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The Division is a cold, cold game. Yes, it’s literally set in a version of New York gripped by winter snow flurries, and the remnants of a killer virus – as themes go, that’s chilling enough. However, I’m also talking about the calculating and rather stat-led way the game conducts …

Garden Warfare 2 has a cool trick to disperse the red mist of an online death: its cast of heroes are so dumb-looking, that you can’t stay angry. Ever tried flinging an f-bomb at a sunflower? How about insulting the parents of an undead construction worker? It can’t be done. …

I hate the word ‘cutesy’. It’s something that’s undoubtedly already been used to describe Unravel and yet is somehow completely at odds with the game itself. While you’ve probably already seen plenty of the charm on offer, this beautiful side-scroller deserves your attention far more than its handcrafted sensibilities might …

XCOM 2 is at its best when it’s pulling you in ten different directions at once. On any given turn, I may be juggling research assignments, weapon upgrades, and wounded troops – each one clawing at the last few coins in my meager piggy bank. Managing XCOM is an ever-evolving …

This really is uncharted territory – not since 1983 has a trip to that galaxy far, far away been a genuine journey to the unknown. Yes, the exact route we were taking in the prequels (opens in new tab) was a mystery, but the key facts – Anakin turning to …

Xenoblade Chronicles X is a strange game, even by JRPG standards. The distant planet of Mira is harsh and unforgiving, filled with verdant plains and giant beasts, and Xenoblade unceremoniously plops you into the middle of it all and expects you to figure most of it out on your own. …

There are plenty of firsts in “Sleep No More”. It’s the first found footage episode of Doctor Who, the first not to feature the show’s famous title sequence and the first standalone episode of series nine. It’s also the first episode this series that fails to hit the mark, despite …

The Walking Dead has had extremely high standards the last couple of years, so when a duff episode comes along it’s all the more noticeable. “Now” isn’t the show’s worst hour (I think we’ve almost forgotten how much of a slog season two was…), but in terms of importance to …

Following last year’s unexpected heel turn, the WWE 2K series is in dire need of a Daniel Bryan-esque comeback. A severely outdated roster, a meagre selection of match types and a barebones creative suite left fans pining for the glory days of Here Comes The Pain and the original Smackdown …

This year has been all about playing with the format of two-part stories. But while “The Witch’s Familiar” and “Before The Flood” continued the tales set up in their respective first parts, “The Woman Who Lived” is an entirely separate entity, the only continuing elements being the Doctor, Maisie Williams’ …