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Borderlands 4 Review
Borderlands 4 might just be the best game in the whole 16-year-old series. But there's a catch. Several catches, in fact. Yet despite some baffling design choices, woeful performance and one of the most terribly-conceived UIs in recent memory, I still adore this game - warts and all.
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007 First Light: IO Interactive’s CEO on honoring Bond’s legacy | First Look
James Bond, the world’s most famous secret agent, will return in the hotly-anticipated 007 First Light from IO nteractive next year. Best known for their Hitman games, IO - along with franchise rights holder Amazon Studios - let us watch an extended first look at the game at Gamescom (shown publicly yesterday as part of Sony’s State of Play). Then we sat down with Hakan Abrak, IO’s CEO, to quiz him on the game, handling Bond’s legacy with care, and the visceral new combat mechanics glimpsed in the footage shared so far.
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Silent Hill f devs talk combat, main character Hinako, plus their favourite monsters!
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Razer's IMPRESSIVE new headset range | Hardware review
This week on Critical Rig Dave is putting the Razer BlackShark V3 headset range to the test. Going though all three options Dave is here to tell you which is worth the price, which isn't, and which one stands out far above the others.
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