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Deals

DEAL | Get 10% off Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Nintendo eShop codes in the VG47 store

Limited time deal will see you save money on digital purchases for Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation digital games and store credit.

Nov. 18, 2022 Tom Orry

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BSOD fans represent | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.26: The best game that crashed at the worst possible time

It's games that crashed. Don't get smart about this, James? OK?

Nov. 18, 2022 Tom Orry

Guide

Barn finds | Forza Horizon 5 Barn Finds - Map locations, gifts, how to unlock hidden cars

There are 14 "barn find" cars in Forza Horizon 5 that are hidden away in barns dotted around the Mexico map. Here's how to find them all.

Nov. 15, 2022 Tom Orry

Review

SCIENCE-FEELS | Somerville review: the most beautiful game I’ve ever played

Jumpship has created a gorgeous work of art that just achieves greatness in Somerville, in spite of some control quirks.

Nov. 14, 2022 Tom Orry

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Amazing VARlue | Incredible November Xbox Game Pass addition makes all other games obsolete

The Game Pass line-up for the rest of the year might as well not bother. There’s only one game I’ll be playing.

Nov. 14, 2022 Tom Orry

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The Hunger | New Xbox Game Pass addition is so moreish I burnt my lunch

I just couldn’t get enough of the latest game to hit the Xbox sub service, even though my stomach wanted food.

Nov. 11, 2022 Tom Orry

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Wales | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.25: The best game with a welsh actor in it

Gareth Bale is welsh.

Nov. 11, 2022 Tom Orry

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BLUE BLUR | I pity anyone playing Sonic Frontiers on Nintendo Switch

An uneven game in its best form, on Switch Sonic Frontiers is a mess of pixels and is plain ugly.

Nov. 10, 2022 Tom Orry

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YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED | Steam Deck's in-built FPS counter is ruining my life

Bit hyperbolic, yes, but the performance stats and tinkering available on Valve's handheld aren't good for me.

Nov. 7, 2022 Tom Orry

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Pray to God Hand | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.22: The best game about gods that isn't God of War

Are "god games" about gods?

Oct. 21, 2022 Tom Orry

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Nate-ural on Deck | Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on Steam Deck gives me deep PS Vita nostalgia

PS Vita, you deserved a lot better my friend.

Oct. 18, 2022 Tom Orry

Review

W-AAA-HHH | Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope review – a Nintendo Switch exclusive with the alluring charm of a GBA classic

Ubisoft and Nintendo join forces once again to surprise us all with the most unlikely – and lovely – Nintendo Switch team-up.

Oct. 17, 2022 Tom Orry

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Everybody, Yeah! | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.21: The best dead game you'd buy a console for if it came back

What franchise do you want to see rise from the grave?

Oct. 14, 2022 Tom Orry

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Snake on a plane | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.20: The best game you played on your phone

Good mobile games come in all shapes and forms.

Oct. 7, 2022 Tom Orry

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Lydia! Noooo! | I'm once again thankful I have another chance to fail at getting into Skyrim

Can't wait to lose Lydia on a mountain and then get burned to death by a dragon I didn't see.

Sept. 29, 2022 Tom Orry

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Hoodwinked | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.18: The best game you thought was one genre but turned out to be another

The wool has been pulled over our eyes on more than one occasion.

Sept. 23, 2022 Tom Orry

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RTXitement | Someone give me about £1500 so I can play Portal with fancy Nvidia RTX 40 Series graphics

Look, I’m a simple creature. I just want games to look spiffing marvelous.

Sept. 20, 2022 Tom Orry

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Audiotore de force | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.17: Best Assassin's Creed game that isn't an Assassin's Creed game and you can't pick Ghost Of Tsushima

We're altairibly sorry, but our game is a lot like yours.

Sept. 16, 2022 Tom Orry

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Full Motion Vidiots | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.16: Best game that uses that FMV that was all the rage in the '90s

Games really wanted to be films, didn't they?

Sept. 9, 2022 Tom Orry

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love hurts | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.15: Best game with a wedding in it

Till death do us part (or until we fall out over a podcast topic)

Sept. 2, 2022 Tom Orry

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Review

joely good | The Last of Us Part I review – A PS5 remake that shines above most

Perhaps not 100% necessary, but still absolutely brilliant.

Aug. 31, 2022 Tom Orry

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end us | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.14: Best game you’d fire into space to prove the Earth isn’t worth saving

Some games are just so bad it doesn't pain us in a great light.

Aug. 26, 2022 Tom Orry

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Never Let Me Diablo | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.13: Best game that was called a clone of another game

Copy, paste, change slightly, repeat.

Aug. 19, 2022 Tom Orry

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Intolerance | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.12: Best game that you hated for a very specific reason

We can't help it when something rubs us the wrong way.

Aug. 12, 2022 Tom Orry

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Teenage dirt bag | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.11: Best game that you were ridiculously hyped for as a teen

Teenage independence brought with it the chance to shape our own gaming futures.

