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Dark Desires | Following Patch 7, Baldur's Gate 3 Durge mains are urging Larian to revamp some key companion reactions before it moves on

"I honestly can't understand how this issue is being ignored, being that Durge is, along with Tav, the main character of the game, our own character."

Sept. 10, 2024 Mark Warren

A character unleashing an attack in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Next Level Stuff | Baldur's Gate 3 modders have already cheekily unlocked a developer mode in Larian's toolkit, potentially paving the way for full custom adventures

Because mods, and it could well just be the start of people doing cool in-depth stuff with the game.

Sept. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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Ah, Shoot | Renowned FPS developer MachineGames de-emphasized guns for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle because the fedora-wearer is mostly just "a somewhat clumsy archeologist"

That doesn't mean there won't be any shooting, though.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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The main cast of Baldur's Gate 3 on a smoky, grey background.

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Where's The Rockers? | At more than 3m downloads in just over 24 hours after Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 dropped, you can probably say that the modding tools are popular

Baldur's Gate 3 and mods get on like a house on fire.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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When Durges Cry | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 unleashes some of the hardest lines you'll ever hear, and it's broken the hearts of a bard's stans

Larian's ability to write dialogue that gives you emotional whiplash certainly isn't Karlaching.

Sept. 6, 2024 Mark Warren

Xbox's Phil Spencer next to Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

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Indy News Again | Xbox boss Phil Spencer's just said some things about the decision to bring Indiana Jones and The Great Circle to PlayStation

"I think it's just gonna be a strategy that works for us."

Aug. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Indiana Jones can be seen holding a lasso beside a buddha in promotional artwork for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

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Indy Games | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle whips up the Gamescom crowd with a release date — and some big news for PlayStation fans

Stealth, gunfights, sleuthing and whip swinging. What else could you ask for? As it turns out, a PS5 release!

Aug. 20, 2024 Connor Makar

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Green to Blue? | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is seemingly the next Xbox title coming to PS5, but not until next year

Indy and his hat will be whip-swinging onto Sony's consoles following a period of timed exclusivity, it's claimed.

Aug. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Review

Moving On | Closer the Distance review: A bittersweet tale of a town in mourning that's as sincere as it is refreshing

Closer the Distance is a unique and touching story told in the style of The Sims, where you decide what happens.

Aug. 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Diver Down | Thalassa: Edge of The Abyss review: Joining the dots to pull yourself out of the depths

Sarepta Studio’s latest work is all about diving deep to unearth the truth behind tragedy.

July 31, 2024 Mark Warren

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Back in It | No Rest for the Wicked's combat gets more brutal, the Crucible gets a revamp and stray animals arrive in latest update

It's been a while since No Rest for the Wicked has received a major update, and this latest one has certainly been worth the wait.

July 26, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Key art for Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, showing three young people in a city street looking surprised and concerned, a man superimposed to the left of them wearing a paper bag with a creepy smile for a mask.

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Happy Faces | It turns out Emio is... the first new Famicom Detective Club game in over 30 years, and the director of Super Metroid is back to make it

Seems like the best possible result, honestly.

July 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Marika holds up golden threads from the Elden Ring in the trailer for Shadow of the Erdtree.

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The Golden Rule | Shadow of the Erdtree finally lifted the veil on one of Elden Ring’s biggest mysteries, and it’s properly mind-blowing

He gets: Godhood. You get: Everything taken away

July 12, 2024 Josh Broadwell

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Metaphor Refantazio hands on header over some slightly blurred art of the cast.

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Get A Job | Metaphor ReFantazio plays like Persona and Shin Megami Tensei’s greatest hits – and that’s a good thing when it’s a compilation of absolute bangers

Atlus is being bold with a big new IP, but it’s paying off – Metaphor ReFantazio has what it takes to be the RPG of the year.

June 28, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Still Wakes the Deep would be better without the monsters: worse things have happened at sea

June 21, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Review

WIDOWS AND BAIRNS | Still Wakes the Deep review: This is perfect Game Pass fodder - great but flawed, perfectly paced, and exactly the right length.

This six-hour disaster movie keeps the tension up, but it has entirely the wrong focus.

