Author: Chris Tapsell
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League review – an idea destined to fail
Rocksteady’s talent is so evident in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, it almost overcomes the terrible decision to try and make it. If there’s a sense of burning injustice at Rocksteady Studios, it’s probably understandable. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is filled with little moments of brilliance: humour, style, expression, that signature rhythmic,…
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What to play this February 2024
We’re back! And we’re past the grimmest month of the year. That’s right, it’s time for lovely, sunny, er, February! Thankfully, there’s an absolute bucketload of interesting games to see you through it. For the unfamiliar, What To Play This Month is our recurring series where we gather up the best games of the month…
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Where’s our Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League review?
Hello! It’s that time again – I promise to keep it brief. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s servers are now live for early access players here in the UK, but we won’t have a review for you here on the site today – or indeed on the game’s full launch this coming Friday 2nd…
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Is Palworld actually any good? Of course not
You might have heard about it. Palworld is utterly gigantic, the first big mega-hit of 2024, and potentially the biggest game we’ll get all year, at least in terms of sheer popularity and players. And certainly in terms of the controversy and conversation around it at launch. If you’re yet to hop on board and…
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Five of the best games to play this Christmas
We’re doing things slightly differently today with Five of the Best. Instead of talking about a particular part of a game we like, we’re going to talk about what we always talk about at this time of year it seems – the games we’re going to play during the end of year break. And we’re…
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The Game Awards will never represent our industry in the way it needs, so what next?
Since their establishment in 2014, The Game Awards have never been wholly welcomed by the wider world of video games, but this year the response has felt if not different, then at least more prominent. There is an undeniable sense, waking up after last night’s ceremony-cum-advertisement reel, that developers in particular are deeply frustrated. …
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In just one trailer, GTA 6 traces a Rockstar lineage through video games and cinema
It’s just one trailer. Let’s get that bit out of the way first. It’s a single trailer, 90 seconds long – or really, about 77 seconds of actual footage – and of all the world’s video game developers now, none are granted more benefit of the doubt, more pre-loaded, automatically qualified hype, than Rockstar.…
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A Highland Song review – a magical sonnet hidden beneath a game
While platforming, rhythm, and navigation mechanics might clash at times, turning the map upside down reveals a game that puts all in service of nature and experience. A surprise discovery I made a little way into A Highland Song, the latest from Overboard and Heaven’s Vault developer Inkle: it doesn’t matter if you fall…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) review – video games can do better
An exercise in extracting value from its players rather than providing it, the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is what happens when this industry is at its worst. I should start with some sympathy. As you might’ve already read in our Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 campaign review, this 2023 reboot…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) campaign review – vapid and hastily assembled
Clearly rushed to market, Modern Warfare 3’s campaign tapes together ill-conceived open areas, underwhelming linear missions, and a meaningless story. One scene near the end of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s story – no spoilers here, not that there’s anything to spoil – features a CIA agent heavily redacting all the key details…