013 platforming masterpiece in 3D, adds a sixth realm, Dragon Ride levels and new music stages, and throws in Rayman Origins for free. Brilliant on the couch, frustrating for anyone hoping to play online. Score: 8/10.
Stick It to the Stickman Review: The Best Workday You'll Ever Hate
Free Lives' rogue-lite physics brawler leaves Early Access as a gloriously stupid corporate satire. Cheap, chaotic and hard to put down, if a bit samey in long sessions. Score: 8/10.
Nivalis Nights Review: Cozy Cyberpunk, Heavy on the Kitchen
Cloudpunk's creators swap delivery runs for noodle stands and nightclubs. The city is gorgeous and the loop is soothing, but the management side outweighs the mood and PC demands are steep. Score: 7/10.
Minecraft Dungeons II Review: Bigger, Smarter, a Bit Padded
Mojang and Double Eleven go semi-open world, add jumping and a much deeper gear system. It's a great-value co-op dungeon crawler that runs out of new ideas before it runs out of map. Score: 7/10.
SiN: Reloaded Review: The 1998 Shooter Finally Gets Its Due
Nightdive's remaster of Ritual's cult FPS is faithful, cheap and packed with extras, but it can't hide the original's uneven level design. Score: 7/10.
Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis Review: The Best Deal of a Crowded Week
While everyone argued about Control and Silent Hill, Ironhide quietly shipped the smartest Kingdom Rush in years: 18 stages, five ways to win each, and a $19.99 price tag. Some rough PC edges, but it's easy to recommend. Score: 8/10.
EA Sports FC 27 Review: Better Football, Same Old Shop
FC 27 finally makes you defend with your own hands, and the pitch is better for it. The Grounds is a thin new hub and FUT is as greedy as ever. Score: 7/10.
Control Resonant Review: Remedy Swaps Guns for an Axe and Mostly Wins
Remedy's Control sequel trades the Oldest House for Manhattan and gunplay for a shapeshifting melee weapon. The combat is the best thing Remedy has built, the side content is not. Score: 8/10.
Silent Hill: Townfall Review - The Fog Moves to Scotland and It Works
Screen Burn Interactive takes Silent Hill out of America, into first person and onto a Scottish coast in 1996. The atmosphere is the best the series has had in years; the stealth is not. Score: 8/10.
Graveyard Keeper 2 Review: Bigger Cemetery, Same Old Grind
Lazy Bear Games' sequel adds a town to rebuild, an undead army to command and smarter automation - but it still expects you to pay in hours. A great loop with a rough edge. Score: 7/10.
Endless Legend 2 Review: Brilliant First 100 Turns, Then the Tide Goes Out
Amplitude's 4X sequel leaves early access with eight wildly different factions and a world that literally drains between your turns. The opening is the best in the genre; the endgame is where it sags. Score: 7/10.
Shroom and Gloom Review: Two Decks, One Very Hungry Dungeon
Team Lazerbeam's first-person deckbuilder gives exploration its own deck and lets you cook your enemies into soup. It is early access and it shows in places, but at 14.99 dollars this is the freshest card game of the year. Score: 8/10.
RuneScape: Dragonwilds 1.0 Review - A Survival Game That Respects Your Time
After 17 months in Early Access, Jagex's co-op survival spin-off hits 1.0 with a raid, a new gear tier and a launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 - without raising the price. Smart magic, cosy grind, stiff combat. Score: 8/10.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Review: The Payoff Was Worth 80 Hours
Falcom's remake of the second Sky chapter turns one of the genre's best stories into a modern JRPG with smart hybrid combat. Overlong dungeons and a hard requirement to play the first game hold it back a little. Score: 9/10.