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Ben Maxwell

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 to write for a wide range of outlets, including PC Gamer, GamesMaster, and Games Radar (not on his dad’s lap), and was a staff writer on Edge magazine for seven years. More recently he put in a stint as editor of PCGamesN before being promoted into a publishing director role at Network N Media. He went freelance in 2026 and loves racing and horror games, Rainbow Six Siege, and anything indie, weird, and wonderful.

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Monster Fantasy is a mashup of Animal Crossing’s cosy slow-living idyll with Monster Hunter’s extreme violence visibility Preview

Monster Fantasy is a mashup of Animal Crossing’s cosy slow-living idyll with Monster Hunter’s extreme violence

Time for Tom Nook to get what’s coming to him.

Voidling Bound Review stars Review

Voidling Bound Review

Former Borderlands and Skylanders devs bring monster tamers in from the sidelines.

The most exciting new games launching this summer article Article

The most exciting new games launching this summer

The ultimate walking simulator, retro PS1 weirdness, Star Wars XCOM, and more. Our picks of the new releases you should be keeping…

Don’t Kill Them All – Into The Breach meets Tetris in this chaotic game about keeping your temper along with your loot article Article

Don’t Kill Them All – Into The Breach meets Tetris in this chaotic game about keeping your temper along with your loot

Don’t Kill Them All chucks out health bars in favour of rage meters and finds an intriguing new angle for turn-based tactics.

Prime Monster Review stars Review

Prime Monster Review

The team behind The Sexy Brutale turns its attention to reinventing the card battler.

Call of the Elder Gods Review stars Review

Call of the Elder Gods Review

Out of the Blue builds on every aspect of Call of the Sea, but the seams are starting to show.

Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions wants to get a whole galaxy’s worth of players working together article Article

Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions wants to get a whole galaxy’s worth of players working together

System Era Softworks is profoundly expanding its Astroneer vision with a grand social experiment.

Anarchy reigns in Sovereign Tower’s willfully weird Arthurian dating and management RPG visibility Preview

Anarchy reigns in Sovereign Tower’s willfully weird Arthurian dating and management RPG

Wild Wits Games hands you the keys to a kingdom and then scarpers once you become responsible for its citizens’ happiness.

PRAGMATA Review stars Review

PRAGMATA Review

Capcom invokes the golden era of momentum-driven third-person shooters with a brand-new IP which feels like an instant classic.

Origament: A Paper Adventure Review stars Review

Origament: A Paper Adventure Review

Space Sauce Studio sets about providing PC players with their very own Tearaway, but can’t bend the canvas to its will.