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Spider-Man (Miles Morales) crouching on a ledge at the Raft super-prison in Spider-Man 2.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 review: Toothless writing, old-fashioned open world design, and a shaky PC port—but at least the swinging still feels great

By Robin Valentine published

SUPERFLUOUS A flawed port of a flawed sequel.

SUPERFLUOUS
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black review: a fantastic way to play an action classic

By Scott McCrae published

Back in Not the exact remaster some were hoping for, but Ninja Gaiden Black 2 is still an action game with few equals.

Back in
Eternal Strands character in armor

Eternal Strands review: Essential elemental improvisation

By Kerry Brunskill published

Magical Big hearts and bigger monsters make Eternal Strands something special.

Magical
Orcs Must Die! Deathrap war mages in front of an explosion

Orcs Must Die Deathtrap review: Inebriation-friendly wave defense

By Justin Wagner published

Hold your orcses A confident roguelike reinvention, Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap remains a bloody good time despite some growing pains.

Hold your orcses
Synduality Echo of Ada mech and Magus

Synduality Echo of Ada review: Misguided mech extraction

By Dominic Tarason published

Faint Echo Synduality aims to be an extraction shooter, anime tie-in and solo mech game, and falls short of all three.

Faint Echo
Keyart for Halls of Torment showing a single figure facing down an army of wratihs.

Halls of Torment review: A miraculous mix of the best parts of autobattlers and ARPGs

By Joshua Wolens published

Tristram Candy Stay awhile and listen.

Tristram Candy
A spaceman in an elaborate set of red armour fistbumps the player.

Void Crew review: Lacks long-term depth, but already the best misfits-in-space game in the whole universe

By Jake Tucker published

Intergalactic, planetary Berate your friends in the vast nothingness of space in Void Crew.

Intergalactic, planetary
Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn in Lego Form

LEGO Horizon Adventures Review: The best looking Lego game yet, but it's several bricks shy of a full load.

By Lewis Parker published

Le-go of the Past The best looking Lego game yet, but it's several bricks shy of a full load.

Le-go of the Past
The triangle hero fighting a large enemy with two swords in Void Sols.

Void Sols: A beautiful 2D soulslike with enough bright ideas of its own to stand out

By Abbie Stone published

SHAPE UP A soulslike made of shapes.

SHAPE UP
Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered

Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered is a teenage (wet) dream

By Maddi Chilton published

BDE A 360 throwback that revels in its immaturity and ends up just as fun as it is profane.

BDE
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