June 18, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Split image of Legion in Mass Effect 2 and art from Citizen Sleeper 2.

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2 Citizen 2 Sleeper | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector "is a response to Mass Effect 2", but with one major twist – it's nothing like Mass Effect 2, and that's the point

Gareth Damian Martin's follow-up to one of 2022's best RPGs will have you thinking about your body all over again.

June 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Spaceship It | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is radically different to the first game, but even this early on, it's doing everything I want a deep, dense RPG to do - preview

Jump Over the Age's follow-up to one of 2022's best RPGs is off to a promising start.

June 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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X MARKS THE SPOT | Xbox pulls off the best E3 showcase in years, it’s a pity that both brands died before it could happen

Rumours of Xbox’s demise have clearly been exaggerated

June 10, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Two teens float in space, listening to music, looking at the stars.

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Take a walk, man | After making one of my favourite indie games of the last decade, Beethoven and Dinosaur is back with another music-first showstopper coming to Xbox, PlayStation and Steam

Beethoven and Dinosaur and publisher Annapurna Interactive know that the way to the heart is through the ears – and Mixtape aims to prove that.

June 9, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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What's The Crack? | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle looks even better than we last saw it, still doesn't have a release date

Not too long until you get to beat up some Nazis, even if we don't know how long that's going to be exactly.

June 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A skull and the words 'Hacked by HAL' are shown in binary code on an in-game screen in The Operator

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Indict the Future | The Operator reimagines The X Files as a work-from-home saga that may or may not be about little green men

The truth is several mouse clicks away.

June 9, 2024 Jim Trinca

Zek plays guitar by a campfire at night in Closer the Distance

Article

Heal A Community | Life is Strange meets The Sims in deeply moving Steam Next Fest demo for Closer the Distance

Closer the Distance is an emotional simulation game that tells the tale of a beautiful town amidst a terrible tragedy.

June 8, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Article

Making History | Mexico 1921: A Deep Slumber might be worth a go for Pentiment fans craving a fresh stop in the historical gaming time machine

Mácula Interactive’s intriguing creation feels like it might have a crack at delivering a unique history lesson, even if it’s not quite Pentiment

June 4, 2024 Mark Warren

Messmer sits in the middle of two new Shadow of the Erdtree images; one showing the player character about to throw a spear, the other a powerful knight – worshipper of Miquella.

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Shadow Boxing | Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree hands-on: More of the same is pretty great when you’re talking about one of the greatest games of all time

Who can complain about more Elden Ring? Especially when the quality – and, to a degree, quantity – matches the base game beat-for-beat?

June 4, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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FINALLY! | No Rest for the Wicked finally lets you remap controller buttons in its biggest update yet

No Rest for the Wicked continues to get better, and this most recent patch has delivered a lot of new and highly-requested features.

May 24, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Review

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS | Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 review – it’s the intrusive thought that counts

Ninja Theory’s graphical tour de force is marred by one-note action and narrative arrhythmia, but by God is it a treat for the eyes and ears.

May 21, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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VIDEO | Is No Rest for the Wicked worth a punt on early access, or should you wait for the full release?

Moon Studios’ grand genre-crossing experiment is a beautiful and compelling tease, but there’s a long way to go.

May 12, 2024 Jim Trinca

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

Article

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

Review

LAST SUPPER | Indika review - A bizarre, beautiful, and unforgettable journey of a scorned nun

Indika isn't just any ol’ nun, however. She happens to be accompanied by the devil.

May 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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GET PURR-PARED | Little Kitty, Big City swats its way to Game Pass alongside Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and more new and returning titles

Your May Game Pass line-up just got legen -wait for it - dary! (Old meme, so what?)

April 30, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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IN FOR THE LONG HAUL | No Rest for the Wicked dev's CEO boldly compares it to Lord of the Rings, as he lays out why we won't see Ori 3 for a long time

"To be clear: We'll be working on No Rest for the Wicked for another 5-10 years."

April 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A Vault Boy from the Fallout series stands with his thumbs up over a faded Canadian flag and the blown-up wastes of a North American area.

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O, CANADA | If Fallout 5's going to set the world on fire, Bethesda should head north of the border

If Bethesda wants to take the Fallout series to the next level with its next game, why not look to the US' polite – but no less fascinating – neighbour?