Aug. 5, 2022 Tom Orry

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bad times | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.10: Best game that is really bad

We all love things we shouldn't love. Video games are no different.

July 29, 2022 Tom Orry

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V-juvenile-247 | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.9: Best game with balls that isn't a sports game

When this topic was decided, we overestimated our ability to ignore the obvious crude options.

July 22, 2022 Tom Orry

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im-press-ive | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.8: Best game that journos love but most people think is a bit naff

Look, we know this is pushing the term "most," but just go with it.

July 15, 2022 Tom Orry

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Toys out the pram | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.7: Best game you wanted as a child but never got

It's hard being a kid. There are so many games but rarely do you have the cash to get them all.

July 8, 2022 Tom Orry

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don't stop believing | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.6: Best game someone not in the know would think you'd made up

Video games can be ridiculous, but which ones would the average Joe think you'd completely made up?

July 1, 2022 Tom Orry

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rise of the machines | Arcade Paradise dev diary – an intro to Nosebleed Interactive’s 90s arcade management adventure game

An arcade management sim with 35 original arcade games you can actually play.

June 30, 2022 Tom Orry

News

It's 3rd-Party time | Watch the Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase - 25 minutes of third-party Switch games

Please don't ask about Breath of the Wild 2.

June 28, 2022 Tom Orry

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Crime pays | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.5: Best game you got for an odd reason

Sometimes we seek out games. Other times they seek out us. It's another brilliant VG247 podcast.

June 24, 2022 Tom Orry

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You're barred! | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.4: Best game with a pub in it

When you're after a drink and you're in the middle of nowhere, chances are there'll be a pub.

June 17, 2022 Tom Orry

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AAA-bout perspective | 2022 is looking great for video games, unless you run a website about video games

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that most people just play games for fun and don’t see them as metric generators.

June 14, 2022 Tom Orry

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mini-game the system | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.3: Best game with a mini-game better than the main game

This one is going to cause some arguments. What defines a mini-game?

June 10, 2022 Tom Orry

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come on over apathy | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.2: Best game that nobody cares about

Can you think of a great game that everyone seemed to ignore? We came up with three.

June 3, 2022 Tom Orry

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neigh show | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.1: Best game with a named horse

After years in pre-production, it’s time for VG247 to answer the biggest questions about the best games ever.

May 27, 2022 Tom Orry

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News

Help make EGX the best show it can possibly be

Complete this survey to share your thoughts on the future of ReedPop’s UK games show.

May 26, 2022 Tom Orry

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Marvelous | Introducing Popverse, ReedPop’s new pop culture site

Your new destination for movies, TV, and comics, plus a gateway into our events.

May 18, 2022 Tom Orry

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the long game (pass) | Does Xbox have a Game Pass gap to fill or does the Starfield delay not matter?

Without Starfield and Redfall, and no other first-party games announced for 2022, what can be done?

May 13, 2022 Tom Orry

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Bethesd'oh | Xbox and Bethesda should never have dated Starfield 17 months from release

Putting a date on it that early gave the impression that the release date would be hit. It now won’t be.

May 12, 2022 Tom Orry

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crank and file | Playdate first impressions – Quirky on the outside, not so much on the inside

Panic's curious little console is certainly charming, but is that enough to entertain an old crank like me?

April 18, 2022 Tom Orry

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PS Non-Plussed | PlayStation Plus Premium: Is it really an Xbox Game Pass rival?

The VG247 team reacts to Sony's big PS Plus revamp, and opinions are… tepid.

March 29, 2022 Dom Peppiatt

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Review

Mouth feel | Kirby and the Forgotten Land review – Almost a complete mouthful

Kirby goes fully 3D and brings along a new gimmick, but doesn’t quite reach the level of Nintendo’s platform king.

March 23, 2022 Tom Orry

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I ignore dead people | Elden Ring's Tutorial is the Sixth Sense of the 2020s

Would you have spotted the tutorial had you not been told about it first?

March 4, 2022 Tom Orry

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FOMOSoftware | As a Soulslike disliker, why am I super hyped for Elden Ring?

Are you also about to put in a pre-order for FromSoftware's next big hit, despite never enjoying their games in the past?

Feb. 16, 2022 Tom Orry

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Xbox has no games? | Xbox is losing momentum as PS5 and Switch come out swinging

Sony is rolling out the big guns and timed exclusives, Nintendo has a stellar first-party release schedule, and Xbox has… Starfield in November.

Feb. 10, 2022 Tom Orry

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Reputation sullied? | Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection deserves to be on PS5 – but the PS5 and the Collection deserved better

Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy are top notch action adventure games, but little here makes them feel like proper PS5 games.

Jan. 26, 2022 Tom Orry

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buying time | Game length does matter, but it’s right to be skeptical about grand boasts

Dying Light 2 has received some flack over its 500 hours to complete claim, but that’s because we’ve become weary of bloat.

Jan. 11, 2022 Tom Orry

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