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8:54am, 1st August, 2019

Heave Ho: Hands-On Preview

Fancy a casual fling with friends minus the morning after awkwardness? Heave Ho could be for you. This co-operative physics-based platformer requires you to work with up to three other players to climb, swing, and toss your way towards each level goa...

Oddworld: Soulstorm Preview – The Oddworld Quintology Lives and It’s Prettier Than Ever

10:36am, 13th May, 2019

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Oddworld: Soulstorm Preview – The Oddworld Quintology Lives and It’s Prettier Than Ever

Lorne Lanning and the Oddworld Inhabitants development team did it their way. No big publishers. No rushed schedule. No creative compromises. The next entry in the always-planned quintology (take that, Alien Quadrilogy!) of Oddworld games is finally...

Borderlands 3 Hands-On Preview: A Tighter, Better-Put-Together Borderlands 2

1:42pm, 2nd May, 2019

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Borderlands 3 Hands-On Preview: A Tighter, Better-Put-Together Borderlands 2

Over the course of my playtime with a vertical slice demo of Borderlands 3, I butchered hordes of not-so-innocent psychos – all for the noble cause of restoring an awesome coffee shop – chopped off a man’s arm who just needed a little bit of blood ta...

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Preview

8:03am, 12th April, 2019

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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Preview

If the first few hours of Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey taught me anything, it’s that the fact humanity exists at all is basically a miracle. The third-person survival game from Panache Digital Games is set ten million years ago as you attempt to...

Remnant: From the Ashes Preview: 3 Players, Infinite Replayability

8:06am, 9th April, 2019

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Remnant: From the Ashes Preview: 3 Players, Infinite Replayability

Remnant: From the Ashes surprised me in a very good way. I sat down to play it without knowing much about what I was in for, and I found a third-person action game that plays well, controls smoothly, and is fun as heck in co-op. It’s part third-perso...

Control Hands-On Preview: It Feels Good to Break Things

9:04am, 26th March, 2019

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Control Hands-On Preview: It Feels Good to Break Things

Remedy Entertainment – makers of Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Quantum Break – has never made a bad game, and if my first hands-on with their latest, Control, is any indication, they’re not in jeopardy of breaking that streak. In the same way that Max Pa...

Unity adds preview support for Nvidia’s ray tracing tech to push gaming realism

5:39pm, 18th March, 2019

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Unity adds preview support for Nvidia’s ray tracing tech to push gaming realism

Ray tracing has been a major topic of conversation at both GDC and GTC so it seems fitting that that the overlapping conventions would both kick off with an announcement that touches both industries. Today at GTC, Nvidia announced that it has built-o...

Shenmue III Preview: Still a One-Of-a-Kind Experience

1:44pm, 14th March, 2019

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Shenmue III Preview: Still a One-Of-a-Kind Experience

“Can you open drawers and closets like in the old games?” I asked Yu Suzuki, the man behind the Shenmue series. “Of course” he said. “It’s Shenmue, after all.” That was the moment I realized that Shenmue III was going to be all I could have hoped for...

Yoshi’s Crafted World Preview: Charming, if a Bit Too Easy

9:30am, 18th February, 2019

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Yoshi’s Crafted World Preview: Charming, if a Bit Too Easy

I instantly fell in love with Yoshi’s Crafted World when it was announced at E3 2017. A Yoshi-starring Nintendo platformer with a gorgeous art style and an intriguing level-flipping dynamic? Sign me up! Nintendo finally gave me the chance to play it,...

Devil May Cry 5 Preview: Daunting but Rewarding for Newcomers

10:21am, 7th February, 2019

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Devil May Cry 5 Preview: Daunting but Rewarding for Newcomers

When thinking of games I’m usually a fan of, the Devil May Cry series fits neatly into place. It’s got a supernatural story, challenging combat, and an abundance of style, but beyond attempting the first as a tween, I regrettably never truly dove hea...