April 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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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

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SO FAR IN SO LITTLE | No Rest for the Wicked's biggest hotfix yet brings major performance boosts, adds quality of life updates, and 8 new shields

It's the one week anniversary of No Rest for the Wicked, and Moon Studios is celebrating with a beefy hotfix.

April 26, 2024 Sherif Saed

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NAMESAKE | No Rest for the Wicked is already making some of its most most annoying mechanics better

No Rest for the Wicked wrapped up its first weekend with a duo of hotfixes that definitely made a few things better.

April 22, 2024 Sherif Saed

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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

2 comments

A composite image of the first two Fallout games' main armour; power armor from the Brotherhood of Steel and more bug-like armour from the Enclave.

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IT'S RAD | The original Fallout games show their age - but newer fans should still give them a shot

Yes, they may look a bit old and out-dated, but the foundations of the Fallout universe are perhaps more relevant than ever right now.

April 19, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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MIXED FOR THE WICKED | No Rest for the Wicked has players divided, as it launches to Mixed Steam reviews and plenty of complaints

No Rest for the Wicked is Moon Studios' first Steam Early Access launch, and it shows.

April 19, 2024 Sherif Saed

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CAVEAT-EMPTY | As Star Wars Outlaws locks missions behind $100 paywall, No Rest for the Wicked isn't afraid to buck the trend

No Rest for the Wicked looks to be a refreshing return to a time when games were content to sell you on an experience and leave it at that.

April 17, 2024 Sherif Saed

4 comments

Anime artwork for Mystic Messenger showing the main characters in the game.

Guide

Mystic Messenger email guide: All correct answers for every guest

Make all the right connections over email throughout your story!

April 5, 2024 James Billcliffe

Guide

NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

April 5, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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News

CRESTING THE HILL | We may be getting a Silent Hill 2 remake release date soon

The Silent Hill 2 remake has been rated in the United States, suggesting imminent release date news.

April 1, 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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Review

SOUP SANDWICH | Rise of the Ronin review - Team Ninja without the bite, or the Nioh heights

Rise of the Ronin is undeniably an evolution of everything Team Ninja has made before, it just picked the wrong path to evolve.

March 21, 2024 Sherif Saed

6 comments

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

Barret and Dyne cutouts laid over a blurred background of the Golden Saucer in FFVII Rebirth.

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DYNE TO MEET YOU | Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth never misses, but sometimes its interpretation of the original game lacks bite

Has Square Enix defanged FFVII a little too much in its up-to-date reinterpretation of the story? Maybe.

March 8, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Cloud and Tifa look at each other, over the art of the Highwind ship in FF7 Rebirth

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THE FOLD AWAITS | Unknown 9: Awakening unveiled - Reflector and Bandai Namco showcase first look at upcoming action-adventure

Anya Chalotra leads the charge.

March 6, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

3 comments

Dark Desires | Following Patch 7, Baldur's Gate 3 Durge mains are urging Larian to revamp some key companion reactions before it moves on

Next Level Stuff | Baldur's Gate 3 modders have already cheekily unlocked a developer mode in Larian's toolkit, potentially paving the way for full custom adventures

Ah, Shoot | Renowned FPS developer MachineGames de-emphasized guns for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle because the fedora-wearer is mostly just "a somewhat clumsy archeologist"

Where's The Rockers? | At more than 3m downloads in just over 24 hours after Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 dropped, you can probably say that the modding tools are popular

When Durges Cry | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 unleashes some of the hardest lines you'll ever hear, and it's broken the hearts of a bard's stans

Indy News Again | Xbox boss Phil Spencer's just said some things about the decision to bring Indiana Jones and The Great Circle to PlayStation

Indy Games | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle whips up the Gamescom crowd with a release date — and some big news for PlayStation fans

Green to Blue? | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is seemingly the next Xbox title coming to PS5, but not until next year

Moving On | Closer the Distance review: A bittersweet tale of a town in mourning that's as sincere as it is refreshing

Diver Down | Thalassa: Edge of The Abyss review: Joining the dots to pull yourself out of the depths

