Reviews

Watch our Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 single-player review! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s campaign is a lackluster follow-up to its refined predecessor, saved by its best-in-class shooting. #IGN #Gaming #CallOfDuty

Star Ocean: The Divine Force reviewed by George Yang on PlayStation 5. Also available on PS4, Xbox, and PC. Narration by Mark Medina. The Divine Force isn’t necessarily a standout in this long-running series, but it is a much more successful effort to bring Star Ocean into the modern age than its predecessor. The revamped

One of the best combat systems in gaming gets even better with Bayonetta 3. It’s story is a bit of a letdown and its wild action scenes take a toll on the performance in certain spots, but neither of those issues get in the way of Bayonetta 3 being a top shelf action game on

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed reviewed by Travis Northup on Xbox Series X, also available on PlayStation and PC. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed is an entertaining asymmetrical multiplayer game that’s held back by some probably-fixable balance issues and map wonkiness, but it badly needs more content. #IGN #Gaming

Victoria 3 reviewed on PC by Leana Hafer. Victoria 3 is the kind of game that sucks me in and doesn’t let me go, whether I’m trying to turn Hawaii into an anarcho-communist utopia or make Afghanistan the centerpiece of the global economy by monopolizing the opium trade. The scope and depth of its simulation

A Plague Tale: Requiem reviewed by Travis Northup on Xbox Series X|S, is also available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC. A Plague Tale: Requiem is an impressive sequel to the excellent action-adventure game A Plague Tale: Innocence, upping the ante in almost every way. It doesn’t do a ton to distinguish itself from

Here’s our full review for the new asymmetrical multiplayer game, Dragon Ball: The Breakers! In Dragon Ball: The Breakers, you play as either one of seven average citizens (called Survivors) or an iconic villain (called Raiders) from the Dragon Ball universe in a competitive asymmetrical multiplayer showdown. Villains like Majin Buu, Frieza, and Cell have

Gearbox’s New Tales from the Borderlands successfully recaptures the charm and humor of Telltale’s original adventure-game spinoff of the Borderlands first-person shooter series, but its attempts to stretch out the gameplay and the story don’t fare as well. Reviewed on PC by Ryan McCaffrey.

NHL 23 reviewed by Matt Paprocki on PlayStation 5. Also available on Xbox Series X. “It’s overdue, but NHL 23 finally looks and feels like it belongs on these beefier new-generation consoles. The visual tech upgrade adds stellar reality to the on-ice play, which also benefits from players who are willing to dive for the

Gotham Knights reviewed by Travis Northup on Xbox Series X/S. Aslo available on PlayStation 5 and PC. “Gotham Knights is a consistently disappointing return to Batman’s troubled city and a distinct step backwards from the past decade-plus of Batman games. Even if running around Gotham in two-player co-op can be decent fun and each of

The Last Hero of Nostalgaia reviewed by Jarrett Green on PC, is also available on Xbox. “The Last Hero of Nostalgaia doesn’t play very differently from its soulslike contemporaries, which makes it pretty easy to fall into for fans of the genre, but that also means it can be disappointing for anyone looking for a

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope reviewed by Dan Stapleton on Nintendo Switch. “Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope takes the excellent tactical combat ideas of Kingdom Battle and runs absolutely wild with them. Its goofy characters still have the ability to bounce off of each other, but they’re now free of the rigid grid

The RTX 4090 bursts onto the scene as the new king of consumer graphics cards. It’s big and beautiful, capable of pushing 4K framerates well into the 100s – but its $1,599 price tag puts it out of reach of all but the most dedicated enthusiasts. #IGN #Gaming #RTX4090

PGA Tour 2K23 reviewed on PlayStation 4 by Matt Paprocki. Also available on PlayStation 4, Xbox, and PC. Even after a year off, PGA Tour 2K23 returns offering minimal progress from its preceding, prior-generation edition. A new three-click swing is an unforgiving mess, it’s somehow worse at emulating the look and feel of televised golf,

Scorn reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC. Also available on Xbox. If Scorn were much longer than it is, I think it would have overstayed its welcome. But the fact that it’s such a bite-sized sprint through the grisly and surreal made it memorable and satisfying. The frustrating combat, mercifully, only haunts a fraction of

Moonbreaker reviewed on PC by Matt Purslow. Moonbreaker is a fun and approachable digital miniatures game with an emphasis on smart turn-by-turn tactics, but it’s tarnished by microtransactions that threaten its future. #IGN #Gaming #Moonbreaker

LEGO Bricktales reviewed by Sarah LeBoeuf on PC, also available on PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. It’s a shame that LEGO Bricktales can often get in its own way, because it’s a fun adventure that breathes new life into what a LEGO game can look like. Building brick structures feels almost as good on the

Reviewed by Luke Reilly on Xbox Series X. Also available on Xbox One, PlayStation, and PC. “To its credit, Dakar Desert Rally has a fabulous sense of scale and is capable of some great, unique racing – especially when bombing over barren, building-sized sand dunes in a big rig while kicking up huge rooster tails