Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, Review
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, delivers all the speed, campiness and explosions needed to blow ya hair back and brighten your day.
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Author: Guy
Star Wars: Zero Company – Review
Star Wars: Zero Company has been built by Bit Reactor which is a studio made up of ex-Firaxis developers. The very studio which gave us X-COM 2! Yes, you are correct, a “pattern of awesome” is starting to form. And to top it off, these amazing devs have added into the special tactical-sauce, a full-blown story with an engaging cast of characters, stunning voice acting and a meaningful consequence to choices.
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MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls taps straight into my long running love of the Marvel fighting games. Over 30 years ago I burnt through countless hours and a shit-load of 50 cent coins, playing Marvel vs Capcom on an arcade cabinet in a Video Ezy store in Queenstown. Now in 2026, it has been so cool to be back playing with the heroes I love, with modern approachable gameplay, and sublime AAA graphics.
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Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced
Gamers are usually justified in rolling their eyes when the terms “remake” and “remastered” start getting tossed about by publishers. As most of the time, it is a cash grab that can be spotted a mile away. But, this scepticism is misplaced this time round at least, as Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced, is an absolute gem of a game!
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Samsung Viewfinity S85TH Super Wide monitor – review
At times here at the Cottage, we get the opportunity to test drive the latest hardware. Sometimes it’s good stuff, sometimes it’s not so flash. This time though…it is certainly VERY good stuff. Samsung sent us the brand new Viewfinity S85TH Super Wide monitor for a general hoon, and wow….just Wow.
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Saros – Review
As a rule, I was not a fan of roguelikes and bullet-hells shooters, well…. I wasn’t until I played Housmarques Returnal back in 2021. They opened my eyes to what great fun they can be, that said nobody else has captured that lightning in a bottle for me since though. Now the game development geniuses from Finland are back with another roguelike shooter, Saros – exclusively on PS5.
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Screamer – Review
An arcade racer with a modern anime inspired narrative, made by a team with proven chops in racing games….”yes please!” The new Screamers is a unique offering for the arcade racer space, and in the absence of any new Burnouts or Wipeouts for many years, this is a very welcome release for fans of the genre.
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Marathon – Review
As a long-term Halo and Destiny fan with hundreds, if not thousands of hours stacked up in these Bungie games over the last 20 years. I have found their amazing new game Marathon very challenging game to follow… and now finally review.
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Quarantine Zone: The Last Check – Byte Size Review
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, is the gamification of a military checkpoint after a zombie outbreak. Think the FEDRA military checkpoints in the opening hours of The Last of Us, with the gameplay loop of Papers Please.
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Game of the Year-2025
Game of the Year-2025 As the year comes to a close, it’s time for us to muse the stand-outs of gaming year just gone.
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Ghost of Yotei – PS5 Review
Ghost on Yotei is yet another example of why Playstation Studios are the one and true king of the singleplayer console exclusive. Their unwavering support of studios like Sucker Punch, allows for not only some of the most technically impressive games around, but also the most beautiful and engaging.
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