The latest in Features (page 83)
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night shows its age as well as its lineage
The new Koji Igarashi game, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, begins as you would think it might. Mists swirl, a castle grows out of…
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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is brilliant and it makes me sad
There are times in games, as in life, when we are forced to face the dark – moments that seize and interrogate the better…
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Watch all the E3 2019 press conferences live on VideoGamer
The big event of 2019 is here. Forget about the Avengers' endgame, documentaries about Ja Rule putting on a music festival, J.K. Rowling's efforts to rewrite her…
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E3 2019 and the games we won’t see there
And so it’s upon us. The Electronic Entertainment Expo has begun to bend the light of Los Angeles into its maw. For those sorry…
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Game Box Art Critique June: Judgment, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Super Mario Maker 2
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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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…