I've played Sonic Frontiers at Gamescom and it's looking much better
Coming from a downpour of criticism, the blue hedgehog speeds up before release with a more varied, fun demo.
The Devil in Me - Gamescom 2022 First Impressions
The new The Dark Picture series delivery dives us in a deadly game with more playable decisions and novelties than ever.
Park Beyond Impressions: We've played a bunch of the wacky simulation game
While the newest digital theme park is still under construction, we are happy to report that no one has been injured despite some pretty dangerous rides.
Dead Island 2 Impressions: We've played Dambuster's zombie slaying sequel
We took a trip into London to see how Dead Island 2 is shaping up, almost a decade after its original reveal.
Exoprimal Impressions: Dinos, dinos, and more dinos
We've played some of Capcom's dino-slaying multiplayer game.
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Ben Lyons
MultiVersus: Our impressions of the Open Beta
Shaggy, Superman, Arya Stark and LeBron James have all been thrown into the same fighting game and we have some thoughts on it.
Deceive Inc. hands-on impressions: Subterfuge has never felt so sweet
We've gone hands-on with Sweet Bandits Studios' upcoming multiplayer project.
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Ben Lyons
Saints Row: Going hands-on in Santa Ileso
We've played five hours of the Saints Row reboot and here are our early impressions.
Hands-On Impressions: FIFA 23 plays like the icing on the franchise's cake
We played a bunch of matches at EA Vancouver and left the studio itching for more.
As Dusk Falls is ambitious but lacking
All the ideas are there, but Interior/Night's ambitious narrative is limited by poor technique.
Cult of the Lamb is The Binding of Isaac mixed with Animal Crossing
We've checked out the demo for Massive Monster's action-roguelike and are very impressed about what it offered.
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Ben Lyons
Steelrising is a clockpunk Soulslike take on the French Revolution
Shades of Soulslike with a splash of NieR:Automata, all on a French Revolution canvas.
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Ben Lyons
Codemasters is doubling-down on racing culture with F1 22
Between the expanded Career mode and F1 Life, this iteration of the racing series is looking to become more than just a simulation experience.
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Ben Lyons
We take a deeper look into the Starfield gameplay
So we've finally got to see Starfield. We have summarised all the gameplay and tell you what you have to look forward to.
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Jonas Mäki
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II plays it safe by recycling other games
The leader seems to have become a follower by taking heavy inspiration from CoD4 and Uncharted while the innovations are made for Warzone II.
Battlefield 2042's first season makes a lacking game feel slightly less lacking
We've had a chance to dive into Season One: Zero Hour ahead of its imminent release on June 9.
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Ben Lyons
The Quarry seems to be Supermassive at their very best
Supermassive is almost ready with their most ambitious game to date, and there's plenty to look forward to.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is very linear but packed with lore
We've seen a bunch of gameplay of Daedalic's upcoming stealth adventure game.
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Ben Lyons
MultiVersus lets us kick left and right with our favourite Warner characters
We've spent a couple of days fighting in the closed Alpha and now we're ready to share our impressions.
Escape Academy is looking to be a puzzler's heaven
We've been able to check out Coin Crew Games upcoming escape room video game, ahead of its late June launch date.
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Ben Lyons
We've seen Saints Row in action and it has literally blown our minds
It still maintains its dark humour, but with a new and more attractive realistic approach.
My Time at Sandrock is a familiar delight
This life sim trades the lush lands of Portia for the dusty city of Sandrock.
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Ben Lyons
F1 22 seems to be another step in the right direction for the series
We've been hands-on with the upcoming instalment in Codemasters' racing series.
We tried Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge: Cowabunga!
We've played the first couple of episodes with almost every character in this new version of the game.
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Sniper Elite 5 is fun, but very familiar
We were given free reign of the second mission in the fifth instalment of Rebellion's sniping series.
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Ben Lyons
Kao the Kangaroo - Hands-on Preview
We slipped on some magical boxing gloves and checked out a bunch of Tate Multimedia's upcoming platformer.
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Ben Lyons
Saints Row - Customisation Suite Preview
We've checked out the customisation options in the upcoming Saints Row, and can announce that it is looking to go above and beyond.
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Jonas Mäki
Two Point Campus - Hands-on Impressions
We've built the university of our dreams in Two Point Studio's upcoming simulation game.
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Ben Lyons
Trek to Yomi - Chapter 1 & 2 Impressions
We've played through the first 45 minutes of Flying Wild Hog's striking samurai adventure.
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Ben Lyons
Ghostwire Tokyo is cool, but seems repetitive
We've played the first two chapters of Tango Gameworks' upcoming game, and both our hopes and fears have been spot on.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - Final Preview
With launch looming, we've played through a chapter of Gearbox's upcoming fantasy looter-shooter.
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Ben Lyons
Rainbow Six: Extraction - Spillover Impressions
We've checked out the first batch of post-launch content arriving in Ubisoft's cooperative shooter.
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Ben Lyons
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök - Hands-off Preview
This next chapter in Eivor's saga is almost here and we've seen a bunch of new gameplay.
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Ben Lyons
Elden Ring - Final Preview
We spent a few more hours in From Software's open world before its launch, and have a whole list of extra features and feelings to tell you about.
Grid Legends - Final Preview
Ahead of its launch in a few weeks, we take a last look at Codemasters upcoming racing title.
Rainbow Six: Extraction - Last Look
With a few weeks to go until launch, we've spent some more time with Ubisoft's cooperative shooter.
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Ben Lyons
Dolmen
We've played Massive Works action-RPG and have been left with differing thoughts.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Dawn of Ragnarök unveiled
The game is getting its biggest paid expansion yet, but both it and Assassin's Creed Odyssey are getting more free content tomorrow when Eivor and Kassandra team up.
Grid Legends - Hands-on Preview
Codemasters, now under EA's umbrella, is determined to fix at least two of the three main problems Grid 2019 posed.
Marvel's Avengers: Spider-Man Hands-off Preview
We've also been given a look at the first raid, Discordant Sound, as well as the other updates coming in Patch 2.2.
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Ben Lyons
Halo Infinite - Campaign Final Preview
It looks to signal a glorious return for Master Chief.
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Jonas Mäki
Elden Ring - Closed Beta Test impressions
Ahead of the upcoming Closed Beta Test, FromSoftware has allowed us access to their next game. Let's take a look at what we found in The Lands Between.
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Forza Horizon 5: five takeaways from the first two hours
We've tested FH5's preview build on the Xbox Series X a month before it says "bienvenidos a México" globally.
Battlefield 2042 - Beta Impressions
We give our thoughts on the futuristic shooter's upcoming beta.
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Halo Infinite - Multiplayer Impressions
After back-to-back weekends of technical previews, we've put together some thoughts on 343 Industries upcoming shooter.
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Ben Lyons
Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue - First Impressions
Fight fires and save lives in Dejima's action-packed platformer.
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Ben Lyons
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
We were recently able to sample two levels from the upcoming Souls-like.
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Final Impressions
We were able to spend time with the game's fifth chapter ahead of its October launch.
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One - Final Preview
The iconic detective is back in his most ambitious video game adaption yet.
Astria Ascending
Take control of eight Demi-gods in new side-scrolling JRPG Astria Ascending.
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