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Crow Country header image, featuring the name of the game, PS1-style aesthetics, and a heavy blackened vignette around the edges.

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CAW BLIMEY | Crow Country is so much more than the sum of its Final Fantasy 7 and Resident Evil-inspired polygonal parts, and probably one of the best horror games of the year

Why SFB Games' latest is probably one of the best horror titles you'll play this year.

May 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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DRONING DRIVERS | EA Sports F1 24 preview part three - get ready to hear Max Verstappen's actual voice convey just how boring winning all the time can be

Thanks team, shoutout to everyone back at the factory, I definitely didn't nearly fall asleep midway through that race.

May 7, 2024 Mark Warren

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KLOWNS R US | Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game is as absurd as you’d expect, for all the right reasons

Faithful to the source material and exceptionally wacky as a result, I can’t believe Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game wasn’t conceived sooner.

May 7, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Zel-don’t to Zel-do | I'd have forever hated Tunic if it wasn't for this one menu option

Out now on PlayStation Plus, and a must play even if you are terrible at games.

May 7, 2024 Tom Orry

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PODCAST | What's the best game with shooting where you don't get a gun for ages? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 98

What's the point in having guns if they won't let us shoot people? Eh?

May 7, 2024 Jim Trinca

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MAYSTARWARSDERBY DAY | What are you playing this weekend?

What a month already: May Day, Derby Day, and Star Wars Day - all in the first week!

May 4, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Oggdo Bogdo

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TOAD-AY OF ALL DAYS | This Star Wars Day we celebrate the best part of the Star Wars Jedi series: Oggdo Bogdo

Here's to you, Oggdo. Please come back in Star Wars Jedi 3.

May 4, 2024 Connor Makar

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A man holding set 75192 - the Millenium Falcon - is shown beside new, smaller Millenium Falcon set 75375

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THERE IS ANOTHER | 25 years in, LEGO Star Wars has finally created the perfect set - and it’ll cost you less than what came before

Sometimes, less is more - both in cost, in size, even in piece count. That thinking has finally come to LEGO Star Wars.

May 4, 2024 Alex Donaldson

A collage of Fallout Magic the Gathering cards sits behind a Commander pack of the Dogmeat card.

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TRAP CARD | Magic The Gathering’s ‘Universes Beyond’ tie-ins are synergistic gaming perfection

I’ve never really been a player of Magic: The Gathering. But clever tie-ins are making me into one.

May 2, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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HE FALLS A LOT | The Fall Guy is an uncomplicated, old-fashioned movie magic centred on some of today's hottest stars

A much-needed return to big-budget Hollywood flicks in which star power mattered more than IP.

May 2, 2024 Fran Ruiz

Nate in Fallout: Deadweight alongside a shot of some of the short's crew.

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MUTANT MOVIEMAKING | “I would do it all over again right now” Creating the cool Fallout fan film that dropped just before Amazon’s TV show

"I've definitely spent roughly over $65,000 of my own money on this, and I know I'll never see any of it back."

May 1, 2024 Mark Warren

Sora sits on a throne, looking directly into the camera, in a Kingdom Hearts background that is slightly blurred.

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ONE AND DONE | I'm not sure I believe those Kingdom Hearts movie rumours, but if one does happen, I'm begging, keep it simple

And clean.

May 1, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A collection of femme demons pose in front of a slightly blurred, hellish desert area.

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HEE-HO, LET’S GO | Darker than Final Fantasy, harder than Persona – there’s never been a better time to get into Shin Megami Tensei than with SMT5: Vengeance

There’s been a wealth of amazing RPGs so far in 2024, but now it’s time to take it up a notch with the uber-hard Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

April 30, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Some bears in video games, alongside text about bears, for our podcast about bears.

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BEAR-D INFLUENCE | What's the best game where you fight a bear? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 97

I'll be honest, it's far too many of them. Even if we're still waiting on a Yogi and Boo-Boo FPS.

April 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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UNDER THE SEA | Another Crab's Treasure brings something truly fresh to Xbox Game Pass and the Soulslike genre

It may seem obvious, but Another Crab's Treasure does one thing that sets itself apart from its rivals.

April 29, 2024 Connor Makar

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Knuckles, in his TV show and live action film appearance, is in focus over art from him in Sonic & Knuckles and the OVA.

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TIL YOU BUCK | Knuckles follows a long-standing tradition of baffling video game adaptations, but I can't figure out if that's a good thing or not

Rougher than the rest of them.

April 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PLENTY TO PLAY | What are you playing this weekend?

Stop watching TV and play some games.

April 27, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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BUSHIDO BRAVE | Shogun is brave, bold, and a must-watch TV epic for the ages

If you’re yet to watch FX’s hit new Japanese historical drama, there’s no more excuses: with the full season out, it’s a bingable must-watch.

April 27, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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A multi-armed beast of ill-intent in No Rest for the Wicked holds a corpse, looking like it's about to eat it.

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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.

April 27, 2024 Fran Ruiz

A creepy-looking stalker with a camera peers at the viewer, with a blossoming, saturated ribcage and heart in the background.

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WATER THE FLOWER | Life Eater is a short, gripping 'kidnapping sim' that’ll have you questioning everything you believe in

This 'horror fantasy kidnapping simulator' is deeply disturbing at first glance, but Life Eater manages to serve up tragedy tastefully.

April 26, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Two characters from Honkai Star Rail on top of a background from Genshin Impact.

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SHINING STARS | As Honkai: Star Rail turns one, we look back on the Genshin Impact successor that might just outshine its blockbuster older sibling

We're all living in a gacha game world now, but who holds the throne of the F2P empire? Figuring it out isn't as simple as you think.

April 26, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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The skeletal, metal form of the Terminator is menacingly overlaid on top of the 'eye' Nvidia symbol.

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AI'LL B THERE 4 U | I talked to Nvidia’s AI NPC: it’s impressive, uncanny, an ethical nightmare, and inevitably here to stay - like it or not

Is this the beginning of the robot uprising, or just a weird little novelty that will tire itself out? A little of column A, a little of column B.

April 26, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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THE WORLD ON FIRE | Hear me out. After the Fallout TV show I don't want a new Fallout FPS - I'm fiending for a top down RPG

There's never been a better opportunity to head back to the series' roots

April 26, 2024 Connor Makar

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Some Vault Boys having a wee dance and Fallout 4's Sole Survivor using a minigun.

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POST-NUCLEAR PITCHES | What do you want from Fallout 5? We asked some Fallout community staples what they need from the next game in Bethesda's series

We've likely still got a while to wait for the real thing, but as we delve into Fallout 4's next-gen update, let's have some fun with the unknown.

April 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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Lewis Hamilton and George Russell driving for Mercedes in F1 24.

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LEGEND-BUILDING LAPS | EA Sports F1 24 Career Mode preview - get ready to build on Nigel Mansell's moustache legacy, if you want to

You can also try and get poor Nico Hulkenberg that elusive podium - or take his streak into even more terrifying territory.

April 25, 2024 Mark Warren

A shot of a Vault Boy from Fallout 4 on a computer terminal.

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ATOMIC DROP | Fallout 4 next-gen update release time: When will it arrive?

We already know it'll contain some cool Enclave goodies and fun-looking guns, but when will it drop?

April 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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THOSE WHO PLAY | Manor Lords is 2024's must-play strategy game, even in early access – and a massive win for Game Pass

Slavic Magic has already made one of the best strategy games of 2024 – in a Manor of speaking (sorry).

April 24, 2024 Josh Broadwell

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FINALITY | 5 years on from Mortal Kombat 11's series high-point, the games industry seems intent on making it the last MK I'll ever love

I’ve always felt that Mortal Kombat 11 was the end of an era for NetherRealm, and Mortal Kombat 1 solidified that for me.

April 23, 2024 Sherif Saed

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FIGHTING MUSIC | "We're trying something out that's very experimental" - Casey Edwards opens up about 2XKO's soundtrack

A chat with Casey Edwards on his journey to 2XKO, and his role on the project.

April 22, 2024 Connor Makar

A Ferrari going up Eau Rouge in EA Sports F1 24.

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CAN YOU HANDLE IT? | EA Sports F1 24 preview - Yes, it might even give you a reason to actually drive the Williams

Logan Sargeant surpassing Lewis Hamilton's win total here I come.

April 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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GOOD, AD, UGLY? | The first 4 episodes of the Knuckles TV series feel like a fever dream – for better, and for worse

What if The Mighty Boosh, Sonic the Hedgehog, and some of the most egregious product placement you’ve ever seen had a baby?

April 22, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

The nukes dropping and a Vault Boy showing off the cartoony inside of a vault - the two faces of modern Fallout.

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THE BEGINNING | The Fallout TV show’s good, but Bethesda shouldn't be afraid to let the series out of its Vault-Tec liveried box

War may never change, but that doesn’t mean Fallout’s world needs to stand still.

April 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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A circle of hands linked together in No Rest of the Wicked's key art.

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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.

April 20, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Michael Douglas as Hank Pym in Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania

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SUPERHERO DRAMA | Michael Douglas requesting Hank Pym to be killed off in Ant-Man 3 highlights the MCU's recent lack of stakes

There have been exceptions, but it's largely felt toothless as of late.

April 20, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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HIGH WATERMARK | “We put everything into this expansion” - Final Fantasy 16’s DLC director speaks on the game’s final content drop

Final Fantasy 16 is finally complete, with its final DLC out now. We catch up with the director of the add-ons to talk about what's new for Rising Tide, and how to successfully close out Clive's adventures.

April 20, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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