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Embracer buys Middle-earth Enterprises which controls intellectual property rights to Tolkien’s most famous works
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What would you do if you were the last human left working at a nightmarish future-version of an Amazon warehouse? -
3 out of 5 stars.
Rollerdrome review – skating as a bloodsport
3 out of 5 stars.Mixing the colour palette of 80s comic books with post-apocalyptic bloodlust, movement in this fluid game feels sublime. Until you get shot in the head -
Game adaptations don’t have to be terrible. But as Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan admits, bringing action from screen to console isn’t as easy as it sounds -
With a blistering bespoke soundtrack, and featuring artists such as System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, this shooter is a metalhead’s fever dream
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3 out of 5 stars.
Bear and Breakfast review – a cute management sim … if you bear with it
3 out of 5 stars.There is delightful presentation as you set up a dysfunctional B&B – but in a genre that usually keeps players busy, this requires real patience -
4 out of 5 stars.
A branching thriller played out from different perspectives, including characters’ histories, is clever though at times repetitive
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5 out of 5 stars.
Pattering through a ruined city, being petted by robots and watched over by a friendly drone, cat lovers may regret finding the escape -
5 out of 5 stars.
This follow-up to the acclaimed 2017 cartoon shooter is a gauntlet of boss fights against outlandish flora and fauna with an eye-pleasing nod to classic animation -
5 out of 5 stars.
Timing is all as you wake from the dead and race towards a heavenly finish line, slaying demons en route, in this chaotic yet ingenious anime-inspired game -
3 out of 5 stars.
F1 22 review – a stunning racing game sullied by money-grubbing
3 out of 5 stars.Supreme playability is sidetracked by a new mode designed to let players live the gilded life of an F1 driver – and start paying for it
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