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Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a decent stealthy debut – Review

The debut title from Baby Robot Games, Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a stealth game following Ayana, the last of the Ereban, a race capable of merging into the darkness. She’s come to Helios, a megacompany that has seemingly saved the world by finding a way to provide unlimited energy, but Ayana suspects something is amiss and that Helios might know something about what happened to the Ereban. There’s no shortage of stealth ’em ups in the indie and double-A scene though, so what does Ereban: Shadow Legacy offer?

Binbok Gemini controllers are a solid budget option for the Switch – Review

There are a lot of cheap controllers on the market these days, all vying for your attention. Very few of them are actually any good and trying to sort through the chaff to find one that’s actually good value for the money is tricky. This is why we’re going to check out Binbok Gemini, a controller from the Chinese company Binbok which promises a lot for a relatively small price tag of $39.99. How does it compare to the more expensive but reliable Nintendo Switch Pro Controller? Let’s find out.

Swarm 2 is like Spider-Man with guns – VR Review

VR can open the door to so many cool and interesting gaming experiences, and one of those was Swarm VR, an arena-based arcade shooter with an awesome way of getting around its environments. Swarm 2 VR seeks to build on that success by adding roguelike elements, a brave choice since that particular genre has arguably become over-saturated. So, is Swarm 2 VR a kickass sequel or does it need to do a few more runs to level up?

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is why double-A gaming is awesome – Review

Life to to the living. Death to the dead. That’s the motto of Red mac Raith and Antea Duarte, lovers and Banishers whose job is to deal with lingering spirits, ghosts and spectres, sometimes by force and sometimes by helping them move on. They are the Ghostbusters of their day, travelling to the fictional town of New Eden in New England to aid their friend in ridding the settlement of a supernatural force laying siege to it. In some ways, there’s a lot of Don’t Nod’s Vampyr in Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. It’s a moody, atmospheric period piece that deals with murky morality and the supernatural. It’s also a better game and an excellent example of what double-A gaming can provide. Don’t sleep on Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, because it might just be one of your favourite games of the year.

Skull and Bones isn’t terrible, but it isn’t great, either – Review

Once you take the full context of its existence into account Skull and Bones suffers. Not only has it been in development for over a decade and reportedly cost Ubisoft $200 million to make, but it’s not even as good as Assassin’s Creed: IV: Black Flag, the inspiration for its creation. Skull and Bones originally began life as a multiplayer expansion designed to build upon the excellent naval combat in Black Flag, but throughout its long life was reimagined several times. The only somewhat consistent idea was that it was going to build on the ship-to-ship battles of Black Flag, eventually morphing into what we have now: a live-service, kind-of-multiplayer title that was recently described by Ubisoft’s CEO as being the quadruple A videogame. You did a good job of setting expectations there. But there’s some good news: Skull and Bones is better than you probably thought it would be.

Helldivers 2 is the dark horse of 2024 – Review

One thing is very clear about Helldiver 2: your friends are much more dangerous than any of the giant bugs and socialist robots you’re dispatched to dispatch. Over countless hours my comrades-in-arms have shot me in the head, decapitated me with a laser drone, blown me up countless times using a wide variety of orbital bombardments and even dropped a resupply pod straight onto my noggin. While monstrous bugs and Terminator-esque robots have killed me more than a few times, most of my deaths came at the hands of my friends, and boy, was it funny.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is an excellent Metroidvania – Review

Prince of Persia is back after a long and heart-wrenching absence. But it’s not the The Sands of Time remake that has been promised for years now. Nah, this is a whole new Prince of Persia in 2.5D, a smaller project from developer Ubisoft Montpellier and proof that Ubisoft can still produce some fantastic games. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a great Metroidvania title that looks great, plays better and shows us that there’s still plenty of sand left in the hourglass for the series. The story is a little weak and maybe it’s a bit longer than it needs to be, but that doesn’t stop The Lost Crown from achieving excellence.

Stargate: Timekeepers review – A poor use of the Stargate license

Let’s get this out of the way: I’m a huge Stargate fan. My dad raised me on a diet of sci-fi from Star Trek to Farscape, and a staple of that diet was Stargate in its various incarnations. The exception is the original Stargate movie which I simply don’t care about. But I’ve watched Stargate SG-1 and its spinoff Stargate: Atlantis somewhere in the region of half a dozen times each, and read quite a few of the novels that continued the stories from where the shows left off. I’ve always been a little baffled by the lack of video games based on the Stargate license, so Stargate: Timekeepers was an exciting prospect.