The latest in Features (page 70)
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare still feels like it came out last week
For a large and fevered patch of players, the most exciting game of the year is the same as it was over a decade…
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Ape Escape is 20 years old today and is still PlayStation’s greatest 3D platformer
The chance to plunge a net over the head of a monkey is one that mustn’t be overlooked. Sadly, it’s one that doesn’t come…
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Playdate could save us from the handheld drought
My heart used to leap at the sight of a bussing businessman, clothes smartly pressed, stooping like a flower toward the light of a…
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Microsoft and Sony’s partnership as it will never be
Ring the bells. Paint a green ‘X’ on your door. Rejoice. The war is over. The recent news of Sony and Microsoft working together…
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The Mortal Kombat reboot needs to pay its respects to the first film
Ever since it was first emblazoned with a BBFC 18 certificate, Mortal Kombat always seemed destined for the movies. All that savagery – spines…
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Predator: Hunting Grounds might fix the Predator problem
The wet clicking sound, like a throttle in the throat. The driving of taut bongo-drums. The heavy fug of jungle air. And the sweaty…
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Game Box Art Critique May: Rage 2, Team Sonic Racing, A Plague Tale: Innocence
Each month, we invite élite art critic Braithwaite Merriweather to appraise the box art of the latest game releases. In between his time spent…
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Red Dead Revolver: when Rockstar became cowboys
The title character in Red Dead Revolver is Red Harlow, a bounty hunter who prowls the planes of America in the 1880s. When he…
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Sniper Elite V2 Remastered, Rebellion, and the joy of B-games
So, I’m walking through Berlin, in 1945, and the place is like a giant broken jaw – buildings like bones and blasted-out windows like…
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Game of Thrones could learn from these 6 video games
The most recent season of Game of Thrones has begun, and I expect that, at some point soon, it will come to a thunderous…