PlayStation 4
Dredge review – horrors lurk in the deep in this eldritch fishing game
Plumbing the depths of our fear of the ocean, this clever and compelling video game will suck you in for hours at a time
Keza MacDonald
23, Mar, 2023 @2:00 PM
Pushing Buttons: The PlayStation VR 2 might be the next big thing, if you can handle the nausea – and the cost
In this week’s newsletter: Though costly, the PSVR2 is the most usable virtual gaming device yet – even for sceptics like me
Keza MacDonald
22, Feb, 2023 @11:45 AM
Found in translation: how Like a Dragon brings Japan to the rest of the world
The game series formerly known as Yakuza has been an inroad to modern Japan for its legions of overseas fans. Now, it hopes to do the same for Japanese history
Keza MacDonald
21, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
Season review – atmospheric road trip game with a muddled message
A girl is trying to record her world at the end of an era, but what promises to be an emotional experience can often feel artificial
Malindy Hetfeld
26, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM
A Space for the Unbound review – Indonesian school adventure has a fantastical twist
The story of Atma and his reality-warping girlfriend Raya demonstrates a flair for the dramatic and will keep you guessing right up to the end
Lewis Packwood
18, Jan, 2023 @4:00 PM
Marvel’s Midnight Suns review – superheroes, strategy and Gen Z banter
Making good use of the comics, this turn-based strategy games gives players satisfyingly fiendish challenges – and room to chillax afterwards
Keith Stuart
30, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM
God of War Ragnarök review – walk among gods in a mythological epic
This imaginative sequel is a blast, as Kratos and his wayward son fight their way through the nine realms trying to avert the war to end all wars
Keza MacDonald
03, Nov, 2022 @4:00 PM
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II review – new thrills from the old campaigner
Setting one’s unease at delighting in hi-tech warfare aside, this is a precisely tooled, intensely immersive combat simulator
Keith Stuart
31, Oct, 2022 @12:22 PM
A busman’s video game? Meet the people who play job sims of their own careers
From the ex-military air dispatcher who enjoys flight sims over Bournemouth to the train driver who copies his real-life routes, gamers explain the peculiar joy of playing at their jobs
Keith Stuart
12, Oct, 2022 @9:02 AM
Overwatch 2 review – a free-to-play shooter for the rest of us
It’s not really a sequel, but Overwatch’s enthusiastic rejection of self-serious military shooters still draws you in
Keith Stuart
06, Oct, 2022 @10:42 AM
Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo review – uncomfortable for all the wrong reasons
Whether it ineffectively subverts or simply misunderstands Hitchcock’s body of work, this video game adaptation does the director a disservice
Malindy Hetfeld
28, Sep, 2022 @3:04 PM
Fifa 23 review – EA’s final Fifa game bows out gracefully
Fittingly, this year’s final edition of the perennial branded football sim at last achieves its aspiration of enjoyable realism
Keith Stuart
27, Sep, 2022 @3:00 PM
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