Nioh 3 review: Sharper, shrewder, shinobi-er Team Ninja lives up to its name in style.

First review of the year, baby! After never really clicking with Nioh 1 and 2, with Nioh 3, I think I finally understand the hype

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Supergiant Games is a studio at the peak of its powers, and Hades II is a phenomenal improvement upon what was already one of the greatest indie games ever made.

My review for RT: www.radiotimes.com/technology/g...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Death Stranding 2 is a breathtaking game. A treatise on human nature, love and loss, and an experience I will not soon forget.

Should we have connected? The simple answer is that we have no choice.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review – Magnifique! Between story, worldbuilding and combat, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 embodies everything a modern RPG should be.

Clair Obsur: Expedition 33 is a truly exceptional game on all fronts, and a new gold standard for RPGs - a phenomenal achievement for a studio's debut game

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Esoteric Ebb dev talks Disco Elysium and mind control: "It's kind of stupid to make an entire RPG by yourself" As part of the recent London Games Festival, we spoke to Esoteric Ebb creator and holiday hater Christoffer Bodegård.

Had the pleasure of chatting to @chrisbodegard.bsky.social the other week about Esoteric Ebb!

We talked Disco inspirations, design challenges, his approach to writing and more

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Atomfall review: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bat Rebellion's new RPG reaches critical mass.

Atomfall has the dubious honour of being my first review for RadioTimes.com!

"Atomfall's radical freedom and beautiful setting offer up something one of a kind."

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5. DOOM

Brushing up before The Dark Ages comes out

💫 Super excited to join this project and to get to work for a publication as iconic as Edge (but making it B2B, ofc!) with the most fantastic team.

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Thanks Ria!

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Thank you Rachel!!

Very excited to say I've joined RadioTimes.com as a Gaming Writer!

Unfortunately for you all, this means you have to keep reading my nonsense forever

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4. Avowed

Not a masterpiece by any means, but man I had so much fun with this. Great characters, great exploration, decent story - what more could you want?

This series was crazy underrated

10 years ago this week, I started work on Tunic. The game wouldn't have been the success it was without LGBTQ+ folks, both devs and players.

So, I'm matching donations to Trans Lifeline. If you can spare $5 (or more!) reply with your donation and I'll X2 it. Thank you! 💕

give.translifeline.org

3. King of the Bridge

Dumb little game where you play chess against a cheating troll, great (and sometimes infuriating) fun considering it's only a couple of quid, thanks to Razbuten's latest video for putting me onto it

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2. Everhood

Slime bros for life

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1. Metaphor: Refantatzio

Heismay my beloved

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Thread of all the games I finished in 2025 🎮

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every time I read heismay's diary about his kid in metaphor

New Blood need to make this official Ultrakill merch.

And all profits need to go to buying KITR cat treats.

Paging @hakita.bsky.social

relaxed style and timeless fashion

Wish I could say nosferatu would be my first film of 2025, but someone decided to watch gods of egypt at 2am last night

It really goes to show what an incredible year for indies it's been that my top 10 is dominated by them, and there are still so many I never got around to playing

Finally decided on my GOTY list for 2024:

1. Balatro
2. 1000xRESIST
3. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
4. Mouthwashing
5. Tactical Breach Wizards
6. Tekken 8
7. Indika
8. Nine Sols
9. Children of the Sun
10. Dragon's Dogma 2

The top 4 are basically interchangeable - all GOTY-worthy in my opinion

Feel like I've been playing stuff nonstop recently and still nowhere near covered everything

the race to play and finish astro bot, mouthwashing and mullet mad jack before the end of the year is on and boy I am bad at racing