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The Golden Rule | Shadow of the Erdtree finally lifted the veil on one of Elden Ring’s biggest mysteries, and it’s properly mind-blowing
He gets: Godhood. You get: Everything taken away
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Get A Job | Metaphor ReFantazio plays like Persona and Shin Megami Tensei’s greatest hits – and that’s a good thing when it’s a compilation of absolute bangers
Atlus is being bold with a big new IP, but it’s paying off – Metaphor ReFantazio has what it takes to be the RPG of the year.
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WIDOWS AND BAIRNS | Still Wakes the Deep review: This is perfect Game Pass fodder - great but flawed, perfectly paced, and exactly the right length.
This six-hour disaster movie keeps the tension up, but it has entirely the wrong focus.
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2 Citizen 2 Sleeper | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector "is a response to Mass Effect 2", but with one major twist – it's nothing like Mass Effect 2, and that's the point
Gareth Damian Martin's follow-up to one of 2022's best RPGs will have you thinking about your body all over again.
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Spaceship It | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is radically different to the first game, but even this early on, it's doing everything I want a deep, dense RPG to do - preview
Jump Over the Age's follow-up to one of 2022's best RPGs is off to a promising start.
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X MARKS THE SPOT | Xbox pulls off the best E3 showcase in years, it’s a pity that both brands died before it could happen
Rumours of Xbox’s demise have clearly been exaggerated
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Take a walk, man | After making one of my favourite indie games of the last decade, Beethoven and Dinosaur is back with another music-first showstopper coming to Xbox, PlayStation and Steam
Beethoven and Dinosaur and publisher Annapurna Interactive know that the way to the heart is through the ears – and Mixtape aims to prove that.
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What's The Crack? | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle looks even better than we last saw it, still doesn't have a release date
Not too long until you get to beat up some Nazis, even if we don't know how long that's going to be exactly.
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Indict the Future | The Operator reimagines The X Files as a work-from-home saga that may or may not be about little green men
The truth is several mouse clicks away.
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Heal A Community | Life is Strange meets The Sims in deeply moving Steam Next Fest demo for Closer the Distance
Closer the Distance is an emotional simulation game that tells the tale of a beautiful town amidst a terrible tragedy.
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Making History | Mexico 1921: A Deep Slumber might be worth a go for Pentiment fans craving a fresh stop in the historical gaming time machine
Mácula Interactive’s intriguing creation feels like it might have a crack at delivering a unique history lesson, even if it’s not quite Pentiment
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Shadow Boxing | Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree hands-on: More of the same is pretty great when you’re talking about one of the greatest games of all time
Who can complain about more Elden Ring? Especially when the quality – and, to a degree, quantity – matches the base game beat-for-beat?
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FINALLY! | No Rest for the Wicked finally lets you remap controller buttons in its biggest update yet
No Rest for the Wicked continues to get better, and this most recent patch has delivered a lot of new and highly-requested features.
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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS | Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 review – it’s the intrusive thought that counts
Ninja Theory’s graphical tour de force is marred by one-note action and narrative arrhythmia, but by God is it a treat for the eyes and ears.
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VIDEO | Is No Rest for the Wicked worth a punt on early access, or should you wait for the full release?
Moon Studios’ grand genre-crossing experiment is a beautiful and compelling tease, but there’s a long way to go.
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MORE THAN PIXELS | Man's best friend in a Wasteland: Why Dogmeat reigns supreme in the Fallout universe
The OG Wasteland companion no one can replace.
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GOT A BRAND NEW ZAG | One of the best games of all time is included with Netflix on iOS, and just in time for its sequel
Godly, gorgeous, and gripping – and that's just the protagonist. You need to get yourself with Hades as its sequel tears up the charts in Steam early access.
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LAST SUPPER | Indika review - A bizarre, beautiful, and unforgettable journey of a scorned nun
Indika isn't just any ol’ nun, however. She happens to be accompanied by the devil.
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GET PURR-PARED | Little Kitty, Big City swats its way to Game Pass alongside Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and more new and returning titles
Your May Game Pass line-up just got legen -wait for it - dary! (Old meme, so what?)
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IN FOR THE LONG HAUL | No Rest for the Wicked dev's CEO boldly compares it to Lord of the Rings, as he lays out why we won't see Ori 3 for a long time
"To be clear: We'll be working on No Rest for the Wicked for another 5-10 years."
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O, CANADA | If Fallout 5's going to set the world on fire, Bethesda should head north of the border
If Bethesda wants to take the Fallout series to the next level with its next game, why not look to the US' polite – but no less fascinating – neighbour?
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WICKED HYPE | I went into No Rest for the Wicked completely blind, and that absolutely worked in its favour
Having no expectations is better than having the wrong expectations.
