Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Review

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For years, the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise has been on less-than-radical form. After delivering a handful of the greatest games – skateboarding or otherwise – ever made, the series began to bail hard, culminating

Mafia: Definitive Edition Review

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After the disappointing remaster of Mafia II back in May, this ground-up remake of the original Mafia game is a bit more like it – although the emphasis is very much on “a bit”, as this rebuild crime classic

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Review

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Few things betray our rose-tinted memories like revisiting a beloved 3D platform game from the ’90s. Rare exceptions notwithstanding, these once revolutionary experiences – responsible for making many of us life-long fans of the medium

Star Wars: Squadrons Review

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More than a hundred video games have made use of the Star Wars license over the past four decades. Few, however, have managed to create the illusion of actually being in those movies as effectively as the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games of

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Review

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Never ones to be held back by the limitations of traditional screen-and-controller gaming, Nintendo are no strangers to blending the virtual and the real. The company’s Labo range, while objectively bonkers, worked brilliantly, its ingenious

Watch Dogs: Legion Review

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Ubisoft’s open-world hackathon Watch Dogs{=nofollow} returns, this time swapping a singular agent of heroic cyber squad DedSec for a whole city of them. Here, almost everyone in near-future London is a recruitable agent, bringing unique skills, identities,

Christmas Gift Guide 2020: Video Games

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If there’s one thing that’s kept us sane through the 2020 lockdowns it’s video games, and while this year has been an unapologetic bin fire on almost every other level, the gaming industry has been firing on all

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Review

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After showing players the magnificence of ancient Egypt in Assassin’s Creed Origins and the glory of the Greek pantheon in Odyssey, the series’ latest location – 9th century England, splat in the middle of the Dark Ages –

Godfall Review

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Godfall{=nofollow}__ does not give a good first impression. Whether it’s the lumbering, slow protagonist Orin, his exceedingly basic and clunky combat style, or the almost offensively simplistic, linear layout of corridors you’ll be guiding him

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Review

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Amazing. Spectacular. Sensational. Just a few of the superlatives brandished by your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man on the covers of the comics, but also apt descriptors for this stunning semi-sequel to the 2018 superhero epic. For this PS5 launch