Within a year of its launch in February 2022, Elden Ring, From Software’s first open-world souls-like, had sold more than 20 million units, making it one of the ‘most popular games in recent memory’. Elden Ring’s sales figures – and the sheer speed at which the game hit the 20-million milestone – surpasses every other […]
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Combat and RPG progression get an ingenious social twist in this disarming slice of fantasy. Out in the dungeons I’m hunting for treasure and glory, but back in the town I’m hunting for Renaud. This is weird, really, because Renaud looks like hard work. He dresses like Blade and he speaks entirely in maxims. He’s
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Hyperspace (largely) successful. Image credit: Gearbox Software A quarter of a century later, Homeworld still captures the imagination – but is this the return to form we’re looking for? Homeworld 3 developers Blackbird Interactive proved both their design chops and their love of the Homeworld franchise by creating Deserts of Kharak in 2016, a game
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Image credit: Furniture & Mattress This is a lovely mixture of puzzling and exploration, with a delirious wraparound twist. One of my favourite things in games is when the world wraps around. It’s a simple kind of magic, and it’s been there since the bright, fizzing days of the arcades, and yet I never even
Once Human offers a deeply moreish open world scavenge-em-up, but weak action and generic clutter hold it back. On the face of it, there’s not much in Once Human that hasn’t been done a thousand times before. Better, too, in some instances. Seemingly the very epitome of design-by-committee, it’s everything you may expect a free-to-play
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Image credit: Critical Hit Games / Plaion Nobody Wants to Die doesn’t bring much invention to the table – but while it lacks originality, it has atmosphere, heart and relevance in spades. Sometimes a game comes along and sucker punches you right in the gut. You can be completely aware of the premise going in,
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Image credit: Riot Games Arcane fans have a five-minute animated treat to enjoy today, in the shape of a new story cinematic released by League of Legends maker Riot Games. The video is primarily designed to showcase Noxus, the setting for League of Legends’ new season which begins tomorrow, and the home
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Image credit: Panic / Eurogamer Developer Coal Supper’s relentlessly inventive absurdist comedy might, by necessity, keep a tight rein on players, but this is an impeccably constructed masterclass in gag-telling. Thank Goodness You’re Here opens with an advert for Peans (“Not quite peas, not quite beans, but something delicious in betweens”) and finishes with a
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“This decision did not come lightly.” Image credit: Splash Damage Splash Damage has announced it’s cancelling the development of Transformers: Reactivate, and that it’ll be “scaling down” the studio as result, leaving roles “at risk of redundancy”. Transformers: Reactivate was unveiled for PC and consoles at The Game Awards back in 2022, promising
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