Cairn review: An exhausting but worthwhile climb into the sky to find yourself

TR-49 review: Power, corruption and lies hide the ghosts in the code

Ghost Town review: Spooks meet their match in Irish witch

Hotel Infinity review: You can check out but it will never leave you

Octopath Traveler 0 review: The numbers add up for Zero

Lumines Arise review: The wildest nightclub you’ve ever seen

Metroid Prime 4 Beyond review: The Samus suit never goes out of fashion even after 18 years

Hyrule Warriors – Age of Imprisonment review: Zelda gets herself out of jail

The Séance of Blake Manor review: A hauntingly Irish ghost story

Reach review: Take a leap of faith if you can stomach it

The Outer Worlds 2 review: Space opera where choices matter

Keeper review: A weird and wonderfully enlightened journey

Ball x Pit review: A smashing time when it all goes sideways

EA Sports FC 26 review: A game of two halves

Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles review: Royalty at war as a corrupt church pulls the strings

Hell is Us review: Lose yourself in a grim wartime drama

Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 review: Feel the pull of star quality in Nintendo’s greatest hits

Ghost of Yotei review: The spirit is willing but the soul is weak

Metal Eden review: Robot wars needs more than speed

Kirby and the Forgotten Land review: The blob with the gob is back for more

Drag X Drive review: A whale of a time in a wheelchair

Lost Soul Aside review: Heart is missing from a decade’s body of work

Hirogami review: Shapeshifting shenanigans suffer slip-ups

Herdling review: Get the flock out of here

Super Mario Party Jamboree review: Family-friendly fun with a twist on a familiar formula

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 review: The chairman of the boards is back

Hollywood horror specialist has eyes on Dublin as Irish developer Gambrinous readies new game based in infamous Hellfire Club

Playdate Season Two review: A dozen freshly baked bite-sized treats – and one very strange snack

Donkey Kong Bananza review: Great ape to the rescue

The Alters review: Surviving a space disaster with a little help from your selves

Survival Kids review: Cosy castaway capers

Cork gamer speaks about playing FIFA games against Diogo Jota – ‘It was a mad thing to happen’

To a T review: Fitting in and standing out

Death Stranding 2 review: The very weird adventures of a delivery guy at the end of the world

Onimusha 2 – Samurai’s Destiny Remastered review: Sharpness of sword saga softened by superannuated systems

Mario Kart World review: Karting evolution opens up a new world of racing

Nintendo Switch 2 review: Should you buy or wait a while as Nintendo’s hot new console hits the shelves?

Skin Deep review: Why cats and pirates don’t mix

Tempopo review: Conducting a delightfully dippy orchestra

Doom – The Dark Ages review: The Slayer is now an agent of shield

Revenge of the Savage Planet review: Gorgeously goofy game emerges from shadow of Google gorilla

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered review – the madness has not faded, thankfully

Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI release delayed until next year

Old Skies review: The loneliness of the long-distance time traveller

Blue Prince review: The amazing maze that will leave you in a daze for days

South of Midnight review: Cutting loose the choking ties that bind

Sorry We’re Closed review: A hell of a romance

Atomfall review: Something’s gone very wrong at Sellafield

Xenoblade Chronicles X (Definitive Edition) review: A hostile planet hard to revisit

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