Within minutes of diving into the first region of Phantom Spark, I’m cursing myself. I’m watching my own ghost zoom off into the distance as I fail – again – to get the perfect line on that long curve. I know ticking off the final challenge for this level is …
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There is a level of polish and visual flair to Fort Solis that belies its two-year, relatively low budget, indie development. It leverages its Unreal 5 engine to create some incredible environments on a Mars-based setting, and includes some impressive facial animation that wouldn’t look out of place in the …
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There’s a hard vein of sci-fi mined by Fort Solis’ opening hour. Set on Mars it takes the same route as The Expanse to the stars; with industrial settings and hard working, get-the job-done-type people thoroughly unimpressed by space. It makes the mystery of the first hour I played all …
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What does it take to become one of the best horror movies of all time? We’d argue that entries into these hallowed halls of horror must absolutely, positively deliver the scares. Fans come to the genre for all manner of reasons but surely a decent dose of the heebie-jeebies has …
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage is set to bring us a an adventure that’s closer to the original games, and we don’t have too long to wait to to experience just that. With a release date now officially set for October, the upcoming Assassin’s Creed game is fast approaching. Thanks to recent …
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The new Fable game was given a massive update at the Xbox Games Showcase. Playground Games showed up with the first Fable trailer which has given some new insight into the style, tone and action that the Forza Horizon studio is shooting for. It looks to be keeping the super …
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Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 has just featured a moment that fans of the manga have waited years to see spring to life on-screen, with Gojo unleashing the Hollow Purple technique on Toji. In a year that has already seen Demon Slayer, Vinland Saga, and Attack on Titan wow viewers, we’re …
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Starfield is on track to be the biggest Xbox Series X release of this new generation. That should come as no surprise, given that this sci-fi RPG is the first new IP out of Bethesda Game Studios in 20 years. The veteran team is breaking away from The Elder Scrolls …
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Warning: spoilers for She-Hulk episode 3 ahead – turn back now if you have not seen the latest episode of the MCU show. Before She-Hulk reached Disney Plus, we were promised “a lot of cameos”. The third episode, titled ‘The People Vs. Emil Blonsky’, seriously delivers on that front: Abomination’s …
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will change television forever. That’s not hyperbole – there’s simply that much weighing on the series’ metaphorical shoulders. Much has been made of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos spending almost $1 billion on the first season alone. Should this adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s …
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