PowerUp!'s Reviews
The Switch 2 Edition comfortably earns its place as the definitive way to experience Shulk’s adventure.
Crushed in Time is an interesting and entertaining puzzle game with a unique control scheme and puzzle mechanics. While not all of the puzzles are winners, the vast majority are, even when they're so difficult you think you'll never solve them.
Bluey's Quest for The Gold Pen is a perfect game for families. It'll keep mums, dads and kids happy while telling an original Bluey story that's every bit as good as the episodes.
007 First Light doesn’t merely earn its licence to kill. It earns its licence to stand alongside Naughty Dog with its kennel full of best action-adventure games of this modern generation.
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is effortlessly charming, deceptively deep and incredibly playable for the whole family.
TT Games didn’t just rebuild Batman here. Along with their last stellar showing, LEGO Skywalker Saga, they’ve slapped down a duplo-sized brick in a larger plan to rebuild my faith in the entire LEGO games formula.
Japan could have collapsed beneath impossible expectations, but instead it delivers the strongest, most atmospheric and most cohesive Horizon yet.
Directive 8020 is the strongest release for Supermassive Games since Until Dawn, and it proves there's still plenty of gas in the tank for these types of games. I can say with confidence that Directive 8020 is a must-play/watch for 2026.
MachineGames already unearthed one of the greatest Indiana Jones games ever made. Nintendo Switch 2 simply lets you take that treasure with you in your satchel / manpurse.
This is a game more interested in emotional honesty than traditional challenge, and while that approach occasionally leaves certain gameplay ideas feeling undercooked, the overall experience lingered in my thinkin’ machine long after the credits roll.
Despite its flaws, there is something undeniably likeable about People of Note.
Vampire Crawlers is a confident little mutation of a formula that did not need fixing, but clearly had room to evolve.
Invincible Vs lands its best punch by selling you the fantasy of overwhelming power, then quietly teaching you how to shred your opponents to tinsel properly.
Kiln is a smart idea that occasionally feels like it is waiting for the right audience to unlock it fully.
When I reviewed Returnal back in 2021, it felt like Housemarque had one foot in the AAA door, politely knocking while clutching a fistful of bullet hell credentials. With Saros, they’ve kicked that thing clean off its hinges
It might not be the cleanest contender in the open-world arena, but it’s easily one of the most interesting. A sprawling, slightly chaotic, thoroughly entertaining swing that connects far more often than it misses.
Buy it with confidence if you’ve always thought two wheels are better than four.
Ninja Gaiden 4 is pure, unadulterated video gaming. It's fast, it's slick and, most of all, it's incredibly satisfying.
For a cosy game to play, cuddled up on the couch and to unwind after a long day, look no further than Keeper.
What’s here is a medieval mosh pit of mayhem that’ll leave you grinning under your helmet, even if it doesn’t quite outshine its elders. Some of the flesh of Doom 2016 and Eternal has been peeled back sensibly in service of a new way; some chunks of epidermis shouldn’t have been extracted at all.