video games

Summer Game Fest 2023: Everything Shown Off in the Main Showcase (June 8)

If you were sad about the news of E3's passing this year (and we'll admit to having mixed feelings about the venerable trade show-turned-fan-event), then you'll be happy to know that the event has a worthwhile replacement in the...

The Goonhammer Review: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

It's a crowded market out there for boomer shooters with retro aesthetics, and for Warhammer-based licensed games, and here comes Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun to launch a drop pod assault right into the middle of that particular Venn diagram. Josh...

REview: Resident Evil 4

Boy, do I fucking love Resident Evil. Ever since playing Code Veronica on my uncle’s PS1 (not the best start, but it was a start, damnit) and getting so scared I had to shut the game off and run to...

Star Trek Resurgence Review: Boldly Getting Star Trek Right, Mostly

Note: A Press Build of the game was provided to us by the developer.  Star Trek is my secret personal passion. I’ve never been a Trekkie, but growing up as a kid of the mid 80s and then 90s, Star...

Goonhammer Indie Games Roundup: Steel Defier and Dungeon Drafters

Starting this week, we're doing a new series: Indie Games Round-up. In this series, we'll take a regular look at some of the smaller indie games that either hook us in or get sent our way and talk about...

Goonhammer’s Video Game of the Year, 2022

Welcome, one and all, to the 2022 Goonhammer Video Game of the Year, the celebrated GHVGOTY! Where other, lesser, websites may carefully consider the year’s releases and determine which is the greatest and most worthy of praise, or at...

Rogue Trader Alpha: Goonhammer’s First Impressions

Last week, Owlcat Games made a closed Alpha build playable for their upcoming Warhammer 40,000 cRPG, Rogue Trader. Rogue Trader is based loosely off of the tabletop RPG of the same name set in the 40k universe, focusing on...

Darktide: The Goonhammer Review

Up and at ‘em Reject. Do you wanna live forever?After a few teasing delays, Darktide has been unleashed and is available to the public after two very exciting beta periods, and I couldn't be happier. If you've never heard of...

Roman-like: A Review of We Who Are About to Die

There are a few things someone needs to know about me to get my interest: If it involves Rome, or is a Roguelike, I will pay attention to you, like a cat hearing a can opener. So when Rob...

Gotham Knights Review: The Kids Are Alright; The Game Design Is Not

What’s a Batman game without Batman? I’ve been stewing over various formulations of that for some ten years. I got into Batman comics in the Nineties; I didn’t hide from all the dumb stuff that they did there. I embraced...