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Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands looks like a smart distillation of the core Borderlands experience. Developer Gearbox Software has settled into a pretty predictable rhythm in the mainline series, with the studio now adept at delivering vibrant post-apocalyptic open worlds, scripts overflowing with irreverent humor, and enough shooting and looting for a four-player party to busy itself …

Christmas is nearly here, and where better to cultivate your festive feelings than in Animal Crossing: New Horizons? There are plenty of ways to transform your island from autumnal haven into a festive treat, whether you’re starting from scratch or putting a wintery spin on your favourite locations, so here …

By 2002, we had seen Tom Clancy’s name on plenty of games – Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Red Storm Rising, and many more. It was already a mark of quality and reason enough to get excited about a game. The world was excited for a hardcore, thinking person’s take on …

343 Industries has now been at the helm of the Halo franchise for longer than Bungie ever was. And as difficult as it can be to wrap your head around the unrelenting march of time, I need you to focus. With Halo Infinite, we will see what 343 is able …

Genesis Noir is one of those critically-acclaimed indie games that might have slipped under your radar, and one reason might be because it’s hard to explain what it is. Its mechanics drop it firmly into the point and click genre, but everything else about it feels as massive and intangible …

When you start playing the Halo Infinite campaign on December 8, there’s a good chance that you’re going to go on a similar journey to the one that I’ve been on this past week – when I was granted early access to Master Chief’s latest adventure on Xbox Series X. …

Right now in the games industry, everyone is looking for the next big thing, but no one really knows what it’ll be. Microsoft has completely dismantled the traditional console business model, by making all its first-party games cross-compatible with PC, and ensuring instant availability on the Game Pass streaming service. …

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy fascinates me, but that’s not how it began. When Eidos Montreal’s action-packed experience was revealed earlier this year, I wrote the entire thing off as some schlocky B-movie adventure, with Star-Lord looking like a dudebro you’d stay well away from at a party, and Groot …

In Unpacking, I once again take a stuffed toy of a pig out of a box and place it down on a bed. Me and this softie swine are old friends now, and thanks to the passage of time, it’s developed a little patch on its belly to cover signs …

The room shifts ever so slightly to the right, back to centre, then left and back again. Lightbulbs flicker above, then pop like bubble wrap. A child’s xylophone plays a looping, unsettling melody against the omnipresent purr of a ship’s engine somewhere in the distance. You ease tentatively down the …