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GOING LONG | XDefiant is fantastic - but can it last with a new Call of Duty on the horizon?

I'm having a grand ol' time with XDefiant, but whether or not it can hang around in the long term remains to be seen.

May 24, 2024 Connor Makar

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Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in Doctor Who.

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AT ARMS LENGTH | 73 Yards is more than just an all-time great Doctor Who episode, it’s one of the best bits of TV in years - Review

Doctor Who is always at its best when it’s weird. This week, it drops one of its weirdest episodes yet - and it may well be one of the best.

May 23, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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A split image with Delta Force Hawk Ops soldier and Battlefield 2042 soldier going head to head under a triangular symbol from the BH game.

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TO THA CHOPPA | As Battlefield 2042 winds down, an unlikely new contender is ready to take its place

Delta Force: Hawk Ops is very much going after the Battlefield audience, and often in a shameless way.

May 23, 2024 Sherif Saed

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A TALE UNTOLD | Remembering Total War Three Kingdoms, 5 years later – a game too good to be left behind

Five years since it launched, I pour one out for the turn-based strategy that could have been.

May 23, 2024 Connor Makar

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A poster for Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle showing the two rival teams all posed facing each other.

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A TEAM EFFORT | Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle made me a believer in sports anime

Haikyu's first film is a fun outing that (mostly) works as a good introduction to a beloved series.

May 23, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

custom header with Shot One fighters character crossed with pro player Justin Wong

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YOU'VE GOT ONE SHOT | Shot One Fighters thinks it has what it takes to go head-to-head with fighting game royalty like Street Fighter and Tekken

Its ace in the hole is Justin Wong, an infamous lover of parries and consultant on the game.

May 22, 2024 Connor Makar

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PODCAST | Who is currently winning the Best Games Ever Podcast?

We don't have office politics, apart from the half hour per week that we record and publish for your entertainment.

May 21, 2024 Jim Trinca

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IT'S A KNOCKOUT | What are you playing this weekend?

Games without frontiers.

May 18, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Jurassic World Evolution 2 - Spinosaurus

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THREE-REX | Jurassic World Evolution 2's follow-up should also look to Netflix's animated series for inspiration

The Jurassic franchise is much bigger now.

May 18, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Danny DeVito and Charlie Day in Always Sunny in Philadelphia, they're stood in a bar talking to someone offscreen, Wario and Luigi hats Photoshopped into their respective heads.

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OH YEAH | So, Danny DeVito wants to be Wario – but is he really the best fit for Mario’s gassy counterpart?

And who should play the rest of the cast from the Mushroom Kingdom?

May 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Neon Genesis Evangelion's Shinji and Kaworu sat back to back, each with an earphone in one air, the starry night sky in the background.

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ANIME WAS A MISTAKE | Neon Genesis Evangelion's creator says there might be plans for more with someone else at the helm, but I can't think of a worse idea

It's the end of the end of Evangelion.

May 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A menacing red and black figure with a halo of light stares at the viewer.

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BATTING 1000 | Got a Nier: Automata-shaped hole in your heart? You shouldn't resist picking up this ambitious sci-fi title for PC and Switch, then

1000xRESIST picks up the slack while you wait for the next Nier.

May 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Chai from HiFi Rush sits in front of a PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, looking shocked

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LOVE HURTS | It’s all very sad, isn’t it - where does the games industry go from here?

It's hard to love an industry that is seemingly always in chaos.

May 15, 2024 Tom Orry

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Ncuti Gatwa's face sits in the middle of art from Kingdom Hearts: Sora and Cloud flank the latest Dr Who. In the background, a blurred Disney Plus tile screen.

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PLAYING MOUSE | If Disney wants a live action or animated Kingdom Hearts, the perfect template is already streaming on Disney Plus

Who? You know Who. And Disney should take a very British leaf out of the Doctor's book.

May 14, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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A husk from Killing Floor over the top of a wall of perks from Killing Floor 2.

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HIGH MURDER FLOOR | On its 15th anniversary, Killing Floor stands as one of the best zombie shooters – and the timing couldn’t be more perfect for Killing Floor 3

Killing Floor has always been my zombie shooter of choice, and it all has to do with the fundamentals of its approach to gameplay.

May 14, 2024 Sherif Saed

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PODCAST | What's the best game where your character gets wet, then slowly dries off? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 99

Water palaver! Games are so good at simulating H2O, but which is the most clever?

