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FICKLE RICK Rick and Morty’s Season 7 recast is the least of its problems
Cartoons have been changing voice actors for decades, but few of them are a lightning rod for culture wars.
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VROOM THE SPIDER “There’s a lot of nostalgia there” – How Bloodborne Kart’s devs have laser-targeted PS1 lovers
Originally a meme, this soon-to-be open source kart racer looks like the next best bet.
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CHIMNEY BOP Celebrate Christmas in style with this horrid viral PS4 theme from some game nobody remembers
Marvel as the commercialisation of Christmas continues to plummet new and exciting depths.
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ASTRONOMICAL Netflix might have put out the most important anime of the year, so please don’t skip it
And that's in a year where we've already had some great anime.
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TIME TO HAVE FUN What are you playing this weekend?
It's been a long week.
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OMNI VAN-ISHED Invincible season 2 has an Omni-Man shaped hole - for good and bad.
Omni-Man's absence is obviously the point of season 2 so far, though that approach has its pros and cons.
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LONDON PUN The best game set in London isn’t what you think
England’s capital is gaming’s second city, but some games get it so wrong.
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WHAT A LAD Xbox Game Pass new addition asks: What if Superman and James Bond had a baby?
He’s just a good old gregarious geezer gallivanting around with gadgets.
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COD BLIMEY Modern Warfare III's mundane recreation of London's south bank makes me want an entire game of that
Hyper-realistic scenes of ordinary urban afternoons are wasted on Call of Duty.
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LOKI BEATS TO STUDY How is Loki so good when almost everything else Marvel at the moment is... bad?
There's something about the time-traveling thriller that sets it apart.
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IT'S THE LAW The new RoboCop game rules, now do Judge Dredd
With new impetus and new technology, it's time to revisit Judge Dredd.
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Finally, concrete GTA 6 news is coming next month.
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DEFYING EXPECTATIONS People are hating on MW3, so does that mean XDefiant actually has a chance?
Could Ubisoft’s free-to-play arena shooter fill COD’s boots?
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ZERO GRAVITY I love Mass Effect, but I’m impossibly bored of the yearly N7 Day teases
As we pass another N7 day of teases for the future of Mass Effect, it's dawned on me I don't want to see any more until there's an actual game to show.
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ONE TOUGH HOMBRE! Nicolas Cage stars in a better FNAF movie than the Five Nights at Freddy's movie
Willy’s Wonderland is a low-budget, action-packed take on what happens when children’s animatronics turn violent.
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WHAT A MELON Suika Game: there’s a reason this weird watermelon game is one of Nintendo Switch’s best-selling titles
“What if 2048 had a physics engine” is one of the stupidest elevator pitches ever. And yet.
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WHAT A CROCK Modern Warfare 3 campaign: the meal you cobble together from leftovers when you’re broke
The Modern Warfare 3 campaign is Call of Duty at its most unenthusiastic and creatively bankrupt.
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IN THIS HOUSE Alan Wake 2’s boldest moment doesn't even involve a single button press
Who needs to play a video game when you can watch a film?
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Passing all the time Brilliant sequel to 2022 smash hit is now on Xbox Game Pass, Apple Arcade, and Netflix
You can play one of the most engrossing games ever as part of multiple video game subscription services.
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DOUBLE TIME At 20 years old, Mario Kart: Double Dash remains one of Mario’s racing best - and it needs to come to Switch
I don’t care if it’s a port, or if the next Mario Kart brings back the doubled-up gimmick - Double Dash is a gem, and deserves a victory lap.
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ELECTRIC BOOGALOO Gears of War 2, which turns 15 today, is peak absurdity that would be near impossible to reboot
I love me some OG Gears of War, but its greatest strengths are very much of its time.
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GALAXY ZEST Somehow, Lower Decks is the best Star Trek show since Deep Space Nine
The critical success of this animated spin-off proves that you shouldn’t judge a holonovel by its isolinear rod.
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BOO One of the most highly-anticipated Disney+ arrivals of 2023 is a waste of everyone’s time
The scariest thing about this remake is the fact that it exists.
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DAFT PUNT From Alan Wake to Miles Prower: what are the best pun names in gaming?
The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 76
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CALM LIKE A BOMB Fallout: London looks set to deliver a very British apocalypse, and I’m thoroughly intrigued
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…
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SCORE ATTACK Destiny 2 just lost a piece of its soul – and one of the things that kept me coming back every year
Like Marty O’Donnell before him, Michael Salvatori was a vital organ in the complicated beast that is Destiny. Without him, it’ll be less magical.
