July2020
Review Rogue Company - A Solid, If Unspectacular Hero Shooter With Plenty of Potential
Derivative delight
Hi-Rez Studio's Rogue Company arrives on Nintendo Switch in paid beta form with three tiers of Founder's Packs – starter, standard, and ultimate – available to competitive shooter fans whose trigger fingers are too itchy to wait for the free to play version slated to arrive later this year. This one's an absolute mish-mash of...
May2019
Review Realm Royale - A Battle Royale That's More Than Just Fortnite With Chickens
Royale rumble
In 2019, few genres are quite as fickle and difficult to predict as battle royale. Plenty of games have attempted to grab a piece of this lucrative pie over the last couple of years, but for every Fortnite, PUBG and Apex Legends there are countless others that have failed to capture that same zeitgeist. Usually when a BR title stumbles...
January2019
Review Smite - A Godly MOBA That Gives League Of Legends A Run For Its Money
Holier than thou
Following its success with Paladins: Champions of the Realm – which brought the team-based shooter genre to Switch with platform parity and solid performance – developer Hi-Rez Studios has now given its other big online hit the same handheld-friendly treatment. While Paladins has proved itself to be Overwatch’s only real...
June2018
Review Paladins - Founder's Pack (Switch eShop)
We are the Champions
Note: This review was originally for the Paladins - Founder's Pack, a £25 package comprising the game and various extras which was the only way to play at launch. Paladins has since gone completely free-to-play. With Nintendo Switch fast accumulating all manner of new multiplayer experiences - including the global phenomenon...
