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Sunset Summit Review Review · Sep 9, 2026
Brothers Fender demonstrate that old age doesn’t have to mean you’re past your peak.
On the desk
Everything else our team has been wrestling with. Early-access impressions, deep-dive features, and reviews you might have missed.
stars Review Welcome to Elderfield Review
This gruesome twist on a cosy RPG is weirdly delightful.
stars Review Orc Incremental Review
This Warcraft-inspired autobattler has some compulsive appeal and handsome pixel art, but ends up more tiresome than epic.
stars Review Sprawl Zero Review
A strong shooter that gradually turns into complete frustration.
stars Review The Blood of Dawnwalker Review
Former Witcher 3 developers drop the best RPG of the year
stars Review Worming From Home Review
Would you hire me if I was a worm?
stars Review Star Wars Zero Company Review
Rogue Ones.
article Article The PC games we’re most excited about in September
Scottish horror, cyberpunk noodles, and some dude with long white hair and a scar over his eye. Here are our picks of…
Onimusha: Way of the Sword Review
A way with swords.
Brigador Killers Early Access Impressions
A promising futurist landscape that's a bit too green still.
Vaewolf transforms the Hades formula into a shapeshifting tale of Viking revenge
Vaewolf puts a Cumbrian spin on the now-classic Hades formula, but a few key differences could help it stand apart.
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Ben's first experience of gaming was at three years old, sat on his dad's lap playing Revs on a BBC Micro. He went on…
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Diego Nicolás Argüello is a freelance journalist and critic from Argentina. Video games helped him to learn English, so now he covers them for…
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Khee Hoon Chan is a freelance writer and journalist from the internet, who enjoys investigating the fringes of entertainment, culture and games.
Award-winning writer and journalist Phil made his start in print media, and has subsequently spent the last 15 years un-learning the compulsion to add…
Ben Sledge is a reporter and critic from Liverpool, UK. He likes playing obscure demos and any game that feels like you're reading a…
Nick is a gaming and sports writer who has bylines with Eurogamer, IGN, GameSpot and many others. He's also the author of a book…
Will has been a game journalist, design consultant and industry writer for over 20 years, contributing to the likes of The Guardian, Edge, PC…
Reid McCarter is a writer and editor whose work has appeared at outlets like Wired, Kotaku, The AV Club, GQ, Playboy, The Washington Post,…
Kirk McKeand is a freelance writer and consultant, who really likes immersive sims. He wrote a book called The History of the Stealth Game,…