Hollow Knight: Silksong Review — Nintendo Switch / PC
Team Cherry's sequel trades the slow dread of Hallownest for speed, song and a kingdom that fights back. It was worth every year of the wait.
Rory McAllister · 10 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
Game Reviews
Full verdicts, delivered only after the credits roll. Scored out of 10, argued in the office, defended in the comments of our inbox.
Hades II Review — PC / Switch
Supergiant's witchcraft-flavoured sequel deepens everything — build variety, story cadence, the sheer pleasure of one more run — without losing the original's momentum.
Rory McAllister · 18 Jun 2026 · 7 min read
Baldur's Gate 3 Review — The Definitive Edition, Revisited
Three years and a mountain of patches later, we replayed Larian's opus from a cold start. It remains the most reactive RPG ever shipped — and the Definitive Edition is its best form.
Priya Sharma · 22 May 2026 · 9 min read
Alan Wake 2 Review — Horror as Architecture
Remedy's survival-horror opus is the boldest big-budget game in years — a dual-protagonist nightmare that treats structure itself as a scare tactic.
Dan Kowalski · 30 Apr 2026 · 7 min read
Helldivers 2 Review — Two Years of Managed Democracy
The galactic war has raged for two years. We went back for a full tour of duty to see whether Arrowhead's co-op shooter still earns its place in the rotation.
Callum Reid · 8 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker Review — DLC Worth the Tide
Sabotage Studio's clockwork-circus expansion gives its retro RPG a stranger, sharper second act — and quietly fixes the base game's biggest weakness.
Priya Sharma · 19 Mar 2026 · 6 min read
Mario Kart World Review — Switch 2's Flagship Grows Into Itself
A year after launch, Nintendo's open-world racer has been patched, expanded and settled into its groove. We revisit the definitive family racer of this generation.
Tessa Aldridge · 26 Feb 2026 · 6 min read
Civilization VII Review — One More Turn, Reconsidered
A year of patches has reshaped Firaxis's boldest, most divisive entry. The Ages system still splits opinion at our office — here is where we landed.
Priya Sharma · 29 Jan 2026 · 7 min read
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How we score
9+
Essential. Drop what you're playing. Games we'll still be recommending in five years.
7–8.9
Recommended. Real flaws, greater strengths. Most good games live here — the decimals matter.
5–6.9
Divided. Worth it for the right player. We tell you exactly who that player is.
<5
Not yet. Wait for patches, a rework, or a rainy decade. We explain which.
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