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MALLOW OUT Super Mario RPG remake is gloriously faithful to an all-time great – hands-on preview
Remakes can go one of two ways, but you'll be pleased to know this SNES throwback is hyper-faithful – perhaps to a fault.
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DON'T SLEEP ON THIS The best-looking Sonic game since Sonic Mania will start life as an Apple Arcade exclusive
A new character, Ariem, has also been thrown into the mix.
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BLOOD & WIN Diablo 4’s Season of Blood is great, but only because the launch game was lacking
Despite not actually being Diablo 4’s first season, Season of Blood is a good first step to getting Diablo 4 on the right track.
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FIGHT! If you've got a Netflix account, you've got to try this under-rated gaming gem
Samurai Showdown didn't get a lot of love at first, but now it has another lease on life.
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The best co-op games to play in November 2023
Whether you simply want some quick co-op fun or a lengthy campaign to embark on, we've got you and your friends covered with these co-op games.
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ALAN TAKE 2 Why did Alan Wake 2 take 13 years to make? "It would not have been possible in previous generations"
Alan Wake 2 has been in Sam Lake's mind ever since the original game released, but shifting publisher priorities made its release an impossible dream. Until now.
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Star Ocean: The Second Story R buries the lede, but once you dig into it, there's something very appealing to long-time series fans.
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NO RIPLEY? NO BOTHER This is the scariest game to play on Xbox Game Pass this Halloween
Since Alien Isolation was removed from Xbox Game Pass, here’s the next best horror-fest you ought to play.
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BETTER THAN THE WIRE Alan Wake 2’s slow opening hour is like a perfect first episode of TV
It hits all the right beats, at just the right time.
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I'M BLUE Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora preview - A great game for your dad
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora brings the Far Cry experience, with dollops of fan service for the Jake Sullys of the world.
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ALL GROWN UP Why the father of Final Fantasy still plays FFXIV, even after leaving the series behind
At FFXIV FanFest, Hironobu Sakaguchi shared his journey on becoming a Warrior of Light – and what still keeps his soul burning.
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WHEAT YOUR HEART OUT Japanese Rural Life Adventure is a must-play Stardew Valley-like on Apple Arcade
Take a trip to the Japanese countryside in this pixel-art farming sim that's a cosy take on a growing genre.
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READ IT AND WEEP 10 years later, Battlefield 4 feels like the last game DICE really, truly cared about
On its tenth anniversary, Battlefield 4 stands as an anomaly from a time when players expected more from games.
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FUHGEDDABOUDIT What's the best game set in New York, apart from Marvel's Spider-Man 2?
How d'ya like them Big Apples?
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RELISH EVERY DRIVE Madden NFL 24 is at its best when you’ve embraced the way of being the worst
“It is because he does not contend that no one in the empire is in a position to contend with him.”
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WAITING GAME Retro console maker Polymega reckons it'll ship all remaining pre-orders this year, if you’re feeling lucky
After years of stock troubles, one of gaming’s most impressive retro indulgences might soon be readily available.
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BRINE SWEEPER Steam’s best roguelike finally hits Switch today – and every Nintendo fan should take note
Dave the Diver contains more genres than Waterstones, and it's now on console.
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CLOUD AND CLEAR Nvidia and Xbox have turned Steam Deck into a Game Pass beast
In truth, almost all modern handheld PCs can benefit from Xbox’s cloud gaming expansion.
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YOU DONT KNOW, JACK Win a Jackbox Party Pack 10 code for Nintendo Switch, Steam, Xbox or PlayStation with VG247
Want to party so hearty? Want to see why The Jackbox Party Pack is popular enough to make it to 10 whole entires? Enter our competition.
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FRAME WORTHY Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, Episode 13: One of the best chapters of anime I’ve ever seen
Shonen has never looked this good.
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TANOOKI SALON 35 years later, Mario 3 still does some things better than every Mario since
If all the world is a stage, then Mario is adept at playing all the roles – something Miyamoto was very keen to tell us.
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FUTURE VISION Adult animation has a bright future, if the bigwigs in charge let it happen
Fionna and Cake and Scavengers Reign prove how desperately we need more adult animated shows.
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CREEP IT REAL Play this spooky homage to PS1 horror before it leaves Xbox Game Pass
Signalis will be leaving the service on October 31, and it's well worth giving this indie game a go before Halloween ends.
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TANKS GIVING How's Starfield modding going, so far? Its most (in)famous train-obsessed creator talks life on "the frontier"
"There's no soul behind those eyes, not a smidgen of regret for the blood he's spilled,” Trainwiz – on Thomas the Tank Engine.