Content by RivalGaming in August, 2025

Honor Magic V5 review: thinner, faster, stronger - but expensive Last year Honor's Magic V3 foldable phone impressed, offering mature software, a thin and robust design and more powerful hardware. This year, thanks to the unlucky reputation of the number four in China, we've gone up two to...

Herdling: an emotional trek through magical alps that feels a little too easy Video games are good at making us feel things for clumps of pixels, especially when those clumps are in constant mortal peril. Herdling joins a long tradition of extended escort quests that deftly fiddle the...

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater review I, like many, was worried about Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater when it was first announced. A remake of what to me is one of the best Metal Gear games ever made, all these years later it could easily have run havoc over an all-time classic for...

🎮 Sword of the Sea review What do we actually mean, when we call a game rewarding? I reckon typically it's one of two things. First you have games that reward you for playing them well: rewards are given in return for achievement or superlative skill – a new outfit, a Legendary Cuirass, a...

Comfort meals. Everyone has a go-to dish they eat when they just need a shot of nostalgia or the proverbial warm hug - a bowl of soup, say, or a nice big packet of crisps. Or a tough-as-nails action-RPG that'll have you lobbing threatening obscenities at the fictional monsters on your screen in...

Amongst its many riches, Wheel World is a reminder that a game can appear to be constructed from familiar pieces while still feeling entirely unfamiliar to play. Read more Read more: https://www.eurogamer.net/wheel-world-review

When I was small, my Dad would read to me before bed. One night I asked if he would re-read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe only to be told he'd had enough of 'Jesus Lion.' Instead, he brought out a book with a dragon raging above a burning town on its cover. It was called The Hobbit. I was...

Egypt, present day. A woman makes her way through the Tomb of Seth accompanied by a silent man holding a burning torch. As the woman collects health packs and shoots scorpions that look a little like lobsters, the man with the torch works methodically, briskly lighting every room they move...

Back in 2006, I brought Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2 for the PSP to Show and Tell at school. Yes, I was that kid. It was a simple enough pitch. Behold, bemused classmates: a hack-and-slash power fantasy where you dominate 3rd-century Chinese battles, cleaving a hundred soldiers with each swing. There...

I like a good gimmick. I think the term unfortunately has negative connotations, used by people to downplay something neat as the only thing going for a product - a game, film, bit of tech, etc. The Cabin Factory is essentially one gimmick. It's not really a full game built around a gimmick...