Joel Loynds's posts

17 November 2025 PC

Dispatch, the new game from the creative forces behind Telltale’s Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, is back in a new outfit – AdHoc Studio – and with a...

31 October 2025 PC

We’re in a weird spot in video games, aren’t we? While extraction shooters and other game genres embrace gambling design to enhance the connection between player and game, indie games...

31 October 2025 Nintendo

I’m unsure of how Pokémon Legends Z-A came about. However, if its leaked budget is to be believed, I think it paints a clearer picture of how Game Freak, the...

17 October 2025 Xbox

Ball x Pit is one of those games that descends upon us, a complete package from top to bottom. I had avoided most of the previous Ball x Pit coverage...

10 October 2025 PC

Megabonk, the latest in the surviving rogue-like genre that burst onto the scene with Vampire Survivors, is not just any old take on the now slightly worn, relatively new style...

29 September 2025 Xbox

Borderlands 4 is a game that is very clearly wrestling with itself. It’s a direct response to Borderlands 3, with the negative critical and community reaction to it going full...

19 September 2025 Mobile

Destiny Rising is a strange one to look at. On its surface, NetEase has made a spin-off prequel of Bungie’s Destiny, with added gacha. Underneath, it’s a bit more of...

11 September 2025 PC

Katanaut, new rogue-like, search-action game from Voidmaw is, like other games released this year, exceptionally tight in the moment-to-moment gameplay. However, after some time, I found that it was committing...

10 September 2025 Nintendo

Without a doubt, of all the games to feature ninjas this year, I think Shinobi Art of Vengeance will stand tall above them. Developers Lizardcube have crafted a masterful controlling...

05 September 2025 PC

Deadzone Rogue is a mishmash of different video game trends crammed into one. So if you’ve gotten your fill of first-person shooters, rogue-lites, co-operative titles, or role-playing games, Deadzone Rogue...