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• The Switch Lite is basically a PS Vita with Nintendo games, and I'm here for it

  If the death of the PlayStation Vita was heartbreaking for you, the Switch Lite is here to save the day.

• Borderlands has a problem with dwarfism and disability

  Discounting Claptrap’s metal visage, Sir Hammerlock is the first friendly face you meet in Borderlands 2.

• Reviews of multiplayer games when you have no friends

• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel was Irrational's last game and deserves to be remembered that way

  I have three cups. Under one of these cups is Irrational Games. When I spin them around and around, will you know where the studio is? Can you be sure?

• A problematic, unfunny trailblazer - What it's like to play Borderlands 2 after Destiny

  Borderlands 2 is a time capsule, from the time immediately before loot-shooters took over the world. The margins of its script are filled with memes from 2012.

• Thomas Jefferson and the quest to find Fallout 76's mega sloth

• Final Fantasy 8 is a bizarre masterpiece - and playing the remaster reminds it'd make just as good a remake as FF7

• Gears 5 review - the best the series has been in a long time

  I love Gears of War. As odd of a comparison as it is to make, it’s always fallen into the same safe space as another favourite of mine: The Legend of Zelda.

• Google Stadia's streaming tech works a dream in a controlled environment - but the real tests are yet to come

• Humankind is Sega's Civ killer

  Make no mistake: the new title from Sega and Amplitude Studios is going after 2K and Firaxis’ beloved Civilization series.

• Astral Chain review: another action masterclass from PlatinumGames, but with some clever twists

• Streets of Rage 4 is disgustingly good - and it isn't just about preying on nostalgia

  Streets of Rage 4 is bloody amazing – and it’s not all about nostalgia for the original games.

• World of Warcraft: Classic interview - restoring legacy bugs, and the potential for PvP and Raid updates

  “At first, we weren’t sure if it was something that people were really interested in.”

• The best Nintendo Switch games

  People say the Switch already has the best library a Nintendo platform has had in years. Here are our picks of the best Switch games.

• Disintegration hands-on: real-time strategy and shooter collide - and somehow, it works

  Disintegration is the new first-person shooter from the co-creator of Halo – but it’s nothing like the image that description conjures up.

• Yakuza Remastered interview: producer Daisuke Sato on bringing the complete Kiryu saga to PS4

• Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a game of the year contender, but I really wish it were harder

  I’m all for making complex games more accessible, but Fire Emblem: Three Houses piles on the assistance a little too much.

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has a real shot at swaying Battlefield fans, but it needs to evolve past its own community's expectations

  Infinity Ward should own the fact some of its ambitious ideas for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare have been poorly received by the core community.

• Street Fighter 5's new characters are excellent, but the game needs more than that to thrive