Back in It | No Rest for the Wicked's combat gets more brutal, the Crucible gets a revamp and stray animals arrive in latest update

Happy Faces | It turns out Emio is... the first new Famicom Detective Club game in over 30 years, and the director of Super Metroid is back to make it

The Golden Rule | Shadow of the Erdtree finally lifted the veil on one of Elden Ring’s biggest mysteries, and it’s properly mind-blowing

Get A Job | Metaphor ReFantazio plays like Persona and Shin Megami Tensei’s greatest hits – and that’s a good thing when it’s a compilation of absolute bangers

Still Wakes the Deep would be better without the monsters: worse things have happened at sea

WIDOWS AND BAIRNS | Still Wakes the Deep review: This is perfect Game Pass fodder - great but flawed, perfectly paced, and exactly the right length.

2 Citizen 2 Sleeper | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector "is a response to Mass Effect 2", but with one major twist – it's nothing like Mass Effect 2, and that's the point

Spaceship It | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is radically different to the first game, but even this early on, it's doing everything I want a deep, dense RPG to do - preview

X MARKS THE SPOT | Xbox pulls off the best E3 showcase in years, it’s a pity that both brands died before it could happen

Take a walk, man | After making one of my favourite indie games of the last decade, Beethoven and Dinosaur is back with another music-first showstopper coming to Xbox, PlayStation and Steam

What's The Crack? | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle looks even better than we last saw it, still doesn't have a release date

Indict the Future | The Operator reimagines The X Files as a work-from-home saga that may or may not be about little green men

Heal A Community | Life is Strange meets The Sims in deeply moving Steam Next Fest demo for Closer the Distance

Making History | Mexico 1921: A Deep Slumber might be worth a go for Pentiment fans craving a fresh stop in the historical gaming time machine

Shadow Boxing | Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree hands-on: More of the same is pretty great when you’re talking about one of the greatest games of all time

FINALLY! | No Rest for the Wicked finally lets you remap controller buttons in its biggest update yet

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS | Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 review – it’s the intrusive thought that counts

VIDEO | Is No Rest for the Wicked worth a punt on early access, or should you wait for the full release?

MORE THAN PIXELS | Man's best friend in a Wasteland: Why Dogmeat reigns supreme in the Fallout universe

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

LAST SUPPER | Indika review - A bizarre, beautiful, and unforgettable journey of a scorned nun

GET PURR-PARED | Little Kitty, Big City swats its way to Game Pass alongside Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and more new and returning titles

IN FOR THE LONG HAUL | No Rest for the Wicked dev's CEO boldly compares it to Lord of the Rings, as he lays out why we won't see Ori 3 for a long time

O, CANADA | If Fallout 5's going to set the world on fire, Bethesda should head north of the border

WICKED HYPE | I went into No Rest for the Wicked completely blind, and that absolutely worked in its favour

SO FAR IN SO LITTLE | No Rest for the Wicked's biggest hotfix yet brings major performance boosts, adds quality of life updates, and 8 new shields

NAMESAKE | No Rest for the Wicked is already making some of its most most annoying mechanics better

FORAGING FOR HERBS | No Rest for the Wicked makes a killer first impression, but I’m worried about all the crafting and survival guff

IT'S RAD | The original Fallout games show their age - but newer fans should still give them a shot

MIXED FOR THE WICKED | No Rest for the Wicked has players divided, as it launches to Mixed Steam reviews and plenty of complaints

CAVEAT-EMPTY | As Star Wars Outlaws locks missions behind $100 paywall, No Rest for the Wicked isn't afraid to buck the trend

Mystic Messenger email guide: All correct answers for every guest

NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

CRESTING THE HILL | We may be getting a Silent Hill 2 remake release date soon

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

SOUP SANDWICH | Rise of the Ronin review - Team Ninja without the bite, or the Nioh heights

TO THE MOON | Dragon’s Dogma 2 took five years to develop - but the ideas behind it have been 12 years in the making

DYNE TO MEET YOU | Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth never misses, but sometimes its interpretation of the original game lacks bite

SPONSORED | 7 things to look forward to in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

THE FOLD AWAITS | Unknown 9: Awakening unveiled - Reflector and Bandai Namco showcase first look at upcoming action-adventure