Game Reviews7.3/10
Senua’s psychosis is the mechanic, not the metaphor, in Hellblade II
Hellblade II: Senua's Saga review — Senua returns to Viking Iceland on Xbox, PC and PS5, trading intimacy for a crueler epic. Score: 7.3/10.
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Game Reviews8.8/10
As Dusk Falls Review: A Robbery, Two Families, and Thirty Years of Consequences
As Dusk Falls review: Interior Night's 2022 interactive drama spans two families and thirty years in the Arizona desert, with choices that actually matter.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Pentiment Puts the Player in the Judge’s Seat, and Refuses to Say Who Deserves Punishment
Pentiment review: Obsidian's 16th-century murder mystery spans 25 years in Tassing, asking who deserves punishment. It scored 8.5/10 and won a Peabody.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Dontnod’s Alaskan mystery still has no rival in how it handles a trans lead
Tell Me Why review: Dontnod's three-chapter Alaskan adventure with a trans lead, telepathic twins, and a memory mechanic that makes uncertainty the point.
Minecraft Dungeons II: Four-Piece Armor, Talismans and a New Threat Under the Deep Dark
Minecraft Dungeons II arrives September 29, 2026 on Xbox, Switch 2, PC and PS5 with four-piece armor, talismans and a jump ability. Here's what changes.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Eight Years On, Sea of Thieves Still Makes Its Best Stories Out of Other Players
Rare's pirate sandbox asks strangers to trust each other. We break down its cosmetic-only progression, 15-minute encounter spacing, and no-tutorial design.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Gears Tactics proves the cover-shooter formula survives the jump to turn-based strategy
Gears Tactics review: Splash Damage's turn-based spin-off scores 8.4/10, with three-action turns, free movement, and no multiplayer.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Grounded turns a suburban backyard into a survival map, and the trick works
Grounded shrinks you to ant size in a hostile backyard. Obsidian's survival hit, its story, co-op, spider slider, and why scale makes it work.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Relic rebuilds the medieval RTS around its own history, five years on
Age of Empires IV review: Relic's return to the Middle Ages scores 8.4/10, refining the Age of Empires II formula without reinventing it.