Resident Evil 4 PS2

Resident Evil 4 is a fear I relish returning to. It takes me to fearful places and sickening frights, but for the flood of relief and sense of perspective it is more than worth it. Not a million miles from my experience of Christmas... read now

Rage 360

Rage is a graphically stunning new shooter, a fantastically realised world in retreat. Although this created a genuine sadness for me, Rage seem unaware or unwilling to engage with these life and death realities, preferring instead to just keep me shooting... read now

Torchlight PC

Torchlight PC may be reminiscent of older RPGs like Diablo, but it also makes many improvements to the genre... read now

Call of Juarez: The Cartel 360

Call of Juarez: The Cartel mixes Spy vs Spy and The Wire as it shifts from the old west into modern LA and Mexico. An anxious cop drama, it deals in tension and mistrust but is let down the limitations of its genre... read now

Warhammer 40000 Space Marine PS3

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine casts you as a human tank armed to the teeth and able to destroy all in your path. It's empowering stuff, but the surrounding world that tells a more disturbing and bleak story about the rest of humanity... read now

Amnesia: The Dark Descent PC

Amnesia: The Dark Descent PC took me back to my childhood days where a heady mix of immortal bravado and the terror of uncertainty would keep me and my brother awake late at night... read now

LA Noire 360

L.A. Noire is a wonderful amalgam of cop drama, adventure game and open-world playground. Tension melts into schizophrenia and suspense as I lose myself in the game, even if I am taken out of the world on occasion by an army of tiny issues... read now

Aliens: Colonial Marines 360

Aliens: Colonial Marines returns to LV: 426 after the Aliens film. Local and online cooperative modes sound like great fun, but are in danger of undermining Gearbox's ability to gnaw away at and disempower players to match the celluloid experience... read now

Infamous 2 360

InFamous 2 returns Cole McGrath to fighting his way through a city of hostiles, choosing whether to be the hero or the villain. The sense of locomotion and combat is compelling, but it's the way it plays with right and wrong that is the most fun - although more than a little scary how close the two extremes become... read now

Beyond Good and Evil HD 360

Beyond Good and Evil HD updates the 2003 original with re-mastered graphics and audio. The game holds up incredibly well thanks to its immersive world and story, but some interface issues mean it can't completely hide its age... read now