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Why Virtua Fighter is chess to other fighting game's chequers

Goh diggity.

May 30, 2021 Tony Coles

41 comments

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Retrospective: Die Hard Trilogy

What you talkin' bout? Willis.

May 19, 2021 Martyn Carroll

74 comments

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Dreamcast: A Forensic Retrospective

Twenty years on, it still rocks.

Sept. 9, 2019 Dan Whitehead

192 comments

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Mass Effect 2 and the importance of character

Collectors edition.

March 27, 2017 Rick Lane

130 comments

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BioShock 2 is the underrated human heart of the BioShock trilogy

Still held in Rapture tension.

June 30, 2016 Richard Cobbett

108 comments

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A postcard from Yokosuka: Retracing the steps of the original Shenmue

From the archive, a look back at Yu Suzuki's open world wonder.

June 16, 2015 Martin Robinson

123 comments

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Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven was the apex of a lost ninja franchise

Vintage sneakers.

May 24, 2015 Graeme Virtue

45 comments

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Remembering Loom, the adventure game designed to be completed

Delicately woven.

April 26, 2015 Rick Lane

28 comments

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Artoo detour: the original Star Wars Battlefront had anarchy and soul

Back to 'Front.

April 19, 2015 Graeme Virtue

30 comments

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What made Super Mario 64 so special?

Star man.

April 12, 2015 Rich Stanton

76 comments

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There's no place like Homeworld

From the archive: It's full of stars.

Feb. 22, 2015 John Bedford

60 comments

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Retrospective: Grim Fandango

Dead can dance.

Jan. 27, 2015 Jeffrey Matulef

82 comments

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Axelay saw Konami at its 90s peak

Axelay rose.

Jan. 18, 2015 Martin Robinson

45 comments

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The Untouchables brought ragtime and ultraviolence to 8-bit

Naughty but Ness.

Jan. 11, 2015 Graeme Virtue

54 comments

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The serene, interconnected world of the brilliant The Settlers 2

Veni, vidi, vici.

Dec. 14, 2014 Richard Moss

22 comments

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Valkyria Chronicles 2 was the right sequel on the wrong platform

Class wars.

Dec. 1, 2014 Stace Harman

35 comments

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Warcraft 2 was terrific, influential - and absolutely ridiculous

Historical conflict.

Nov. 9, 2014 Paul Dean

23 comments

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Retrospective: Jet Set Radio Future

From the archive: looking back at a series that helped inspire this week's big release, Sunset Overdrive.

Nov. 2, 2014 Christian Donlan

48 comments

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The seven year shadow left by Modern Warfare

Nuclear code.

Nov. 2, 2014 Rick Lane

86 comments

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Road Trip Adventure is a refreshingly laidback RPG

Vroom with a view.

Oct. 26, 2014 Graeme Virtue

17 comments

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Dino Crisis is Shinji Mikami's forgotten gem

The game that time forgot.

Oct. 19, 2014 Aoife Wilson

57 comments

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Console wars, compact discs and Whigfield: Remembering Vib-Ribbon

Bunny peculiar.

Oct. 12, 2014 Ellie Gibson

30 comments

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How Left4Dead changed my life for the better

A little story about the wonder of a sadly departed games magazine and Valve's excellent co-op shooter.

Sept. 28, 2014 Rick Lane

54 comments

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Bastard of the Old Republic

Part 3: Return of the Bastard.

Sept. 22, 2014 John Walker

40 comments

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Bastard of the Old Republic

Part 2: Bastardier.

Sept. 22, 2014 John Walker

34 comments