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ALIEN MAGIC Starfield’s latest tease shows that Bethesda is embracing its fantasy roots

On the one hand, their space bound epic depicts a realistic sci-fi future. On the other, it’s got a big swirly thing in it.

FALSE DESTINY Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League shows how shareholder culture is killing AAA

By wasting Rocksteady’s pedigree and talent on live service guff, the quest to fatten dividends may have robbed us of a good Arkham follow-up.

AGHAST BOOT Your next Indie obsession drops in a few weeks, and it ain't on Game Pass

Visit a beautiful island archipelago where everyone is terrified of what happens next (not Britain)

MOTION SLICKNESS Is PS VR2 the last time we'll get a Mario 64 moment?

Gaming tech hasn't seen a revolution for a long time, but Sony's latest hardware could be one.

ELDER MAGIC Oblivion's connection to Discworld is a legacy worth celebrating

From The Elder Scrolls to Tomb Raider, Terry Pratchett had a profound influence on the world of video games.

NOT LIVE OR KICKING Why are all the games dying? The Thursday Nite Rant

From Apex Legends Mobile to Knockout City, dozens of live service games are being killed off.

LICENCE TO ILL Goldeneye on Xbox Game Pass is a bitter disappointment

Compared to the abandoned 360 remaster, this re-release is a painful reminder of what could have been.

FREAK KINGDOMS Wo Long Fallen Dynasty is a Souls-like that gives you a helping hand

Dark Souls too lonely? Elden Ring too daunting? Game Pass has got your back. Kinda.

CRUNCH BREAK The Callisto Protocol proves that crunch is dumb and doesn't work - The Thursday Nite Rant

Middling scores, poor user reviews, and myriad technical issues: did those 15 hour days really pay off?

LIGHT TOUCH The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Upgrade: Should I Choose Raytracing or Performance?

It's a long-awaited upgrade, but now console players are faced with a stark choice.

DEJA VU Synced: Off Planet is another live service shooter set in an apocalyptic future

If you like that sort of thing, 2023 is your year, it seems.

NEED FOR EXPOSURE NFS Unbound is great, why didn't EA tell anyone? The Thursday Nite Rant

Need For Speed has finally found its identity, but the publisher almost seems ashamed of it.

LAST MINUTE HEROICS Midnight Suns is a surprise late contender for Game of the Year

Firaxis finally gives us an Iron Man Mode we can all enjoy.

GERALT OF NVIDIA The Witcher 3 is getting a next-gen upgrade, but does it need one?

The original still holds up remarkably well, but there’s always room for improvement.

ALTAÏR WE GO 15 years of Assassin’s Creed: Why there’s never been a better time to replay the first game

The game that changed everything.

REQUIESCAT GAME PASS Pentiment shows the true value of Game Pass

Games with niche appeal but of huge cultural value benefit from the subscription model.

EYE AM THE MOB God of War: Ragnarök casts Odin as a mob boss in a deft blend of The Last of Us and Skyrim

Once again, Kratos' latest adventure is a greatest hits package of AAA gaming.

PANDORA'S IDIOT BOX God of War: Ragnarök loves your £2000 TV

The game ships with a suite of graphics options to make your OLED sing like a valkyrie.

PARP FOR THE COURSE Classic TV themes in Trombone Champ

We are very, very sorry about this.

CAPTAIN SCIATICA I hate Marvel Snap and so does my toilet seat

Why can't I stop? Why?

POTATO, POTAHTO Xbox Series S isn’t holding next-gen back, reality is

Devs will always have to cater for the lowest common denominator, which the Series S isn’t.

PIKACHU PERFORMANCE Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is brilliantly ambitious, but possibly too much for the hardware it has to run on.

I hate to be a "we need a Switch Pro" guy but man, we need a Switch Pro.

VIVA ESPAÑA Resident Evil 4 Remake lets you move and shoot, but remains staunchly authentic

How do you improve on perfection?

THE MIDDLING JOKE Gotham Knights answers the question “Would Batman games be as good without Batman?” with: “No”

A circus of Robins can’t fill the Bat-boots.

