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A split image; the lone wanderer and dog from Fallout 4 on the left, and the scientist and dog from Fallout TV series on the right.

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PRETTY S.P.E.C.I.A.L | The Fallout TV show treads the best path a video game adaptation can take

What did I do after I rolled the credits on this show? I installed Fallout 4 and New Vegas. Enough said?

April 10, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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A Nintendo Wii U with Mario Kart 8 playing on the gamepad, images of a Splatoon squid kid, Mario, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker's Link, and Animal Crossing's Isabelle in the background.

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U, WII, US | It might have been a bad console, but I'm still sad the Wii U is dying today

Gone, but probably eventually forgotten.

April 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Some Fallout New Vegas characters in prime 2010 Tumblr style.

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DOOMS-DATES | Ahead of the Fallout TV show, you should replay Fallout New Vegas, because it’s the ultimate dating sim with nukes

Truth is... the dates were set up from the start…

April 7, 2024 Mark Warren

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A still from The Matrix of Trinity and Neo walking through a corporate building, both in black leather trench coats and sunglasses on.

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FROM THE TOP | If The Matrix 5 has to happen, it needs to start from scratch

It would be better if it just didn't exist, though.

April 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

2D art of Sora from Kingdom Hearts with his Kingdom Key held over his back. He is super imposed over some key art from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth showing the main cast of characters looking out over a grassy, mountainous landscape.

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RE: CONNECT | If Kingdom Hearts ever gets a remake, it needs the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth treatment

There's no other way to do it.

April 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Dragon's Dogma 2 beastren and human characters stand side-by-side

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DOGMA CONFIDENCE | Dragon’s Dogma 2 doesn’t care about you in the slightest, and it’s the single most attractive thing about it

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the most expensive indie game ever made, and I won’t hear otherwise.

April 5, 2024 Sherif Saed

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On the left, art of Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, he is sat his prosthetic arm holding out his hand, his brother Alphonse, a living suit of armour, sat behind him. On the right, the main chast of Daemons of the Shadow Realm, all stood posed looking into the camera.

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GET TO IT | Fullmetal Alchemist fans are doing themselves a disservice by not reading its creator's latest manga

You're making a mistake by not hopping on the Daemons of the Shadow Realm train now.

April 5, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A Lethal Company crewmate with their hands up, superimposed over a blurred screenshot of Content Warning, which shows various people in a colourful, nature filled environment being filmed on a camcorder.

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LAUGH IT OFF | With Lethal Company and Content Warning, video games might have finally nailed the horror comedy

An underappreciated genre in games is finally getting the spotlight.

April 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Matthew Perry next to his character, Benny, in Fallout New Vegas, and the memorial dedicated to his memory.

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FRIENDS FOREVER | “I'm gonna do something simple, but meaningful” - How a Fallout New Vegas modder memorialised Matthew Perry

“I wanted to like, put him even more - him as the person behind Benny - into the game.”

April 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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COMFY GRIND | As The Elder Scrolls Online turns 10, here's why you should be playing Bethesda's overlooked Skyrim follow-up

You don't have to sit there just waiting for TES VI, you know.

April 4, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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FILTERED | Wuthering Waves may be able to solve one of the biggest problems in Genshin Impact, and the gacha genre at large

If you fall asleep doing Spiral Abyss in Genshin Impact, this might be one for you.

April 4, 2024 Connor Makar

Fallout's Vault Boy and some bottlecaps.

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SUPER MUTANT SCRIMP | If you want to play Fallout 4 before the TV series hits, here's how to avoid blowing all your bottlecaps

Look, those microfusion cells and treats for Dogmeat aren’t going to pay for themselves.

April 3, 2024 Mark Warren

Frank West, from Dead Rising, stands holding a camera over the top of a blurred image of a dragon from Dragon's Dogma 2.

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BEST IN THE WEST | After Dragon’s Dogma 2, one thing is clear: it’s time for a Dead Rising Reboot

Let's continue Capcom's winning streak of bringing old franchises back from beyond… rising the dead, if you will.

April 3, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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A cutout of Eddy Gordo, overlaid on top of an angrier, bigger, Eddy Gordo from Tekken 8.

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WHIRLWIND | Tekken 8's Eddy Gordo patch is an absolute disaster

While the Tekken team has created an absolute banger of a fighting game, the latest patch is troubling.

April 3, 2024 Connor Makar

The player records an enemy while standing near some laser traps in Content Warning

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SPOOKTUBE AWAITS | Is Content Warning worth buying now the free Steam giveaway is over?

The answer is yes, unless you were hoping that Content Warning was a fun single-player experience.

April 3, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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DEATH AND TAXES | "What happens in the desert stays in the desert" - How Dune Awakening's factions expand upon the lore more than the Dune movies

Be it Harkonnen or Atreides, the war for spice is fought with more than just swords and firearms.

