Richard Dobson

Avid gamer since the days of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Grew up with the PS1 and PS2 but changed allegiances in 2007 with the release of Halo 3.

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TRAIL OUT Review

Much like many of the opponents you will face, TRAIL OUT is rough, but ready to put up a fight.

TopSpin 2K25 Review

TopSpin 2K25 is a welcome return for the franchise and a solid reboot.

Experience the festival of your nightmares in Dead Island 2: SoLA

Summertime usually brings with it beer gardens, (the occasional day of) sunshine and music festivals. The latter being the chance to forget troubles of the real-world and just exist in a several day long party. But what if you annual pilgrimage to your festival of choice turns sour when say, the uninvited undead come and crash the party? Find out how you would cope in Dead Island 2: SoLA DLC, out now for Xbox, PlayStation and PC.

Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Review

Final Fantasy XIV Online on Xbox is built for newcomers.

Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition Review

For as good as the lore and worldbuilding in Phoenix Point is, the generic – and sometimes tedious – gameplay doesn’t back this up properly. Clearly, a lot of time and effort has gone into creating this world, but the turn-based gameplay could have been ripped from a number of existing titles.

Cricket 22 Review

Cricket 22 is far from perfect, and patches for some of the bugs are on their way, but it is a fun recreation of the sport itself. And primarily, that should be the only thing that matters. I don’t think there’s much here to entice non-cricket fans, but for those who love the game, no matter what their preferred format, there is a lot of fun to be had with Cricket 22.

Procedurally Generated Apocalyptic Roguelike Collapsed is out now

Now, here is a game that isn’t afraid to change the rules. Namely those of post-apocalyptic visions and roguelike. See how and what it has done as Collapsed launches today on Xbox after successful launches elsewhere.

Duck Deceivingly Difficult Platformer Alexio quacks onto console

Normally, a cute pixel duck wearing various hats would have gamers flocking to it. Just think about how cute that would be! Alex the duck is different though. Yes, he wears various hats on his quest, but this is not a cute platformer. Find out how fiendish it can be as Alexio launches today on Xbox and PlayStation.

Return to Sin City with DOOM Eternal: Series Five Cosmetic Pack

I’m not sure why DOOM Eternal has released Series Six and Series Seven cosmetic packs before Series Five. However, if you have been waiting for this one in particular, then the wait is over. The DOOM Eternal: Series Five Cosmetic Pack is available to download now for Xbox, PlayStation and PC.

Build the ultimate bunker in Mr. Prepper

The American Dream isn’t for everyone, but what do you do if you aren’t happy with where you live? You could up sticks and leave, but that isn’t really possible when a secret agency are monitoring your every move. You’d maybe think you had to option but to put up and shut up, but there is one final option. Build an underground bunker and go off the grid. And you can find out exactly how to do this in Mr. Prepper, available today on Xbox.

RC Car-nage in Mini Madness

There is just something about driving miniature cars around oversized environments that will never, ever get old. A trend started by Micro Machines – and then ruined by Micro Machines World Series – there has been a gap in the market ever since. Tinker Racers has tried to fill it but isn’t quite there. Can Mini Madness, available today on Xbox fill in the hole?

Celebrate the year end with the FUSER 2021 Mixtape Pack

The DJ simulator FUSER is back with another new batch of songs to help get your New Year’s Eve party started with a bang. Have a read below and find out which tunes are included in the FUSER 2021 Mixtape Pack for Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC.

Steampunk Prequel Vaporum: Lockdown Available Now

We gamers are a nostalgic bunch. Whilst looking for the next AAA boundary breaking game, we also want to relive our childhood classics. The original Vaporum allowed just that with its old-school grid based dungeon crawling. Today sees that world expanded with the release of prequel game Vaporum: Lockdown available to download on Xbox and PlayStation.

Triple Visual Novel Goodness in A YEAR OF SPRINGS

Three women, three stories, three springs. Not springs as in the springy things, but A YEAR OF SPRINGS is more concerned with the seasonal Spring. And you can find out how these stories are interconnected now as A YEAR OF SPRINGS is out now on Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation.

Antarctica 88 brings horror to the South Pole

Euphoria Games have been bringing their horror themed mobile games to consoles with the recently released Death Park and Death Park 2. And today is no exception as Antarctica 88 is released on Xbox.

Find your personal treasures in Trash Quest

For any game involving collecting rubbish – or trash for those across the pond – there is only one animal up to the job. That’s right, the old trash panda itself, the raccoon! Trapped on a space station, can you navigate this little raccoon to the piles and piles of trash? I mean, treasure. Trash Quest is available now on Xbox and Nintendo Switch.

The Chief Returns in Halo Infinite

Halo is as synonymous with Xbox as Ant is with Dec, fish is with chips and Ross is with Rachel. They are just meant to be together, no matter what it takes. It might have been delayed by an extra year, but all signs point towards that being a good thing. Drum roll please as the legendary Master Chief returns in Halo Infinite, and the campaign is available to play right now on Xbox and PC.

LEGO Builder’s Journey Review

The journey may be short – lasting only a couple of hours – but LEGO Builder’s Journey proves that LEGO games don’t need to descend into silliness and collectathons to be enjoyable. Here is one of the most emotionally impactful stories in gaming in 2021, and it is done through the medium of LEGO in a very special way. LEGO Builder’s Journey is a huge tangent from what has been before, but it is also one of the best ever LEGO games.

Enter a dark new universe in Chorus

Space combat in videogames has come a long way since Space Invaders and Asteroids. I mean, just look at Chorus. It’s hard to say it doesn’t look stunning, because it objectively does. And today is the day to find out if it plays well too as Chorus is now available on Xbox, PC, PlayStation and Google Stadia.

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