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78.9 average score
80 median score
72.0% of games recommended

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Sep 8, 2020

The football is good and The Yard makes a welcome addition, but issues elsewhere are hard to ignore in EA's latest gridiron sim

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Aug 26, 2020

Freed somewhat from the seasonal release schedule that EA Sports follows with its mega-successful FIFA and Madden NFL series, the sporting game giant steps into the octagon once every two years with its digital interpretation of the hyper-violent Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Jul 31, 2020

Revolution's classic 1994 point-and-click adventure Beneath A Steel Sky saw you trawling the underbelly of a dystopian sci-fi city to uncover its grand conspiracy.

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The latest outing for Mario's most unusual guise combines inventive puzzle-combat and a gorgeous world to explore

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Jul 14, 2020

Sucker Punch's PS4 tribute to Akira Kurosawa is gorgeous to behold but its sparse open-world and bloated mechanics has it falling short

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Jul 7, 2020

Studio founded by the co-creator of Halo brings an inventive squad shooter twist that doesn't quite hit the mark

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Jul 7, 2020

Mojang's famous video game series goes all action-RPG and proves a fine introduction to the world of fantasy looting

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Jun 12, 2020

Sony's big budget PS4 exclusive might actually surpass the achievements of its illustrious predecessor

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Apr 17, 2020

In the trying time of Covid-19, it might be a little on the nose to play a video game in which a devastating contagion that has laid waste to a city community.

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Despite being decorated for single-handedly breaking the Japanese role playing game genre in the West, Final Fantasy 7 was also maligned for many years as the videogame most returned to vendors by disgruntled customers.

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Mar 27, 2020

The hysteria generated by last year's surprise announcement heralding the return of the genre-defining but long-presumed killed-in-action shooter series Half-Life was quickly tempered by news it would do so exclusively in virtual reality.

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Mar 26, 2020

Older readers may remember the notoriety of the original Doom, one of the forerunners of the first-person shooter that sent players to hell and back, turning demons into kibble at the end of a floating shotgun.

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There was a deft magic to Moon Studios debut in 2015.

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Jack Rear

While a deserted island is the setting for a shedload of games, from Fortnite to Far Cry, none have ever tried very hard to live up to the Desert Island Discs dream that most of us have fantasised about at one time or another.

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Feb 11, 2020

In the right circumstances, a good title should tell you everything you need to know.

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Feb 10, 2020

Since time immemorial, the simple pleasures of scurrying through a hostile alien planet has been a trusty go-to for video games;

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Dec 12, 2019

You may notice that this review of Football Manager 2020 is coming rather late.

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Jack Rear

It's clear from the off that Game Freak really did its research when it made its decision to base the new region, Galar, on Britain.

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There is nothing new or radical here. But as comforting popcorn gaming to indulge in while you wait for your trip to the pictures? Job done.

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Jack Rear
Nov 1, 2019

Nintendo's first foray into health-gaming, Wii Fit, was a pretty bold move.

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