Don’t Nod has been busy in the years since the release of Life Is Strange. The studio’s latest game however takes more inspiration from action games like God Of War than it does from adventure games like The Walking Dead.
Kate Robinson returns to the site to review Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden.
The Legends of Heroes series continues to see near-constant releases and when there aren’t new games there are remakes. Herny Stockdale has taken some time to revisit Trails of Cold Steel III and IV now playable on PS5.
Welcome to a new weekly feature here on startmenu, “DEEP HELL’S HOW TO”.
We kick things off with Skeleton examining Super MMOs and the curious case of City of Heroes
In a year full of blockbuster releases, Sarah Thwaites found some of their favourite experiences in smaller games.
These are some of the best bite-sized experiences from 2023.
It’s been a year full of some of the best rugby ever played, but we wanted to check in with Robbie “Squidge Rugby” Owen to see what some of the best video games he played this year were.
And look, he didn’t even make a joke about Johnhalo Sexgames retiring!
2024 has picked up where 2023 left off and we mean that in worst way possible.
Thankfully, Alex Green is doing his best to keep us up to date on everything going on in this trashfire right now.
In a year full of triple-A bangers there is no doubt you missed some truly special smaller games.
That’s why Kate Robinson has rounded up some of the sleeper hits of 2023.
2023 was an exceptionally tough year for many, but the characters in video games and media made Branford Hubbar feel a bit better about the year.
Earlier this week, after months of speculation and concern, Blizzard announced its future plans for Overwatch esport.
Tal takes a closer look to try to figure out how likely the OWCS is to succeed.
2024 is already full of great video games so we think its time to take a break and go on holidays for a little.
Ichiban, Kiryu, and Co. hit the beach with some boogie boards and hit some yakuza with baseball bats as Scott Nowbaveh reviews Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
After the last few weeks of rumours and spectulation Eoghan Watters is here to reflect on why Hi-Fi Rush coming to Switch is bad for Xbox… That said, you really shouldn’t care.
The games industry is moving and changing all of a sudden Jordan Oloman has realised this is not his beautiful house….
2023 was a year so packed full of video games that it was hard to play even a fraction of them.
We welcome Eoghan Watters to the website to run down their favourite games from last year!
Y’all here about these lil Pikmin dudes?
Because Aric Leighton REAAAALLY needs you to know just how good these lil dudes are.
Lexi has spent the last two months editing Winter Spectacular pieces where the state of the industry has been lamented by countless talented people.
It’s left her a little jaded come the end of 2023, but they still think it might be worth highlighting the games that got them through 2023.
The contrast between *the product* and *the production* of video games has never been more stark than it was in 2023.
We welcome Edward Lee to the site to try to break down how some of the best games ever came out in such a terrible year for the industry.
We tend to think of literary works and digital art as two vastly different and somewhat incompatible art forms but Louise Chase has returned to the site to highlight how books can make video games feel more alive.
We welcome Rach Macpherson to the site to reflect on their journey into the games industry and staying true to yourself.
Pull a seat up by the fire, wrap yourself in a blanket and grab a nice cup of tea, as Marie Pritchard returns to the site to ask, “Just what makes a cosy game, cosy?”
