With a starkly powerful grasp of aesthetic and some profound artistic ambition, The Swapper's instinct for puzzle design isn't quite matched by its storytelling. But it's close. [July 2014, p.78]

Watch Dogs relies on unfiltered girth to entertain. Another victim of cross-gen releases, there’s nothing particularly ‘new-gen’ about the game, but there are plenty of good ideas and a lot of activities to keep you busy. The fundamentals for a truly special game are in place – but as was the case with Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, it now falls to the sequels to fully realise it.

Never revolutionary, but it's still a cheery, tipped-out toybox filled with jokes, puzzles and loving references to Peter Jackson's new film trilogy. [June 2014, p.92]

It's an odd game, this. [June 2014, p.92]

More technically stable than previous episodes. [June 2014, p.92]

If you're new to Warriors, this is the place to start. [June 2014, p.92]

A loveable hot mess of a game. [June 2014, p.91]

The theatre of destruction around your ship will leave you in awe. [June 2014, p.90]

Few puzzles offer the complexity and design smarts that are on show here. [June 2014, p.88]

It was good before, and certainly isn't any less so now. [June 2014, p.84]

This is a very dark story, but it's told with colourful verve and a keen wit. [June 2014, p.85]

It's never enough to help you forget the game's warts. [June 2014, p.85]

Battles rarely deliver on the promising setup and there's no sense of peril. [June 2014, p.82]

Huge, diverse and thronging with life. [June 2014, p.81]

A supremely challenging (and occasionally infuriating) test of skill, control and composure. [June 2014, p.78]

The most subversive and suprising new-gen shooter so far, Wolfenstein delivers heart (and a load of entrails) in a gory FPS that should stay with you for years.

Broadens and enriches the racing sim landscape. [May 2014, p.93]

Dead Nation's plot is as substantial as a slice of Bernard Matthews turkey ham. [May 2014, p.86]

Not even the savvy touchscreen controls can gloss over the real problem: the uninspired world you're forced to inhabit - and for a 20+ hour commitment, that's a bit of an issue. [May 2014, p.83]

An HD collection to seriously consider. [May 2014, p.83]

Depressing fare. [May 2014, p.83]

Creator Matt Thorson has achieved a ludicrous standard of gameplay in Towerfall Ascension, one that seduces you instantly and jettisons all thoughts of million-poly character models and full-performance capture from your gaming consciousness.

The issues aren’t ruinous, and in the case of the multiplayer more an inconvenience that EA needs to address than anything else – but it’s enough to take the shine off what should be one of the best shooters on PS4.

There’s a mega-compulsive core to Dustforce, but a desperate polish of the Vita controls is needed for the platforming to truly shine like it deserves.

The overbearing cartoon license does its best to gobble up all the fun. [Apr 2014, p.92]

Despite the familiarity of its mechanics, it's definitely way more fun than stepping on one of the damn bricks. [Apr 2014, p.87]

A game I love like a brother. [Apr 2014, p.87]

A neat and deceptively inventive puzzler. [Apr 2014, p.87]