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Released to coincide with the VGA Awards, The Matrix Awakens – full title, ‘The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience’ – sits somewhere in the Venn diagram of free, playable demo, advert and technical showcase. That might sound off-putting or baffling, but you shouldn’t be deterred: this is a milestone piece of software that
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Every December, The Game Awards airs to recognize the creative and technical excellence we see every day in the video game industry. Tonight’s show brought together a diverse group of game developers, players, and notable names from popular culture to celebrate gaming’s position as the most immersive and inspiring form of entertainment. Hosted by Geoff
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I’ve got a long history with the Oddworld franchise. After first finding love with Abe’s journey through both Oddysee and Exoddus way back in the late 1990s, I followed the progress of the Oddworld Inhabitants closely. It was Munch’s Oddysee that just so happened to be the OG Xbox system seller, before moving through the
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When I reviewed Terminator: Resistance back in 2019 I found its hapless waves of tin can kill-bots made for a disappointingly formulaic first-person shooter and yet, somewhat depressingly, probably still the best Terminator game that I’d ever played thanks to its slavishly rendered and movie-accurate post-apocalyptic aesthetic. Annihilation Line, a DLC campaign that sprouts off
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The Banished have defeated UNSC forces and seized the mysterious Zeta Halo, putting the survival of humankind at risk. Halo Infinite invites you to step inside the armor of humanity’s greatest hero, the Master Chief, confront the most ruthless foe he’s ever faced, and protect humanity, no matter the cost. Enjoy true Spartan freedom in
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If you like your platformers dark, immersive and with a large amount of social commentary, then look no further than White Shadows! Developed by debutant studio Monokel, this will be the jam of anyone who enjoyed Limbo, Little Nightmares and Inside, as well as dystopian nightmares from people like George Orwell or Aldous Huxley. The
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In 1994 the award-winning comic book artist David Gibbons helped create a game, all with a budget of £40,000 in place. That game was Beneath A Steel Sky, released on the PC and Amiga, striking a balance between the madcap worlds of LucasArts games of the time and the more serious tone of Sierra point
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Halo Infinite’s single-player campaign, like a new generation of Master Chief’s MJOLNIR armor, powers up a 20-year-old series, by both returning to its roots and blazing new trails to build off of. By shifting to an open-world map while retaining the classic gameplay both on foot and in its iconic vehicles, it offers a level
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I’m an Android guy, and have been since my Sony Xperia S. I’d never sway to the iPhone side now after nearly ten years of Android phones, but my loyalty was tested when LEGO Builder’s Journey was announced as an Apple Arcade exclusive. I held true though, and now, less than two years later, LEGO
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