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Elden Ring – one of 2022’s biggest success stories (pic: Bandai Namco) 2022 is almost over but what do you make of a year in which Microsoft and Sony went radio silent and yet the games were better than ever? We’re now in year three of the current generation of consoles and yet it still…
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Tinykin – little help (pic: tinyBuild) It may be influenced by Pikmin but this unusual indie game has its own very unique approach to the concept of comfort games. One of the many problems with reviewing indie games is that because there’s so many – we get half a dozen emails about new ones every…
2023: The Xbox Strikes Back (pic: Microsoft) The Monday letters page thinks Sony is making too many Horizon games, as one reader is surprised at Japan’s favourite Final Fantasy. PLEASE NOTE: We’re currently preparing our content for over Christmas and the New Year, which will include several Reader’s Features. So if you have an idea…
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Swordship – a (short) life on the ocean waves (pic: Thunderful) It might look like WipEout but this indie gem is more than it seems, with an interesting mix of influences and some stylish visuals. As we attempt to tie up loose ends, by reviewing interesting games that we skipped earlier in the year, we…
The Callisto Protocol – survival horror in space (pic: Krafton) GameCentral reviews the spiritual successor to Dead Space, by the original creator, but is too similar to the original or not enough? It won’t be so obvious to more casual gamers, but every survival horror fan already knows that The Callisto Protocol is Dead Space…
Marvel’s Midnight Suns – a superheroic strategy (pic: 2K) The creators of XCOM are given the keys to the Marvel universe, in a supernatural themed strategy epic that has something for everyone. Since XCOM 2 is one of the few games we’ve ever given a 10/10 score to, it’s safe to say that we have…
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Don’t expect any Cyber Monday bargains (pic: Sony) The Monday letters page wishes that Nintendo would help out more on Pokémon, as one reader has a theory about PS5’s live service games. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected] Maybe next yearSo we’ve seen the tiniest amount of movement on the price of…
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Pokémon Scarlet/Violet – how serious are the problems? (pic: The Pokémon Company) The Thursday letters page discusses the best space combat simulators, as one reader celebrates the cheapness of Xbox Series S. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected] Acceptable performanceI’ve been playing Pokémon Scarlet a lot over the last week and… am…
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Evil West – old west school vampire hunting (pic: Focus Entertainment) The latest in a surprisingly long line of supernatural horror games set in the Old West is a homage to Xbox 360 era shooters like Gears Of War. As peculiar as the mash-up may seem, pitting cowboys against the supernatural is not a new…
The Devil In Me – horror evolved (pic: Bandai Namco) The creators of Until Dawn and The Quarry present the latest, and possibly greatest, entry in their ongoing survival horror anthology. Maybe we missed the memo, but the first time we heard of The Dark Pictures Anthology having a season one, was in the run-up…
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