Average racer with smart tech. [Apr 2010, p.101]

We'll find out next year if WWE's stable-change to 2K really changes the world of digital man-squeezing, but for now, like Wrestlemania, WWE 2K14 is a comforting combo of familiarity and nonsense.

A cool, stylish vamp that, if you can allow for its imperfections, definitely has bite. [Issue#183, p.81]

Jaw-droppingly beautiful to look at, no worse to play than its excellent originator, but not really that much of a step forward. New balls, please!

Another intense Blazkowicz adventure - but a little over familiar. [July 2015, p.74]

A stylish, unsubtle but solid co-op shooter with lashings of old-school charm. [Nov 2018, p.75]

A stonking update for a forgotten classic, complete with all new bells and [rave] whistles. [October 2018, p.88]

There are few titles that are as charming as Overlord II, and only in this distorted fantasy world could playing the bad guy be so fun, engaging and - most importantly - guiltless.

Perfect multiplayer customisation. [May 2007, p.94]

Adventure fans point your clicker this way. [Christmas 2009, p.105]

Despite slightly tweaked controls and a few other improvements over "06," it's still the same - for ice hockey fans only. [Nov 2006, p.70]

Missteps will infuriate those obsessed with consistency, but underneath the messy bits there's something deep, fascinating and exciting. Dull bug-bashers won't abide the rough edges, but they'll be missing out on one of this year's best RPGs. Put up with the shortcomings, and the rest is superb.

Better than Episode 1, but still not great. [Christmas 2008, p.98]

Few will be utterly blown away by it, given the abiding similarities to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted, but anybody who can't get through the day without buckling a few fenders should consider this an essential purchase.

Ghost Of A Tale is repetitive, but quite endearing in a rough-edged sort of way. [Issue#177, p.86]

A fast, scrappy FPS with gorgeous art that’s sadly much less than the sum of its parts. [Issue#179, p.76]

Deficits notwithstanding, this is a superb port of what may be the best survival-horror game on Xbox since Dead Space first lurched onto the scene.

For match-three nutters only. [Jan 2010, p.115]

A beautifully executed stealth game. [May 2016, p.76]

Addictive, quirky and occasionally funny. [Oct 2007, p.88]

Won't give you shivers, but will make your thumbs itch.

A fun but deeply familiar karter.

So addictive you'll be playing for weeks. [Jan 2010, p.108]

Has pacing issues, but there's a reason it's been a party favourite for the last 21 years. [Oct 2016, p.97]

The personalities are great, and brilliantly caricatured. The matches are as much fun to watch as they are to play. The attempts to add variety don't always work - four-player tag teams are fun, but the rest is fairly uninspired - so it might not last too long without DLC.

Ideal for beginners and intermediate, but probably not advanced.

As close as you'll get to getting your childhood back. Dig through the incredible production values and you'll find a serviceable shooter, but one with a potentially terminal lack of content. [Jan 2016, p.73]

A quality party game, so it's a real shame that the biggest new feature - the Quest mode - is so poor. And good though it is, it's only worth getting if you missed the previous one or you're an obsessive completist. [April 2006, p.86]