April 2, 2024 Connor Makar

The main Hunter character from Bloodborne stands, back to the viewer, facing a blurred image of Vernmouth from Dragon's Dogma 2.

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A DOGMATIC APPROACH | I haven't clicked with Dragon's Dogma 2 yet - but thanks to Bloodborne, I know it's only a matter of time

This Arisen will need to take a bit more time to learn the lay of the land.

April 2, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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People pulling stupid faces in reaction to someone saying something stupid on the Best Games Ever Podcast.

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UNDERDOG | What's the best game everyone says you should hate but is actually good?

Forget critical consensus! What are some of the people's picks?

April 2, 2024 Connor Makar

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An image split into two panels. On the left: Dragon's Dogma 2's Arisen stands against a fiery background in full armour. On the right: Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Wyll, and Mizora.

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BACK TO RISEN ROAD | Dragon’s Dogma 2 has me feeling homesick for Baldur’s Gate — and that's fine

Maybe the grass is always greener in the other faux-medievalist high fantasy setting, but nevertheless, it proves that the two aren't interchangeable.

April 1, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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George Costanza stands over a blurred baseball game, and the massive words THE SHOW 24 are emblazoned behind him.

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PLAYING THE 'FELD | MLB The Show 24's cool, especially if you want to create the extra Seinfeld series we never knew we needed

It’s the summer of George, but not as you might remember it.

March 31, 2024 Mark Warren

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A skeletal soldier is overlayed onto an image of a character facing a dungeon in The Elder Scrolls: Blades

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I’M IN TAMRI-HELL | The Elder Scrolls' least memorable spin-off, Blades, could – and should – have been so much more than it was

The Elder Scrolls: Blades remains as forgettable now as it was in 2019.

March 30, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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NEW LEGENDS | Wherever the Avatar series goes next, it has some important lessons to learn from The Legend of Korra

The beloved series might need a bit of work before it progresses.

March 30, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A WHALE OF A TIME? | Gotta spend it all? Why Pokemon Go's monetization is making me re-evaluate my playtime

To spend, or not to spend, that is the question.

March 30, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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BAD = GOOD? | I like that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's minigames are kind of bad, actually

No, I'm not losing my marbles.

March 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - main poster

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KAIJUHAMEHA | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a live-action anime finale in which the two kaijus play Vegeta and Goku

At this point, they have better character arcs than some MCU heroes.

March 28, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Lilith, from Diablo 4, holds a skull over the top of a blurred image of loads of Game Pass titles.

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LILITH PERSPECTIVE | Diablo 4 deserves a lot of the flack it gets, but anyone jumping into today's Game Pass launch shouldn’t care

Diablo 4 remains a compelling action RPG, and easily makes for an exceptional Game Pass get - warts and all.

March 28, 2024 Sherif Saed

Sand Land's Beelzebub stands over a blurred image of a dragon and a buggy.

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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.

March 27, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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WARBOUND | Bellwright is a mix of Rimworld and Mount & Blade, and a true rebellion game at heart

The team at Donkey Crew have to win folks over after Lost Oasis, and Bellwright might just be the trick.

March 26, 2024 Connor Makar

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Custom Hyper Light Breaker header with Hades background

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BREAKING EXPECTATION | I'm hoping Hyper Light Breaker can pull a Hades and hammer out its flaws when it finally lands in Early Access later this year – preview

It's an interesting leap from 2D to 3D, and while the game has merit, I'm worried it'll lose diehard fans.

March 25, 2024 Connor Makar

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SPRING ARISEN | What are you playing this weekend?

Dragon's Dogma 2? Or something else? Decisions, decisions.

March 24, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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SLICE AND DIE | Slave Zero X is a gore-soaked trip down memory lane, for better and for worse

Not everything from the past is good.

March 22, 2024 Fran Ruiz

Laois, a man with short blonde hair wearing a suit of armour, and Senshi, a dwarf with dark hair and a long beard wearing a helmet, are sat around a pot of food in Delicious in Dungeon on the left. Coco, a young girl with green/ golden hair and a conical shaped, witch-like hat is smiling, her clothes billowing in the wind in Witch Hat Atelier on the right.

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WITCH WAY? | If you're loving Delicious in Dungeon as much as I am, then you need to check out this incredible fantasy series

The fantasy genre is eating well.

March 21, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Asuka, a ginger haired teenage girl, is sat in a red suit on a beach, Shinji, a teenage boy wearing a white shirt and black trousers next to her. The ocean is red, and a giant, white head is sticking out of the earth in the distance in a poster for End of Evangelion.

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DOESN'T MISS A BEAT | End of Evangelion is an animated heart attack, but that's why I love it so much

The one occasion where you might enjoy a heart attack.