May 14, 2024 Jim Trinca

Hades 2 key art showing Melinoe performing some kind of spell, a blurred image of the game in the background.

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GOING UP? | Hades 2 fulfilled my greatest wish from the first game, and all it took was a simple change in direction

Supergiant's sequel has introduced an Olympian challenge.

May 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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SPACE, BABY | Doctor Who finally has its mojo back thanks to Russell T. Davies: the best to ever do it

His successors tried to turn it into a prestige drama, and that’s the last thing I want from the show that can be anything.

May 12, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Key art of Link from both Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild superimposed over landscape shots of Hyrule.

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COME AGAIN | One year on, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom still doesn't feel like a sequel – it's a second act

Breath of the Wild was just the beginning.

May 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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2794 OR BUST | Bungie's classic 1994 first-person shooter Marathon now available on Steam, and it's free-to-play for PC and Mac

All aboard the UESC Marathon.

May 11, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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LET’S CRY | Star Trek: Discovery goes out as it came in: robbing better shows of their mystique

Disco’s final season goes boldly where nobody asked, but remains a success story that has defied every critic

May 11, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Dogmeat in Fallout 4, looking cutely at the camera with a nuclear detonation behind him.

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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.

May 11, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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WHAT WAS THE POINT? | Is Call of Duty coming to Xbox Game Pass? Yes, no, maybe, who knows - but it’s clear no one believes what Xbox says any more

After years of building up Game Pass as a viable part of its business, and billions of dollars spent acquiring content for it, even Microsoft is seemingly struggling to justify Call of Duty on Game Pass.

May 10, 2024 Sherif Saed

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A cluster of heroes stand in front of a 2D art battle scene from an isometric game.

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PAINFUL TACTICS | Prelude Dark Pain may look like isometric Darkest Dungeon, but its influences run much, much deeper than that

So far, it's got the style and substance required to make a splash.

May 10, 2024 Fran Ruiz

Text reads 'Game Over' and Chai from Hi-Fi Rush lies in the middle of a spotlight, surrounded by black.

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BLOOD MONEY | "Being acquired is a stepping stone to having your studio shut down" Gaming founders and CEOs speak out on the current state of the industry

We reached out to various video game studio owners following Microsoft's closure of Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, and more.

May 10, 2024 Connor Makar

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TIP THE SCALES | Street Fighter 6 is about to get some huge balance changes - here's some highlights from the upcoming patch

New year, new pro tour season, new balance. The Street Fighter 6 meta is about to get spicy.

May 10, 2024 Andi Hamilton

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MESSATSU | The most OP character in Street Fighter history is set to terrorize Street Fighter 6 - hands-on

Akuma has always been absolutely disgustingly dangerous. In Street Fighter 6, he has more tools than ever.

May 10, 2024 Andi Hamilton

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JUST SPANDEX | Everyone should just chill about the Superman costume reveal because we've been here before

Time is a flat circle, and moaning over comic book characters is eternal.

May 9, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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HELL-O THERE | Should I play Hades 2 in Early Access, or should I wait for the full launch? Here’s what we think

There's more pros than there are cons right now.

May 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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GAME PAST IT | Xbox must fully embrace third-party and Xbox Game Pass to find success – but is Microsoft struggling to see the bigger picture?

The games company Microsoft built is better positioned than ever to go big on both fronts, so why is it not going for it?

May 9, 2024 Tom Orry

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Chai, from HiFi Rush, swings his guitar weapon down in front of him, over a blurred image of a boss fight from the game.

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A RUSH, A PUSH | Xbox's Hi-Fi Rush has that Dreamcast era vibe, and it was one of the best games of 2023

Last year's Xbox Game Pass surprise drop has a really retro feel to it – and it was something fresh, bold, and exciting for the industry.

May 9, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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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.

May 8, 2024 James Billcliffe

An Xbox Series X sits in the middle of a faded Japanese flag.

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NIPPON IT IN THE BUD | With the closure of Tango Gameworks, Xbox sends an accidental message: it is not a platform for fans of Japanese games

No matter what Xbox leadership says in its livestreams or in statements, one thing remains true: it's relationship with Japan never came first.

May 8, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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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

A segmented image featuring mobile games available on Netflix, including Dead Cells, Immortality, Kentucky Route Zero, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Into the Breach

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NET A GOOD ONE | If you’ve got a Netflix subscription, you have to play these 20 essential free games

All of these essential games are included as part of your Netflix subscription, and they're all great

May 7, 2024 James Billcliffe

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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