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ARS GRATIA ARTIS | Pentiment review: a wonderful tapestry of historical intrigue, and a welcome treat for Game Pass users
Nobody expects a lavish ink commission.
Jim Trinca (Page 5)
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EYE AM THE MOB | God of War: Ragnarök casts Odin as a mob boss in a deft blend of The Last of Us and Skyrim
Once again, Kratos' latest adventure is a greatest hits package of AAA gaming.
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PANDORA'S IDIOT BOX | God of War: Ragnarök loves your £2000 TV
The game ships with a suite of graphics options to make your OLED sing like a valkyrie.
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LITERARY THO | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.24: The best game based on a book that nobody who played it has read
We don't talk about book club.
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THE RATINGS ARE IN | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.23: The best 6/10 that's better than The Last of Us
Sometimes you get good sixes and iffy nines, we don't make the rules.
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POTATO, POTAHTO | Xbox Series S isn’t holding next-gen back, reality is
Devs will always have to cater for the lowest common denominator, which the Series S isn’t.
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FILLING IN | VG247's best games ever podcast LIVE at EGX
In which we argue on stage about what constitutes a pie while several people look on bewildered.
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THE BLAST OF US | Modern Warfare 2’s campaign eases off the bombast and takes inspiration from Naughty Dog
Call of Duty learns that quiet character moments are often more memorable than exploding bridges.
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PIKACHU PERFORMANCE | Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is brilliantly ambitious, but possibly too much for the hardware it has to run on.
I hate to be a "we need a Switch Pro" guy but man, we need a Switch Pro.
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VIVA ESPAÑA | Resident Evil 4 Remake lets you move and shoot, but remains staunchly authentic
How do you improve on perfection?
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THE MIDDLING JOKE | Gotham Knights answers the question “Would Batman games be as good without Batman?” with: “No”
A circus of Robins can’t fill the Bat-boots.
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RAT RACE | A Plague Tale: Requiem will let you leg it to the end
Asobo Studio's blockbuster sequel wants you to know that stealth isn't everything.
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THE MAD RATTER | A Plague Tale: Requiem refines and expands on the original like every good sequel should
The rat apocalypse gets a blockbuster encore in the style of Aliens or Terminator 2.
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DISGUSTENG | What the hell is Scorn? This icky survival horror will leave Game Pass subscribers squirming
Xbox decides to involve HR (Giger).
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AGGRESSIVELY MID | The First Descendant feels too generic to succeed
High production values and competence can’t elevate bland ideas.
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FIGHT CLUB | Street Fighter 6’s online experience sets a new gold standard for players
The battle hub is a perfect blend of high-concept social space and match lobby.
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PRATT FALL | We replaced Chris Pratt with Charles Martinet in The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer
Mario's original voice actor has quite the range.
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TRAIN BRAINING | RAILGRADE is a railway management puzzler that's a train set for your inner child
This miniature sim is a masterclass in how brilliant art direction can elevate a game from mid-tier to something truly memorable.
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DOOMED PLANET | The Invincible will ask much of the audience, but the rewards could be well worth it
Adapting a landmark work of speculative fiction for the Fortnite age is as risky as space exploration itself.
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WAR CHANGES A LOT | Modern Warfare 2: Can it recapture the glory days of Xbox Live?
The original MW2 dominated a much less crowded marketplace.
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IT IS ME, MARIO! | Is the Mario movie secretly an Uncharted movie? 7 things we've found in the poster
The Super Mario Bros. movie will be jam-packed with easter eggs and deep cuts.
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STADIA WITH ME | First OnLive, now Stadia: Cloud Gaming has been rejected by the market twice – it’s time to let it go
Billions of megacorp cash and Stadia still couldn’t mount a serious challenge to consoles launching in an era of chip shortages, pandemics, and recessions.
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FI FA FO FUM | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.19: The best game with an acronised name like 'FIFA' that isn't FIFA
This podcast isn't about FIFA, but we've been told to do more stuff on FIFA, so.
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HOG WILD | Sonic Frontiers may finally bring 'Sonic the Games' in line with 'Sonic the Phenomenon'
Bold, daft ideas are essential for Sonic's longevity.
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CRISIS PHWOAR | Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion: Does it work in a post-remake world, or is it too stuck in the past?
We are once again revisiting the origin of Cloud’s strife.
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VOXEL NOIR | EGX vlog: you simply must play Shadows of Doubt
There's no doubt about its quality.
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BEST SERVED COLT | Deathloop comes to us all, here's some Xbox Series X gameplay
The exclusivity deal left too many players out of the loop.
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'Ken 'ell | Street Fighter 6: Twenty fist-pounding minutes of new hands-on PS5 gameplay
Better fighters, better modes, better get some practice.
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CREED ALL ABOUT IT | Assassin's Creed Mirage proves that less is more
Mirage represents a Unity of past and future.
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DEUS EX-CHANGED | Are Tomb Raider and Deus Ex now out of the wilderness?
Lara Croft was always too hip to be Square.
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Sixth House Rules | The Elder Scrolls Morrowind at 20: Bethesda's total-immersion RPG that changed everything
As Morrowind enters its third decade, we examine why Bethesda's quirky RPG was so impressive – and why the games that followed couldn't hold a candle to it.
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Tango's game works | Ghostwire: Tokyo proves there’s nothing inherently wrong with the maligned Ubisoft open-world formula
Why does this action horror game succeed despite following similar design structure?
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hard science | Starfield might not be ‘Skyrim In Space’ – removed from fantasy, we could get a new style RPG
With Starfield, Bethesda has the opportunity to change the tune and deliver an experience different to The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.
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behind brass eyes | GTA 6's biggest problem isn't living up to the hype, it's the fact that parody is dead
Can GTA's brand of humour work in a world that's beyond parody? VG247 looks into what could be Rockstar's big new issue.
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knives out | Waiting for The Elder Scrolls 6? Put down Skyrim and play Daggerfall
If you cannot wait for your next sojourn into Bethesda's sprawling RPG universe, we recommend you go back and play Daggerfall. Not Skyrim, again.
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Arrow to the 4K knee | Annoyed about Skyrim’s constant re-releases? Don’t be, the alternative is much worse
Game preservation and emulation are important issues the industry needs to address.