PETER HOSKIN reviews Little Nightmares 2 and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury

Little Nightmares 2 (PlayStation, Xbox, SwitchPC, £24.99)  Verdict: Big scares Rating: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Switch, £49.99) Verdict: A masterpiece, again  Rating: For those who haven’t played the first Little Nightmares game, a warning about it and its new sequel.  With their diminutive heroes, their animated style, even that name, you might assume … Read more

Spooky things that go bump in the night! PETER HOSKIN reviews The Medium and Cultist Simulator

Spooky things that go bump in the night! PETER HOSKIN reviews The Medium and Cultist Simulator By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 02:08 GMT, 5 February 2021 | Updated: 02:38 GMT, 5 February 2021 The Medium (Xbox series X/S, PC, £39.99)   Verdict: Trip down memory lane  Rating: Cultist Simulator  (Switch, £17.99) Verdict: A … Read more

PETER HOSKIN reviews The Yakuza Remastered Collection and Scott Pilgrim vs The World – The Game 

Behold! The missing pieces of a Japanese puzzle: PETER HOSKIN reviews The Yakuza Remastered Collection and Scott Pilgrim vs The World – The Game By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 02:01 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 02:12 GMT, 29 January 2021 The Yakuza Remastered Collection (Xbox, PC, £49.99) Rating: Verdict: Gangland greatness … Read more

All aboard! Life on the raft is a blast: PETER HOSKIN reviews the latest video games

Strange beginnings. 2021 has certainly had one, to put it mildly. And so, too, do many video games. I’m thinking of the world of ‘early access’. These are games that are released to the playing (and paying) public before they are actually finished — in some cases, years before — and they are often as … Read more

Get ready to think outside the Xbox… PETER HOSKIN talks Christmas consoles for gamers

Get ready to think outside the Xbox… PETER HOSKIN talks Christmas consoles for gamers By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 01:49 GMT, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 18 December 2020 It’s beginning to look a lot like that time of year when you need frantically to buy presents for people you … Read more

Hyrule still rules the anime world: PETER HOSKIN games review

Hyrule still rules the anime world: PETER HOSKIN reviews Hyrule Warriors – Age Of Calamity and Call Of Duty – Black Ops Cold War By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 03:02 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 03:02 GMT, 2 December 2020 Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity (Nintendo Switch, £49.99) Verdict: Magical surprise   Rating: … Read more

And the winner of this battle of the Titans is…? PETER HOSKIN takes his pick of the newest games

And the winner of this battle of the Titans is…? PETER HOSKIN takes his pick of the newest games By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 02:14 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 02:14 GMT, 27 November 2020 Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PlayStation, £49.99) Verdict: King of the swingers  Rating: Demon’s Souls (PlayStation, £69.99)  … Read more

Now virtual vikings can get to Valhalla… faster – PETER HOSKIN reviews Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £59.99)  Verdict: Meditative murder  Rating: Yakuza: Like A Dragon (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £54.99) Verdict: Crazy crimes Rating: The Falconeer (Xbox, PC, £24.99) Verdict: Gliding not soaring  Rating: A new dawn has broken. After years of frenzied speculation and anticipation, the next generation of gaming consoles is finally here. It … Read more

Aldi employee Brooke Hoskin reveals why checkout staff scan groceries at breakneck speed

Secrets of an Aldi employee: Cashier reveals WHY they scan groceries so fast – and it helps you pay less at the checkout Aldi employee Brooke Hoskin has lifted the lid on working at the supermarket  She revealed staff are timed on how quickly they scan groceries at the checkout There’s no minimum speed, but … Read more