March 20, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A header image for Alpha Protocol, stating the game's name with a blurred background featuring a spy holding a gun to someone's head, with monitors all around him.

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AYE, SPY | Cult-classic Alpha Protocol is back from the dead – here are 5 lessons it can teach modern action games

Obsidian Entertainment's legendary (and infamous) espionage thriller, Alpha Protocol, has returned to digital storefronts, but is it still worth playing?

March 20, 2024 James Billcliffe

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A black and white cutout of David Vonderhaar over the top of a split image consisting of Call of Duty World at War and Black Ops characters, as well as art of his new studio, BulletFarm.

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FROM FARM TO TABLE | Why Black Ops' David Vonderhaar doesn't want his new studio Bulletfarm to compete with Call of Duty

David Vonderhaar made Call of Duty for nearly 20 years. Now he's creating something new at BulletFarm.

March 19, 2024 James Billcliffe

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A bust shot of Hideaki Itsuno with a blurred image of a Dragon pointing at a human behind him, from Dragon's Dogma 1.

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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.

March 19, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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NEW TUXEDO | Whether it pans out or not, Aaron Taylor-Johnson would be a great James Bond

He's got both the style and the brawn.

March 19, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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The Prince, a young humanoid figure with a green, cylindrical hat, is pushing a ball of random stuff in key art for Katamari Damacy. A city and mountain can be seen in the distance, as well as a cow and a rainbow.

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QUE SERA SERA | 20 years on, Katamari Damacy is still the most "video game" video game there is

Those two decades sure rolled around quickly.

March 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Montage of British road signs, a Reliant Robin, and Pacific Drive

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ENDURANCE PREMIUM | Pacific Drive isn’t just a good driving game - it’s the antidote to your daily commute

All it takes to put an end to our automotive alienation is a nice station wagon and a ride down apocalypse avenue.

March 17, 2024 Mark Warren

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Komaru, on the ground, faces off against a Monokuma whose white side is turned towards the camera.

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CIDER TIME | What are you playing this weekend?

Why shouldn't you iron a four-leaf clover? You don’t want to press your luck.

March 17, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Shu, from Blue Dragon, eats a big egg and sticks his tongue out – overlaid over a composite of characters from Akira Toriyama.

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THE SHU FITS | Remembering Blue Dragon, the spiritual successor to Chrono Trigger that everyone wanted and nobody played

Remembering the other great Akira Toriyama game that doesn't get the attention it deserves from under the shadow of one of the all-time RPG greats.

March 14, 2024 Siobhán Casey

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CH-CH-CHANGES | The best change Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender made from the original shows how good it could have been

Wasted potential.

March 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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STAY ON TARGET | Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection has everything we could've wanted, yet still has a ways to go

Do or do not. There is no try.

March 14, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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GNARLY | Preview: Ascendant Infinity has heart, but is that enough to escape the shadow of FPS giants?

Even if Ascendant Infinity has merit, it'll take a lot of work to keep it from the shadow of Apex Legends and The Finals.

March 14, 2024 Connor Makar

Monster Hunter Now header for the Vernal update

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IN VERNAL ARMS | Monster Hunter Now’s latest update proves that, in 2024, it’s still one of the best mobile games out there

New weapons, new monsters, more rewards – oh, and a Deviljho; it doesn’t get much better than this.

March 14, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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MASTER BLASTER | The Finals season 2 preview: a promising upgrade to 2023's best FPS

We were able to play The Finals season 2 a few days early, and it looks like a banger.

March 13, 2024 Connor Makar

A cyberware shop in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

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MODYSSEY | Charting Cyberpunk 2077’s journey from sighs to highs through the eyes of its modding community

“I watched in the wings to see whether it would wither on the vine or bear fruit.”

March 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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A lone samurai stands staring out over the coast of Japan in the mid-1800s in Rise of the Ronin.

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HISTORY CHANNELED | Rise of the Ronin early impressions: Team Ninja’s PS5-exclusive isn’t without its shonky charm

Diluting the tight action of Nioh and loaded with open world busywork weakens Rise of the Ronin’s appeal – but there’s a certain joy amongst all the flaws.

March 11, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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An Oscar statue in front of a blue background. Geoff Keighley is stood away from the stage at The Game Awards, holding a microphone, smiling.

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STAR POWER | Despite its problems, watching the Oscars and its celebration of talent is a breath of fresh air after The Game Awards

Geoff Keighley could learn a thing or two from the Academy Awards.

March 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Mahito, a boy holding a homemade bow and arrow, is stood in front of a heron, an older man slightly behind them, as well as an old and slightly dilapidated building in a poster for The Boy and the Heron.

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FLIPPING THE BIRD | The Boy and the Heron deserves the Oscar win, but it doesn't need it

I'm still glad it did win, though.

March 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke