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“Its Soundtrack By Thorr Is Incredible”
I deliver chainsaw death to the demon horde, all the while dodging incessant gunfire, balls of fire and flying, shrieking, flaming skulls. Oh, and did I mention I'm doing this in hell, with lava and poison-filled pits all around? This is John Romero'
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Trying To Get Rich Quick In Starfield
Meet Jett Johnson. A wise-cracking 24th-century jerk-of-all-trades who at one time made the Kessel Run in 11 parsecs, or so he tells people. Jett's been doing these odd jobs for a while now; once a pro, now he's gotten sloppy. The end goal is to earn
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Bad Roll
Veteran developers from RPG specialists like Obsidian and BioWare had an interesting Twitter exchange recently, and collectively reckon that the temporary death of the CRPG in the early 2000s was down to retailer meddling. A conversation between Nath
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Market Down
We've just defeated a cult, foiled a plot, saved a world. A bureaucrat says the triumphant parade has already been organised. We'll get to ride a battle tank, and halfway it'll stop and a small crowd will mob us. It's all stage-managed. The mob has b
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Bullets Train
In Last Train Home, a military management game and tactical RTS, you're in charge of the Czechoslovak Legion as the Russian civil war breaks out. Unable to return home by going west, you make a desperate plan: capture an armoured train and traverse S
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Flip Service
You can see why the original House Flipper was such a hit. Its cosy fantasy of home ownership and fulfilling work was a soothing balm after a miserable day at the office, and that fantasy is only strengthened in this sequel. The basics remain the sam
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Revenge Incarnate
The good things about goblins is that there are lots of them, and killing them feels amazing. It does take rather a lot of time, though. The beer was too flat. The enemies too soft. The elves too nearby. Actually retaking the dwarf holds we set out t
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Afeela Nervous!
Sony Honda Mobility president and COO Izumi Kawanishi livened up CES by driving a car onstage with a Sony DualSense controller. The new Afeela concept has all the features you'd expect, but the ads on the front bumper and the smoke-and-mirrors of gam
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Motley Crew
One of the alien Aeldari who regards you as little better than an animal. A three-eyed mutant Navigator who pilots your ship through the warp. An Interrogator who works for the Inquisition and keeps you in line. The tech-priest who keeps your ship ru
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Some Assembly Required
From the menu, you can tackle Assembly missions in your workshop. As it's not part of your house, it seems to exist outside of time and space. Take on challenges to build items, like this clock. The process is in-depth, with mechanics you won't find
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Tome To Kill
Unique among Warhammer Fantasy stories in that it features a teenage (in dwarf years) female protagonist, this is basically a disaster movie in a Dawi hold. Everything goes wrong and it'll make you sad, in a good way. An epic tale that basically sums
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Creating a rift
After almost 15 years, League of Legends remains one of the most popular PC games in the world, boasting over 100 million players every month. But keeping a game fresh and exciting for that long is no easy task, especially with so many people to plea
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“Two Wolves Ran Out Of Some Trees And Killed Me Almost Instantly”
With its cheerful, kid-friendly looks and the trend of survival games being a bit more forgiving these days, I figured Fortnite‘s new Lego survival mode would be a fun crafting sandbox where you bonk monsters on the head with swords and grab their lo
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This Month's Mad Reviewers…
Specialist in Painting himself blue Currently playing Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora This month Learned the Na'vi language. Used it to say naughty words. Specialist in Merry men Currently playing Gangs of Sherwood This month Wore green tights and disap
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Every Witch Way
I'm not sure that I've seen lore used as a punchline before, but it's a beautiful running gag in this urban fantasy where witches are real, and they wield submachine guns. Every titbit about the setting is delivered so matter-of-factly by the noir-st
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Staid Marian
Like its babbling crew of outlaws, Gangs of Sherwood tries to compensate for its fundamental shortcomings with a brash persona and propulsive energy. It's a fast-paced, four-player shooter-slash-brawler with a vividly drawn alt-fantasy world, a knock
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The History Of Grand Theft auto
1997 Where it all began The project that became Grand Theft Auto began life as an isometric fighting simulator similar to Syndicate Wars. Too similar, in fact. When Bullfrog made its sci-fi sequel public, GTA’s developer DMA Design changed trajectory
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This month Became queen of the cosy games genre. There was a totally chill parade and laid-back acoustic guitar. This month Wrestled Fortnite's Peely for bragging rights over who was most dench.lt ended in a split decision. This month Tested so many
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Wonder Ball
Carrying the desert aura, you'll use orange to cross invisible bridges that light up. Its world feels like being trapped inside a giant body. The purple orb can travel through growths. Inside is a swamp land where you'll get your feet wet. Carry gree
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Hero, Anti-hero Or Something Else Entirely?
Long luscious hair that blows in the wind. Needs washing four times a day to obtain this look. The ultimate ‘dad bod’ -somewhere in-between Tony Soprano and Jax Teller. A fashion sense that briefly came back into style, and then quickly left again.
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Mainstream Graphics Cards
The most popular graphics card of a generation is rarely the best-performing. Instead it's the one the most people can reasonably afford. The most popular cards, according to Steam's monthly hardware survey, are the RTX 3060, GTX 1650, and GTX 1060.
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Solium Infernum
NEED TO KNOW RELEASE Feb 14,2024 DEVELOPER League of Geeks PUBLISHER League of Geeks LINK soliuminfernum.com Hell may be other people, but getting those presumably extremely unmotivated and uncooperative other people to form into a mighty legion and
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Meet Moira Mckinnon
Moira doesn't get on with her mother, while her father has been sadly absent all her life. Moira is on a quest to visit her Uncle Hamish, who has invited her to visit his lighthouse. On her mission Moira relies on her trusty knapsack, headtorch and s
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Full Of Holes
Worried about the AI apocalypse? Don't be. Dell founder Michael Dell reckons we've nothing to fear from AI gaining sentience because humanity's good at fixing problems like “the ozone and all” before they happen. Climate change wants a word, Michael,
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Clever Class Combos
Both medics and machine gunners tend to hold back during stealth segments, so drop expensive abilities like suppressive fire and carry a medical satchel instead of taking an extra soldier. Gun ‘em down, patch ‘em up. You might think that giving the s
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Meet The New Barons
The Hunting Baron keeps the pit you know, but will punish enemies that group together too closely. Opens his pit up to have two entrances but will deal a lot of damage, so you need to be quick to get out of the way. The All-Seeing Baron makes his pit
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Escape From Tarkov: Arena
NEED TO KNOW RELEASE December 17, 2023 DEVELOPER Battlestate Games PUBLISHER Battlestate Games LINK arena.tarkov.com Escape From Tarkov has some of the most satisfying gun fights in any shooter, with one well-placed bullet being all you need to win a
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RAILROADS & CATACOMBS
NEED TO KNOW RELEASE Sep 15, 2023 (Early Access) DEVELOPER Felipe Aulló PUBLISHER IndieArk LINK railroadsandcatacombs.com The name may conjure images of a goth railway management game in which you transport skeletons between the ossuaries beneath Par
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The Gang's All Here
Can stack star arrows for bonus hits. Specialises in bladed weapons. Light attacks can throw daggers. Specialises in a massive club. Doubles as a healer. Gives amazing hugs. Specialises in punching. Can go berserk. Drinks cortados. ■
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