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2022-10-14
Why is everything a live service?

I caught a streamer I follow playing Marauders recently and the game looks fantastic. For thos...

2022-09-23
GTA VI leak: Beyond the videos

We saw one of the biggest leaks in video game history last Sunday as a hacker uploaded a huge ...

2022-08-05
GTA VI: First details leave plenty of room for scepticism

It was last week, nearly nine whole years after the release of Grand Theft Auto V, that an ar...

2022-02-12
GTA IV's immersive mechanics may be lost forever

Rockstar practically broke Twitter with its announcement of what will surely be Grand Theft Au...

2022-01-22
Project Zomboid is a true sandbox game

Project Zomboid is yet another game that was sitting in my Steam library for a long time befor...

2022-01-15
In defence of scripting in football games

Spend any length of time reading online forums for football games and you’ll come across compl...

2021-12-12
You're in the zone until you're not

Flow is a weird thing, all inconsistent and unpredictable. When I go to play a video game, one...

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The Menu review
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Lessons in management from Jose Mourinho
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Glass Onion review
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What to expect from TSP in 2023
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FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – making history
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