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SO FAR IN SO LITTLE | No Rest for the Wicked's biggest hotfix yet brings major performance boosts, adds quality of life updates, and 8 new shields
It's the one week anniversary of No Rest for the Wicked, and Moon Studios is celebrating with a beefy hotfix.
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NAMESAKE | No Rest for the Wicked is already making some of its most most annoying mechanics better
No Rest for the Wicked wrapped up its first weekend with a duo of hotfixes that definitely made a few things better.
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FORAGING FOR HERBS | No Rest for the Wicked makes a killer first impression, but I’m worried about all the crafting and survival guff
I am wary about how No Rest for the Wicked's mechanics could drive players away over time.
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IT'S RAD | The original Fallout games show their age - but newer fans should still give them a shot
Yes, they may look a bit old and out-dated, but the foundations of the Fallout universe are perhaps more relevant than ever right now.
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MIXED FOR THE WICKED | No Rest for the Wicked has players divided, as it launches to Mixed Steam reviews and plenty of complaints
No Rest for the Wicked is Moon Studios' first Steam Early Access launch, and it shows.
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CAVEAT-EMPTY | As Star Wars Outlaws locks missions behind $100 paywall, No Rest for the Wicked isn't afraid to buck the trend
No Rest for the Wicked looks to be a refreshing return to a time when games were content to sell you on an experience and leave it at that.
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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024
Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.
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CRESTING THE HILL | We may be getting a Silent Hill 2 remake release date soon
The Silent Hill 2 remake has been rated in the United States, suggesting imminent release date news.
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NOT JUST DESERTS | Sand Land: A perfect epitaph to Akira Toryiama, I wish I had a game like this when I was growing up – final preview
Non-patronising, uncompromising in its vision, and – above all – fun. Sand Land feels like a perfect summary of everything Toriyama set out to achieve with his art and writing.
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SOUP SANDWICH | Rise of the Ronin review - Team Ninja without the bite, or the Nioh heights
Rise of the Ronin is undeniably an evolution of everything Team Ninja has made before, it just picked the wrong path to evolve.
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TO THE MOON | Dragon’s Dogma 2 took five years to develop - but the ideas behind it have been 12 years in the making
Capcom's sequel promises to achieve what director Hideaki Itsuno wanted to do over a decade ago – and he's excited for you to see his vision come to life.
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DYNE TO MEET YOU | Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth never misses, but sometimes its interpretation of the original game lacks bite
Has Square Enix defanged FFVII a little too much in its up-to-date reinterpretation of the story? Maybe.
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SPONSORED | 7 things to look forward to in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Can newcomers enjoy Final Fantasy VII Rebirth? Do you need to play Remake first? How are the two games different? Here's what you need to know.
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THE FOLD AWAITS | Unknown 9: Awakening unveiled - Reflector and Bandai Namco showcase first look at upcoming action-adventure
Anya Chalotra leads the charge.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 The Iniquities of History Stranger: Should you kill Compson?
Jeremiah Compson isn't quite the man you first think he is in RDR2.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 He's British, Of Course Stranger Mission: Where to find the lion, tiger and zebra
It's time for Arthur to give a travelling circus a helping hand finding some rogue, wild animals.
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FLATTENING THE CURVE | Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree might have actually solved Souls DLC’s scaling problem, and it’s all thanks to Sekiro
Typicallly, jumping into the DLC for a FromSoftware game made me cautious due to difficulty and scaling – but Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is fixing that.
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FEATURING DANTE | One of my favourite RPGs of all time just turned 21 years old – and it’s as good today as it was in 2003
When a demi-fiend becomes a demi-friend – then you’ll have the power to kill god. Happy birthday, Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne.
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Elden Ring DLC needs to steal this underrated mode from Assassin's Creed
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SECOND TO NONE HYPE | Xbox's big update podcast has already amassed over two times as many comments as it has seconds in length
Just a little bit of buzz around Phil Spencer and co’s plans, eh?
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VANILLA SPICE | After making one of the all-time best PS4/Switch games, Vanillaware has struck gold again with Unicorn Overlord
Who knew a game where you do so little could be so good?
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PLANET GIRTH | NSFW: I can’t believe what The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood is doing for Valentine’s Day
For Valentines day, celebrate your love of indie games with this massive hog.
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VERY PODDERS | Good news, Phil Spencer's very important Xbox business update is coming this Thursday...via a podcast
Here comes the big news we’d been promised by Microsoft, in a format we all expected.
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GARDEN VARIETY | 25 years later, Final Fantasy 8 remains the best love story told in gaming
I'll be waiting for you. If you come here, you'll find me. I promise.
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SOUL SURVIVOR | Best Soulslikes to play in 2024 (that aren't made by FromSoftware)
You don't need to go to Reddit to get the list of best non-From Software Soulslikes; we've got them right here.
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One Final Fantasy's most iconic moments gets a rethink in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – and it's absolutely worth seeing for yourself.