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Awowed | “It lets us really lean into the things that we excel at” - Avowed’s developers on choice, consequence, Game Pass, and those early Skyrim comparisons

We sit down and speak to Obsidian devs about the most pressing topics, as Avowed nears its release.

July 5, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Header image for Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, featuring a goddess and four bodyguards in traditional Japanese painter style.

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Kunitsu-Gami Path of the Goddess could be this summer’s best sleeper hit, and you can play it right now

Capcom knows that experimentation works – that's how we got Devil May Cry, after all. Kunitsu-Gami Path of the Goddess should be on your radar.

July 3, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Characters from Baldur's Gate 3, Hades, and The Binding of Isaac.

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A Rogue Roll | How a Baldur’s Gate 3 modder who’d never played a "known" roguelike ended up turning Larian’s RPG into one

"There is still a lot that hasn't been done with the current tools."

July 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Jim and Connor having emotions in a British Pub

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PODCAST | Which games have aged like a fine wine, and why is everyone so mad at our guest host?

There's nothing graceful about the Best Games Ever podcast episode 104

July 2, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Baby! | "A homage to Children of Men that fits the weird Warframe world" - Warframe creative director speaks on latest narrative rollercoaster

Rebecca Ford sits down and speaks on the latest story bombshell dropped ahead of TennoCon.

July 2, 2024 Connor Makar

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Metaphor Refantazio hands on header over some slightly blurred art of the cast.

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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.

June 28, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Back To The Future | HoYoverse has another Genshin-level hit on its hands with Zenless Zone Zero, if this dystopian urban fantasy can find itself a suitably nostalgic audience - hands-on preview

ZZZ is far more than just an inner-city Genshin Impact reskin, but do enough millennials care about gacha games to make it pay off?

June 28, 2024 Rebecca Jones

The Brazilian flag, flanked by Xbox and Playstation consoles.

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Ordem e Progresso | Brazil has just become one of best places to make games, here’s why that matters to you – as a consumer

Brazil’s gaming industry is booming as the rest of the world is suffering layoffs. As a gamer, you should probably know why that is.

June 27, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Reader | Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree's most shocking moments come in an unexpected medium

In a game that leaves so much vague, these boxes are a narrative shotgun blast.

June 27, 2024 Connor Makar

Thirsty Suitors characters over a Netflix background.

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Suits You, Sir | One of the most interesting Xbox Game Pass titles of the last year will soon be free to play for anyone with a Netflix account

Thirsty Suitors is coming to your Netflix account soon – great news if you want a taste of one of the most unique games we’ve seen in a while.

June 26, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama and producer Shuhei Matsumoto, with SF6 Bison between them

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DICTATE THIS | “We wanted to spread the love of fighting games” - a candid chat with Street Fighter 6 devs on crossover characters, balance, and M. Bison vs Vega

We chat to Shuhei Matsumoto and Takayuki Nakayama about the arrival of M. Bison, Terry Bogard, Mai Shiranui, and Elena in Street Fighter 6, Season 2.

June 26, 2024 Alex Donaldson

The boxed version of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition over a blurred screen of available levels in the title

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World Class | Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition feels like far more than nostalgia bait, it could be a multiplayer classic

At £25, Nintendo's latest retro throwback feels like an ample replacement for Mario Party in some ways (and that's a good thing).

June 26, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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ARE SOULS? | Ian Higton's bum guffs: The Best Games Ever podcast episode 103

What are the best games that didn't live up to their hype? Find out within.

June 25, 2024 Jim Trinca

Shrek and Donkey stood in a town square looking surprised at something.

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I Need A Hero | Yes, Shrek 5 is still happening, and now so is a Donkey movie nobody asked for

Hope you like waffles.

June 25, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Terra Nova key art; mountains, a verdant field, some deer, and a forest, all thriving.

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TERRA VISION | The most inventive, disruptive city-builder of the last few years is getting a massive expansion – and you can play it for free if you have a Netflix account

Terra Nil's Vita Nova expansion is here, and it's more of a good thing – which is great, if you know the base game.

June 24, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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New Mode, Who This? | "Think of it like a theme park" League of Legends' game director talks new game modes, and the importance of mixing things up

Game director Pu Liu speaks on why adding new game modes to League is a good idea.

June 24, 2024 Connor Makar

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BUSSIN' | Dustborn is a head-spinning genre mishmash that will divide opinion, but we can't wait for the full game. HANDS-ON PREVIEW

How do you do, fellow they/thems?

June 24, 2024 Jim Trinca

Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 overlooks the party from Dragon Age Veilguard

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New Magic | Dragon Age: The Veilguard could be escaping Baldur's Gate 3's shadow by leaving its heritage behind

BioWare isn't trying to occupy the same fantasy RPG space anymore, and that's okay.

