Gamescom
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 makes you feel small
Gamescom 2024: I got a chance to play the new Space Marine game before launch.
Gaming
Tekken 8 is the return of the king
★★★★ | KO
Gaming
For the love of the game – how Final Fantasy XIV conquered the world - and me
I visited the Final Fantasy Fan Festival in London and came away with a newfound love for the series.
Gaming
Dead Island 2 is like a high school reunion – for better and for worse
★★★ | California is not an island
Gaming
Hitman: Freelancer is a superlative expansion of the franchise
★★★★ | Contract thriller
Nintendo
Sifu mistakes difficulty for pleasure
During the filming of Marathon Man, Dustin Hoffman refused to sleep, bathe, or eat to get into the exhausted mindset of his character. Watching from the sidelines, Laurence Olivier remarked: “My dear boy, why don’t you try acting? It’s much easier.” In an interview with GamingBolt, Félix Garczynski,
Hell Architect
2021 Gaming Catch-Up
It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that 2021 was a busy year. Even with COVID lockdowns continuing in Finland – often with no rhyme or reason – I somehow managed to cover almost as much as in a pre-COVID year. But, as always, some things slip between the cracks. So
Halo
Halo Infinite is messy, ambitious, and better than you'd expect
(Halo Infinite is out on December 8th. The distributor provided a review code.) Halo is one of the Xbox’s most important and longest-running titles. An icon of system-selling blockbusters, it almost single-handedly carried the fledgling console into the big leagues. Over the years, its star diminished some, and the
Back 4 Blood
Back 4 Blood is good until it isn't
Spinning off from the beloved (but undoubtedly aged) Left 4 Dead series, Back 4 Blood (see what they did there?) is a nostalgic effort in reanimating a straggling franchise. Unlike many others who try the same, only ending up in a ghoulish Weekend at Bernie’s type of deal, B4B
Battlefield
Battlefield 2042 might be good one day – just not today
Battlefield 2042 has struggled on the road to release, not least because of COVID-19, which sent the development team into remote work for the better part of two years. The initial beta in the late summer season was a disaster, and the first few weeks after the public launch have
Forza Horizon
Forza Horizon 5 is racing heaven
Set in a fictional take on Mexico and continuing the freewheeling, ultrawealthy lifestyle that is as noxious as it is loud, Horizon overcomes its annoying trappings through the sheer joy of exploration. The world is vast and constantly changing, and there’s so much to explore at your leisure. What’
Deathloop
DEATHLOOP is mostly wacky timey-wimey fun
(DEATHLOOP is out now for the PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. The distributor provided a review code) Where was I? DEATHLOOP begins spectacularly. You wake up on a gorgeous remote island to discover a hopping 60s locale in full swing. Almost instantly bullets start flying, and before you know it, you’
