We’ve all had to play the rotten hand 2020 has dealt us, which is why Ty Galiz-Rowe thinks deckbuilders have been the perfect games to play this year.
Cyberpunk 2077 on Consoles is a Disaster and Sony and Microsoft Need to Take Responsibility | Winter Spectacular 2020
I doubt you’ve heard because it’s a pretty small news story but that new Cyberpunk game is kinda busted. We welcome Najib Hassan to the site to explain why this problem is just as much Sony and Microsoft’s as it is CD Projekt Red’s.
Matthew Glenn, Ollie Luddy and Will Sawyer’s Tales From the Backlog | Winter Spectacular 2020
DO YOU LIKE MEANINGLESS AWARDS?! You’re on the internet so the answer is probably yes! Ollie, Matthew and Will hand out the first annual Backlog-ies and write a bit about the games from yesteryear that resonated the most in 2020.
Preview | Back 4 Blood (Closed Alpha) | Winter Spectacular 2020
ItsScottish is 2 cool 4 school after playing Back 4 Blood. NGL it’s a lot like L4D but that ok because (I’ve run out of number words) OK.
Jon Simpson, Michael Beckwith and Will Sawyer's Games of 2020 (and another editor note) | Winter Spectacular 2020
Hey, it’s Christmas Day and if you need something to read after sleeping off your food coma we got you covered, with three more startmenu folk here to tell you about their games of the year.
Kate Robinson, Dashiell Wood and Ferdous Joy's Games of 2020 (also a message from the editors) | Winter Spectacular 2020
2020 is almost here and it’s an all-star startmenu team-up to round up some of our favourite games of the year.
Samuel Willetts' Top Five Games of 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
The year is over and there has been a lot of quality games despite… *gestures at everything*. Because of that Samuel Willetts wanted to take a look back at his top five games of the year and some honourable mentions too.
Aimee Hart and Writing What You Know: Monetizing Trauma | Winter Spectacular 2020
Writing what you know is like a school teachers secret to success but how do you deal with finding yourself writing about hard topics on the regular? Aimee Hart of Gayming Magazine helps us breakdown writing about trauma.
Jason Coles and Self Care When Covering Video Games | Winter Spectacular 2020
Jason Coles is here to sit you down and tell you to take a rest. Hey, maybe you could play some Hades!
The Joy of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla's Mini-games | Winter Spectacular 2020
I swear we didn’t time this, but today is ACDay and so in a rare case of Odin looking kindly upon us, Louise Chase has joined us to explain why the mini-games and side-activities in Valhalla are so great.
Review | Assassin's Creed: Valhalla | Winter Spectacular 2020
Ubisoft’s premiere franchise returns after a year off with the release of Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla but has it been worth the wait? Matthew John McCormick thinks so.
HotGirlVideos69’s (AKA Tiffany Treadmore) Top Games Of 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
What games has video game leaker and industry insider Tiffany Treadmore been playing this year? Her answers may surprise you but also not really.
Santi Leguiza's Year in Games | Winter Spectacular 2020
It has been a year of change and struggle but games have helped. Here are the games that helped Santi Leguiza the most.
Diego Argüello's Advice for Setting Up a Gaming Website | Winter Spectacular 2020
Diego Argüello is a busy fellow and we’d be lying if we weren’t a little surprised that the EIC of Into The Spine has time for us, so take a look at his advice for setting up a website.
Damien Mason and Becoming a Journalist (That Also Gets to Talk About Video Games) | Winter Spectacular 2020
Breaking into video game journalism is tough (trust us we know). But don’t despair! Damien Mason is here to tell you how you can write about video games without being a games journalist.
Alex Green and How Gaming Found Its Quiet Place in 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
2020 was, errrrrr, a loud year, to say the least. Which is why Alex Green found himself treasuring the games that focused more on the quiet moments.
Elizabeth Henges and Returning to Eorzea | Winter Spectacular 2020
This year has seen us all isolated and struggling but Elizabeth Henges has found a safe haven in one of the worlds biggest MMOs.
Oliver Barsby and Why The Last of Us Part II was Game of The Year for a Reason You Might Not Expect | Winter Spectacular 2020
The Last of Us Part II is a lot of things to a lot of people but Oliver Barsby thinks many have overlooked one of it’s best aspects.
Ben Sledge and VR Fishing at the End of The World | Winter Spectacular 2020
Strap on your headset and dive into a virtual world of fishing, now that’s cyberpunk! Ben Sledge swings by to tell us about escaping reality in 2020.
Alex Orona and Super GG Radio's Betas of the Year | Winter Spectacular 2020
Alex Orona of Super GG Radio joins us to let us know what have been the best early access experiences this year and tip us off to some we may have missed.