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Game review: The Last of Us Part II Remastered (PC)
Gaming

Game review: The Last of Us Part II Remastered (PC)

The Last of Us Part II Remastered launches on PC, offering a dark, emotional journey through a post-apocalyptic world with enhanced graphics and new modes.

By Darren Price • 6 min read • Wed, 23rd Apr 2025
Game review: Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel
Gaming

Game review: Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel

When it comes to horror video games, they usually need to have a good balance between suspense and a little bit of action.

By Damian Seeto • 5 min read • Fri, 1st Jul 2022
Game review: The Quarry (PC)
Gaming

Game review: The Quarry (PC)

Supermassive Games channel 1980s teen horror movies with their latest suspense-filled cinematic adventure, The Quarry.

By Darren Price • 7 min read • Tue, 14th Jun 2022
Game Preview: The Quarry (PC)
Gaming

Game Preview: The Quarry (PC)

On playing a bit of The Quarry, I began to understand why the game has got its own release rather than just being part of The Dark Pictures Anthology.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Mon, 30th May 2022
Hands-on Review: Ghostwire Tokyo (PS5)
Gaming

Hands-on Review: Ghostwire Tokyo (PS5)

Although a bit of a tonal departure for Bethesda, Ghostwire Toyko is a good-looking and eerie action game that is aimed at a very select audience.

By Darren Price • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Apr 2022
The Quarry re-imagines the teen slasher movie genre as a video game
Gaming

The Quarry re-imagines the teen slasher movie genre as a video game

Supermassive Games announces its upcoming teen horror game, The Quarry, featuring a star-studded cast and intense decision-making gameplay.

By Darren Price • 3 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2022
Game review: In Sound Mind
Gaming

Game review: In Sound Mind

Overall, In Sound Mind isn't the best horror game I've ever played although I did enjoy the story and some of the puzzle solving aspects.

By Damian Seeto • 4 min read • Wed, 6th Oct 2021
Game review: Those Who Remain (PC)
Gaming

Game review: Those Who Remain (PC)

Those Who Remain is a first-person horror game with a premise that'll be very familiar to fans of the Alan Wake games.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Tue, 6th Oct 2020
Game review: The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan
Gaming

Game review: The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan

Sure you can try to save every character, although many of them can die early on too if you're not good enough!.

By Damian Seeto • 4 min read • Fri, 30th Aug 2019
The VR-horror mashup that will scare your socks right off
Gaming

The VR-horror mashup that will scare your socks right off

Bigmoon Entertainment and Camel 101's new VR horror game, Syndrome, hits PS4, Xbox One, and PC on October 6, bringing spine-chilling scares to VR systems.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Wed, 27th Sep 2017
Daylight: next-gen survival-horror?
Gaming

Daylight: next-gen survival-horror?

Game Console's Darren Price takes a look at Daylight, the procedurally-generated survival-horror game for PC and PlayStation 4.

By Darren Price • 3 min read • Thu, 1st May 2014
F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin
Gaming

F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin

F.E.A.R. 2 enchants with a blend of Japanese horror and FPS genius, setting a new bar for survival horror thrill-seekers.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Sun, 1st Mar 2009
Game review: Condemned
Gaming

Game review: Condemned

Condemned: Criminal Origins, a chilling dive into the depths of horror and mystery, shakes up the thriller genre.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Mar 2006