Returnal: 11 tips and tricks for surviving Housemarque’s brutally brilliant adventure
Before you get started on Returnal, here's a few pointers to help you survive the long fight ahead of you.
Before you get started on Returnal, here's a few pointers to help you survive the long fight ahead of you.
Returnal is an unrelenting and unforgiving challenge for the ages, but it still captures the magic of what makes Housemarque so special. It has a weirdly unique style and substance, every level is an unpredictable white-knuckle ride and it fully commits to its rogue-like influences. The end result isn’t just a showcase title for what the PS5 is capable of, it’s a thrilling mix of arcade bullet hell gaming with precision thrill power.
New Pokemon Snap captures the magic of the original game without ever losing focus, expanding on that game with a vastly increased collection of Pokemon, colourful zones to explore, and a few other interesting developments behind the lens of this delightful romp.
What positives can be found in Yasuke, can’t hide the fact that the entire experience feels like a junk food binge that’s easily done in one. It’s not the kind of series that’ll be revisited in time like a beloved classic, functioning better as a single serving of steel and sorcery. It’s overwhelmingly okay at its very best, but at least its art and soundtrack adds some sharpness to an otherwise dull blade.
More Resident Evil Village demos are on the way, Mercenaries mode is making a comeback, and even more was revealed in last night's dedicated showcase to the upcoming game.
Redragon nails two out of three essential features with its budget Ratri mechanical keyboard: It looks great and it has a brilliantly attractive form factor, but it’s not yet at a level where it can give premium peripheral manufacturers sleepless nights. A competent device for its price-range, the Ratri is maybe best considered for those people who don’t want to make too heavy a financial investment on a new keyboard just yet.
From a Fez that looks familiar to Road 96 promising hundreds of vital decisions to be made on a summer roadtrip, here’s a look at all the announcements that dropped last night in a short and sweet event.
New lands! New adventures! There’s always been a certain thrill to seeing a game of exploration play out, as you establish a colony and develop it into a thriving hub of economy. But here’s an idea: What if you were sent into a land full of nightmarish abominations that wants to turn your flesh into an appetizer, and tasked with somehow developing your own society in a world that very much wants you dead?
Blockchain technology has evolved far beyond its initial conception as the backbone of cryptocurrencies …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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