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Returnal PS5 reviews round-up, all the scores

By Sherif Saed 29 April 2021 13:06 GMT 2021’s first big PlayStation 5 exclusive is nearly here.Returnal, the new game from Resogun, Nex Machina and Alienation developer Housemarque, arrives tomorrow on PS5. Returnal is not only PS5’s first big exclusive this year, it also represents a bold new direction for its maker.Watch on YouTubeHousemarque has left the top-down perspective behind to bring its bullet hell gameplay, tight controls, particle effects overload and spectacle to third-person. Returnal represents a new adventure for the studio, one that also experiments with telling a proper story in-between and through runs of this rogue-like.In Returnal,…

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Evil Genius 2 reviews round-up, all the scores

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 29 March 2021 16:14 GMT The satirical spy-fi lair builder series, Evil Genius, is back for another crack at world domination with Evil Genius 2 – and so far, it looks like good news for developer and publisher Rebellion.Evil Genius 2 was announced way back in 2017, and amongst certain loyal parts of the gaming audience, there’s been a huge amount of interest in this comedic strategy title.The long and short of the game is this: players take control of an Evil Genius and set their plans for world domination in motion by building (fairly) inconspicuous bases,…

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Cyberpunk 2077 review roundup – all the scores

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 7 December 2020 18:01 GMT CD Projekt Red finally launches its highly-anticipated futuristic RPG this week, so we’ve rounded up the reviews for Cyberpunk 2077 to see if there’s an overwhelming critical consensus.After a series of delays that pushed the game back almost an entire year, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally set to launch on December 10 and CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the game isn’t going to be pushed back again (and you’d hope not, with reviews for the title finally dropping).Over the past few weeks, as retail copies of the game have been breaking street date, the…

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Amnesia: Rebirth reviews round-up – all the scores

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 19 October 2020 17:04 GMT The reviews are in for Frictional Games’ latest horror title, Amnesia: Rebirth, and the verdict is looking good for the esteemed developer.It’s been ten years since the release of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and now – emboldened after the success of SOMA – Frictional Games has returned with the horror sequel, Amnesia: Rebirth.Arriving tomorrow, October 20, on PC and PlayStation 4, the game has certainly made an impression with critics around the world. If you’re in the mood to get scared and spooked ahead of Halloween 2020, it looks like this will…