Three decades after their original release, Heretic and Hexen return in a package that’s part nostalgia trip, part preservation effort, and part fresh content drop. Raven Software’s original dark-fantasy shooters helped shape the genre with their blend of DOOM-like intensity and magical, gothic atmosphere, and Nightdive Studios’ enhanced restoration makes them surprisingly accessible on modern hardware. While their age inevitably shows, the PS5 version makes a strong case for why these games deserve another round in the spotlight. Continue reading “Heretic + Hexen review (PS5)”
Category: Reviews
DLC roundup: Pinball FX & Walkabout Mini Golf
This week’s batch of DLCs offers something for every virtual table-top and mini-golf enthusiast, from classic pinball thrills to immersive VR city strolls. Zen Studios continues to refine its Williams and Tomb Raider packs for Pinball FX, balancing nostalgia with fresh mechanics and polished visuals across PS5 and Meta Quest. Meanwhile, Walkabout Mini Golf’s Tokyo expansion delivers a serene, detail-rich VR course that blends traditional and modern Japanese aesthetics with thoughtfully designed holes and seamless flow. Whether you’re chasing high scores or simply savoring atmosphere, this round of DLC releases demonstrates how small additions can make a big impact on both gameplay and immersion. Continue reading “DLC roundup: Pinball FX & Walkabout Mini Golf”
Bomb Busters review
Some cooperative board games give you time to deliberate, plan, and carefully execute a strategy. Bomb Busters, publisher internationally by the likes of 999 Games and Cocktail Games, gives you none of that. Instead, it’s an immediate, high-stakes race against the clock – or more precisely, a race against your collective mistakes. Designer Hisashi Hayashi has taken the nerve-wracking premise of defusing a bomb and distilled it into a fast-playing deduction game that’s equal parts logic puzzle, social coordination exercise, and group panic. It’s no wonder it’s been making waves in the award circuit, including taking home the 2025 Spiel des Jahres. Continue reading “Bomb Busters review”
World War Z VR review (Quest)
Saber Interactive’s World War Z VR takes the familiar zombie outbreak formula and pushes it into the claustrophobic intimacy of virtual reality. On paper, it’s everything you’d expect from a VR adaptation of the popular co-op shooter – swarming undead, familiar locations reimagined, and weapons that feel satisfyingly heavy in your hands. In practice, it delivers many of those thrills, but also feels like it’s carrying a noticeable limp. Here are our thoughts on the Meta Quest version. Continue reading “World War Z VR review (Quest)”
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound review (PS5)
For decades, Ninja Gaiden has been shorthand for fast, punishing action, whether in its side-scrolling 8-bit heyday or its slick, acrobatic 3D reboots that count among the best early Xbox games. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound doesn’t just pick a side – it tries to fuse them. Developed by Blasphemous creators The Game Kitchen and published by Dotemu, this new chapter tells a fresh story while channelling both the brutal precision of the originals and the layered combat systems of the modern games. Continue reading “Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound review (PS5)”
Press Play Media 