Bart vs. The Space Mutants was bad when I was a kid and it's still bad today. I played it anyway because it's what I had. Some things don't improve with age.
Sonic the Hedgehog was built to compete with Mario and it delivered. Thirty years later the speed still holds up, the music is still iconic, and Green Hill Zone is still one of the best opening levels ever designed.
Lord of Hatred is the expansion Diablo IV needed. The Warlock is phenomenal, the Horadric Cube gives you real gear agency, and the War Plan revamps the endgame without adding a single new activity. This is the best Diablo IV has ever been.
Super Mario Bros. is the first game I ever played and my first gaming memory. This week's Retro WedNESday game review looks back on the all-time classic. Forty years later it's still just as fun as it ever was. Some things don't need improving.
Mouse P.I. For Hire is exactly the kind of game the industry used to make before everything had to be a platform. Gorgeous visuals, a genuinely funny noir story, and the heart of a PS3-era gem.
Starfield on PS5 is the best version of the game that's ever existed. The shooting is great, exploration rewards patience, and Free Lanes fixes the biggest launch complaints.
One course, not many modes, but hundreds of hours played. Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics is a simple N64 golf game that earns its legacy through memories as much as gameplay. Read the review in the third installment of Retro WedNESday!
WrestleMania week calls for a look back at the best wrestling game ever made. WWF WrestleMania 2000 brought the AKI engine to the WWF roster and nothing in the genre has topped it since.
Harvest Moon 64 is one of my all-time favorites. A year of waiting for it, a Christmas surprise, and a farming sim that somehow turned me into a real-life gardener. Here's why it still holds up.
Dragonkin: The Banished looks like Diablo IV and plays in the same ballpark, then quietly does several things better. The Ancestral Grid alone is worth the price of admission for any ARPG fan.
God of War: Sons of Sparta is a 2D action platformer/Metroidvania that nobody saw coming. The combat delivers and TC Carson is a welcome return, but the visuals and voice acting hold it back from being something special.
WWE 2K24 has arrived allowing players to finish their story in new match types, tons of improvements to existing modes and gameplay, a large roster and a Showcase celebrating 40 Years of WrestleMania. Read the review to find out why this one is great.
Soulslike isometric ARPG Achilles: Legends Untold is now available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Read Gary's review of this budget friendly hack and slash title to see whether or not its worthy of your time and money.
Gary reviews the latest entry in his favorite franchise, Assassin's Creed. Mirage is a return to series roots and a love letter to the first games in the series. But how does it hold up compared to the earlier titles and is it worth experiencing?
Iron Danger is a fun and at times frustrating tactical combat game with an overreliance on its time-manipulation mechanic. Available now on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Continue reading for the full review.
Yuke's and THQ step back into the wrestling ring with AEW: Fight Forever. This arcade-style, spiritual successor to the old N64 wrestling games is available now for every platform but mobile. Read our review to find out if it's a contender or a pretender.
Humanity is a puzzle game that puts the fate of all humanity in your paws. Lead the endless horde of humans into the light in this delightfully wonderful puzzle game from Enhance Games.
In 2016, Gunfire Games released the RPG Chronos, which a lot of folks compared to titles like Dark Souls and The Legend of Zelda. While the game was generally well received, it had an extremely limited audience because it was a VR game on PC promoted by Oculus. So you had to VR to play it. Now the game has been overhauled and the VR removed, and this new version dubbed Chronos: Before The Ashes is now available on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch and Stadia. Of course with backwards compatibility, it's…