Tom Sykes

Tom Sykes

When he's not dying repeatedly in roguelikes, Tom spends most of his working days writing freelance articles, watching ITV game shows, or acting as a butler for his cat. He's been writing about games since 2008, and he's still waiting on that Vagrant Story 2 reveal.

Latest articles by Tom Sykes

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks carried the Phantom Hourglass torch to the next station

By Tom Sykes Published

Features Another sleeper hit for the DS that's well worth a return ticket today

Features
Phantom Hourglass
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is one of the most unique games of them all

By Tom Sykes Published

Features The direct sequel to The Wind Waker dared to be different on the DS in 2007

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PS4 sorely needs an Early Access system for our survival gaming fix

By Tom Sykes Published

Opinion

Opinion
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The 15 greatest reboots in the history of Xbox

By Tom Sykes Published

Features

Features
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The Talos Principle review

By Tom Sykes Published

Review "You're one of those robots, solving puzzle rooms to satisfy your God, Elohim, who's very firm about that big exciting tower you're not allowed to go into."

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Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones review

By Tom Sykes Published

Review

Review
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Dress as Link, wield the Master Sword in Monster Hunter 4's first free DLC

By Tom Sykes Published

News

News
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What to expect from GDC 2015 this week

By Tom Sykes Published

News

News
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LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 review

By Tom Sykes Published

The best years of your (LEGO) life?

Adventure Games
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Samurai Warriors 3 review

By Tom Sykes Published

It's all ancient history... again

Action
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Splatterhouse paints the town red

By Tom Sykes Published

What God of War III did for scale, this does for gore

Action
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Spectral Force Genesis review

By Tom Sykes Published

Looks like an RPG, but it's something totally different

Strategy Games
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Crysis 2 – first look

By Tom Sykes Published

The nano-suit power-leaps into New York, and onto consoles

Action
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Tomena Sanner review

By Tom Sykes Published

Run for the thrills in this absurdist, simple platformer

Action Games
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Darwinia+ review

By Tom Sykes Published

A successful port of an RTS onto a console? The impossible has happened

Strategy
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Matt Hazard: Bloodbath and Beyond review

By Tom Sykes Published

Two dimensions, only one joke

Games
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Planet 51 review

By Tom Sykes Published

Because mowing lawns on alien planets is awesome

Action Games
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Blood Bowl review

By Tom Sykes Published

About as baffling as a game can be

Sports Games
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Divinity II: Ego Draconis review

By Tom Sykes Published

Shoddy porting hurts the ego

RPG
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Darksiders – hands-on

By Tom Sykes Published

Heaven or Hell? More like Purgatory

Action
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex review

By Tom Sykes Published

It's still a gourmet meal, but this looks like a dog's dinner

Call of Duty
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Madagascar Kartz review

By Tom Sykes Published

It's a bit of an animal… turd

Racing Games
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SingStar: Take That review

By Tom Sykes Published

Everything changes but you, SingStar

Games
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Army of Two: The 40th Day- hands-on

By Tom Sykes Published

Tackling every criticism of the first game with gusto

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Crackdown 2 - first look

By Tom Sykes Published

With powerful mutants creeping out at night, you're no longer top dog

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