June 22, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Trail by Briar | League of Legends' new summer event is a loving send-up of Vampire Survivors that you've got to play

Available for a limited time, you'll be able to join the Anima Squad in what I feel is Riot's best summer event yet.

June 21, 2024 Connor Makar

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Roaming around | League of Legends new champion Aurora is a roaming, evasive monster you've absolutely got to try

Riot Games has been hard at work on a new champion, an AP carry for both top and mid lane.

June 20, 2024 Connor Makar

Marvel Rivals hands on banner image, with Storm, Starlord, Cable, and more heroes in the background.

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Under the mask | Marvel Rivals is just a drab Overwatch-like in an eye-catching costume - hands-on preview

Aside for some genuinely cool comic book aesthetics, there's not much originality here in Marvel Rivals.

June 19, 2024 Connor Makar

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Melina stands over a slightly desaturated version of the Erdtree in the Lands of Shadow.

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IN THE SHADOWS | Shadow of the Erdtree is an almost perfect expansion, but one thing keeps bothering me

Yes, the Elden Ring expansion is incredible - but it's missing something other top-tier DLCs like Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty do very, very well.

June 19, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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A goat, a capybara, and a human in Goat Simulator 3's DLC.

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More Capri-chaos | Goat Simulator 3: Multiverse of Nonsense hands-on preview - plenty of goats, some chaos, and a giant capybara

The surprisingly large DLC offers plenty more wacky hijinks, even if some gags might land better than others.

June 19, 2024 Mark Warren

Key art from the Delicious in Dungeon anime showing from left to right, Marcille, Laios, Chilchuck, Senshi, and Izutsumi, all looking cautious about something, various other characters behind them.

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Good Eatin' | Delicious in Dungeon season one review - an entrée so good, I can't wait for dessert

Bring on the next course!

June 19, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The trolley problem featuring Tom Orry and Todd Howard on the tracks

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PODCAST | What’s the best game that had the worst reveal trailer? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 102

They say that the first impression is the most important, so even if your game is great, you’d better not botch the announcement.

June 18, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Blossoming Seeds | Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake is looking like a beautiful, faithful, and powerful history lesson - hands-on

As the Dragon Quest series approaches its 40th anniversary, Square Enix returns to the beginning with what's looking like a gorgeous and incredibly faithful remake.

June 18, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA | There's good fan service, and then there's Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero

I played perhaps the most luscious, loving send-up to source material in years.

June 17, 2024 Connor Makar

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Heart and Horsepower | Golden Lap is a wonderful reminder that motor racing’s about the perfect blend of terrifying thrills and mind-numbing math

You take your life in your own hands, all for a grasp at glory conveyed by tenths and hundredths.

June 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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Build Ordered | Battle Aces feels like a brilliant competitive RTS for the TikTok generation - and also the old, somehow

The classic genre is evolving.

June 14, 2024 Alex Donaldson

Some characters and monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds.

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Wild World | Monster Hunter Wilds goes above and beyond in search of evolution - preview

It's a real wild one, wild one, wild one, wild one.

June 13, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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PREHISTORIC CHORES | Amber Isle is exactly the Animal Crossing-like you think it is, and that's not a bad thing

Cute dinos and a cozy village are exactly what we're getting.

June 13, 2024 Fran Ruiz

Split image of Legion in Mass Effect 2 and art from Citizen Sleeper 2.

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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.

June 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Skyrim's Nazeem against the background of The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser trailer.

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LIVING THE NAZEEM | “I'll do it as long as I have to” – inside a Skyrim player’s 1000 day long (so far) quest to kill Nazeem until The Elder Scrolls 6 drops

“I was determined that no matter what, I would go all the way, even if no one was watching.”

June 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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EEE | Summer Game Fest isn’t yet the E3 replacement the industry needs - but it’s getting there

I still miss E3.

June 12, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Xbox's Phil Spencer and a nuke going off in Fallout 4.

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Nuke Perspective | Remember Phil Spencer’s Fallout 76 CAMP getting nuked? Here’s how that whole thing looked from Bethesda’s point-of-view

“Phil is also now able to launch nukes…”

June 12, 2024 Mark Warren

The player looking at the storm in Fallout 76's Skyline Valley expansion.

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Lost and Found | Fallout 76 Skyline Valley hands-on preview – plenty of Vault intrigue under unnaturally stormy skies makes this a Ghoul’s paradise

Welcome to Shenandoah, where a creepy manor, some family matters, and lots of red await.

June 12, 2024 Mark Warren

Header image that reads Citizen Sleeper 2 Hands On

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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.

June 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Header image for London Soundtrack Festival, with dates 19-26 March

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Music to my Ears | Games music goes mainstream: video game soundtracks get their dues as part of London’s first ever Soundtrack Festival

Star Wars, Baldur’s Gate 3, Death Stranding, and Metal Gear Solid among the games to be celebrated in London’s inaugural soundtrack festival in March 2025.

June 12, 2024 Dom Peppiatt