Reviews

Distant Worlds 2 review: a troubled but brilliant 4X that sets its own terms

Delegation zone

Shredders review: a passionate and unserious homage to snowboarding

Piste to meet you

Ghostwire: Tokyo review: Tango’s gorgeous Tokyo is haunted by urban legends and too much filler

You’ve been Tangoed

Tunic review: a cunning Zelda homage with a touch of Souls

Tipping the Minish Cap

MSI Raider GE76 review: meet the Intel Core i9-12900HK and RTX 3080 Ti

A showcase of the latest laptop CPU and GPU champions

Distant Worlds 2 review in progress: two steps forward and one back

Galaxy brain

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarök review: the Assassin's Creed you like in a fun new fantasy world

The roof is on fire, we don't need no water

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 review: DLSS for less

A good 1080p graphics card you can actually buy

Babylon's Fall review: a live disservice

Babylon's Fallen over

Elex 2 review: a bonkers RPG hampered by unpleasant characters

Schlock for your system

Hero's Hour review: like eating a fistful of random jelly beans

Bless this mess

Little Orpheus review: an adventure that dazzles the eyes

Runs Laika dream

Shadow Warrior 3 review: a promising arena shooter that squanders potential with repetition

Not so serious Sam

Steam Deck review: a little big deal

Even with some software snags, the Steam Deck is an ambitious and impressive handheld PC

Tiny Combat Arena early access review: a stylised and supersonic dogfighting sortie

Flight risk

Grid Legends review: the most playable mass-market track racer in years

What’s the story, storming glory?

Martha Is Dead review: horror that confuses being horrible with being horrifying

There's a time and a face

Elden Ring review: an unmissable journey through the most impressive open world to date

"No spoilers here"

FAR: Changing Tides review: a delightful adventure you'll be glad you played

We are sailing

Total War: Warhammer 3 review: a heavyweight RTS with transformative changes to multiplayer

War really is hell this time, but in a good way

Asus ROG Swift PG32UQX review: brilliant monitor, terrifying price

Mini LED tech makes this pricey 4K gaming monitor shine

Grapple Dog review: a cute yet frustrating platformer

Swinging up the wrong tree

Diplomacy Is Not An Option review (early access): peasant-smashing fun on a giant scale

Resistance is feudal

Lost Ark review-in-progress: Diablo-like combat clashes with a very grindy MMO

While you're here, could you grab me ten kobold tongues?

Sifu review: a rewarding action game with plenty of passion and kung fu

The 36th Chamber of Sifu