RAT RACE A Plague Tale: Requiem will let you leg it to the end

Asobo Studio's blockbuster sequel wants you to know that stealth isn't everything.

THE MAD RATTER A Plague Tale: Requiem refines and expands on the original like every good sequel should

The rat apocalypse gets a blockbuster encore in the style of Aliens or Terminator 2.

DISGUSTENG What the hell is Scorn? This icky survival horror will leave Game Pass subscribers squirming

Xbox decides to involve HR (Giger).

AGGRESSIVELY MID The First Descendant feels too generic to succeed

High production values and competence can’t elevate bland ideas.

FIGHT CLUB Street Fighter 6’s online experience sets a new gold standard for players

The battle hub is a perfect blend of high-concept social space and match lobby.

PRATT FALL We replaced Chris Pratt with Charles Martinet in The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer

Mario's original voice actor has quite the range.

TRAIN BRAINING RAILGRADE is a railway management puzzler that's a train set for your inner child

This miniature sim is a masterclass in how brilliant art direction can elevate a game from mid-tier to something truly memorable.

DOOMED PLANET The Invincible will ask much of the audience, but the rewards could be well worth it

Adapting a landmark work of speculative fiction for the Fortnite age is as risky as space exploration itself.

WAR CHANGES A LOT Modern Warfare 2: Can it recapture the glory days of Xbox Live?

The original MW2 dominated a much less crowded marketplace.

HOG WILD Sonic Frontiers may finally bring 'Sonic the Games' in line with 'Sonic the Phenomenon'

Bold, daft ideas are essential for Sonic's longevity.

CRISIS PHWOAR Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion: Does it work in a post-remake world, or is it too stuck in the past?

We are once again revisiting the origin of Cloud’s strife.

FOXED OFF EGX: Marxist Handpuppet Interrupts Trade Show

Sonic! Devs! Gaming celebs! Nobody is safe from the Red Fox!

VOXEL NOIR EGX vlog: you simply must play Shadows of Doubt

There's no doubt about its quality.

BOWLED OVER Five reasons why PBA Pro Bowling 2023 is the best game ever

Mind and pick up your shoes.

BEST SERVED COLT Deathloop comes to us all, here's some Xbox Series X gameplay

The exclusivity deal left too many players out of the loop.

'Ken 'ell Street Fighter 6: Twenty fist-pounding minutes of new hands-on PS5 gameplay

Better fighters, better modes, better get some practice.

CREED ALL ABOUT IT Assassin's Creed Mirage proves that less is more

Mirage represents a Unity of past and future.

DEUS EX-CHANGED Are Tomb Raider and Deus Ex now out of the wilderness?

Lara Croft was always too hip to be Square.

Leaving the past Cyberpunk 2077 is getting some brand new content, but there's bad news for old-gen players

In a new video, Jim looks at the old gen Cyberpunk owners who'll be tragically DLC-less.

Rising? Does Steelrising provide a much-needed Bloodborne fix?

Jim and Connor talk about Steelrising, and whether it can provide that souls-like juice we've been craving.

Vitamin Sea Here's our hands-on first impressions of Valorant's new map, PEARL

We got to spend some time with Valorant's new map, PEARL, and here's what we thought.

wax and wayne Gotham Knights: Should you care about the DC game that doesn't star Batman?

Gotham Knights is a Batman game without Batman? And that's not as implausible as it might sound...

MORE MAIDENS Elden Ring 2 Wish List: What do we want to see from the next Elden Ring game?

We've been thinking about what we want to see when it comes to the future of The Lands Between.

PIMPED OUT Saints Row: Here’s an in-depth look at customization

Get a look at the customization of weapons, gangs, bases, cars, and of course the player character in the Saints Row reboot.

cuff love Should you care about Square Enix's next big RPG experiment, Forspoken?

Forspoken, in the works for PS5 and PC, could be Square Enix's biggest risk of 2022 – are you excited about it?

Feeling Blue Lost Ark: How, when and why to counter attack

One of the MMO's most important combat features is easy to miss. Here's how it works.