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Resident Evil HD Remaster (PS4) retrospective

Everyone has a series or two that are widely regarded as the pinnacle of video games that they’ve never got around to playing. For me, Resident Evil is one of them. The first game in the series, which now spans nine core titles and numerous spin-offs and remakes, was released...

F1 22's announcement video was a colossal waste of time

Racing game fans across Reddit and Twitter were excited this week after EA revealed that not only did they have the Imola Grand Prix to look forward to this weekend, but on Thursday they would also get a glimpse of the latest game in the Codemasters F1 series: the hotly...

FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – escaping the lower leagues

I hadn’t bought a FIFA game in years, but I couldn’t resist picking up FIFA 22 when I learnt that EA has finally given us the tools to emulate the classic Master League experience, creating a brand new club and taking them from football’s bottom rung to continental glory. I’ve...

Gran Turismo 7: A guide to race strategy and pit stops

Gran Turismo 7’s strategy system is both a blessing and a curse. With everything handled during the race, you never reach the halfway mark and realise you forgot to configure it, but on the other hand it becomes difficult to plan ahead and you’re forced to make a lot of...

Gran Turismo 7 (PS4) review

Writing a review for Gran Turismo 7 having observed what has happened to it in the three weeks since its release is a hugely difficult task. The truth is that there is a fantastic racing game here – possibly the best ever. But in writing a review it is impossible...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 retrospective

I have good memories of the Modern Warfare trilogy. Between 2007 and 2011, I bought all the games pretty much on release. This was one of the most popular series around at the time, mostly because of its famous online multiplayer. But while I played online sometimes, that wasn’t really...

First impressions: Should you buy Gran Turismo 7 on PlayStation 4?

Gran Turismo 7 is a now a week old and I’ve just finished all the café menus in Campaign Mode. There’s still plenty to do and I’d like to try out more modes and let the dust settle a bit before I publish my full review, but I did want...

Parkitect: How to build a rollercoaster your guests will love

Chris Sawyer’s all-time classic RollerCoaster Tycoon will always be the king of theme park management games, but Texel Raptor’s 2018 title Parkitect does an amazing job of augmenting its addictive gameplay with the graphical fidelity and quality of life features you’d expect from a modern game. Unfortunately, Parkitect’s guests are...

FIFA 22 is actually a big step forward

With some time to kill and spotting a decent discount on Steam, I picked up a copy of FIFA 22 a week or two ago. It’s too late in the game’s cycle to warrant a full review, but with Konami royally screwing up PES and FIFA having come a surprisingly...

GTA IV's immersive mechanics may be lost forever

Rockstar practically broke Twitter with its announcement of what will surely be Grand Theft Auto VI on 4th February. At the time of writing, the tweet is approaching 600,000 likes and fans are speculating over how the next iteration will build on the hyper-successful GTA V. But while the most...