PowerUp!'s Reviews
It’s bigger, smarter and more flexible than the original without losing the beautifully stupid charm that made Heave Ho such a co-op classic. If you’ve got pals, offspring or anyone willing to risk your relationship in the name of physics-based nonsense, Heave Ho 2 is an easy rec. Just don’t expect anybody to admit it was their fault when everything inevitably goes spectacularly wrong.
The aged skeleton of Halo hasn’t lost many minerals or calcium after 25 years and I’m going to give Halo Campaign Evolved a big thumbs up.
Nintendo has taken one of its brightest multiplayer franchises and confidently marched it into completely different territory without losing its identity along the way. That’s a remarkably difficult balancing act, yet Splatoon Raiders makes it look effortless for most of its runtime.
Celestial Return is an ok riff on the melody Disco Elysium perfected.
No, it isn’t going to replace proper boxing lessons. Nor should it. But as an entertaining way to burn calories at home without paying gym fees, waiting for equipment or being silently judged by Influencer McBiceps, Fitness Boxing 3 lands enough clean hits to keep me coming back
DOOM: The Dark Ages – Revelations is exactly what a great expansion should be. It doesn’t reinvent the foundation established by the base game. Instead, it strengthens it, expands it and quietly fixes one of its biggest shortcomings by restoring the glorious speed that made DOOM Eternal so addictive in the first place.
a great JRPG that can stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the recent great games of the genre.
the perfect game to cuddle up under the covers and get stuck into for way too many hours.
It doesn’t feel like Ubisoft trying to improve Black Flag. It feels like Ubisoft finally allowing Black Flag to become the series GOAT it always wanted to be.
Like being trapped inside a virtual MMO, there’s a great adventure in here somewhere. You just have to grind through a few too many fetch quests before you find it.
Comfortably earns its place as one of the Nintendo Switch 2’s best action games
The core minigame design is as sharp as ever, the multiplayer additions are genuinely transformative for group play, and the soundtrack is as sticky as anything the series has produced.
When everything clicks it becomes extraordinarily difficult to put down
Star Fox serves as a welcome reminder that elegance never goes out of style
The Drifter is a stunning achievement in narrative game design.
It’s an easy recommendation for anyone who enjoys games that demand persistence, precision and just a little bit of stubbornness
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.