Pyramids

From tombs to headwear, give it up for one of the best shapes around

1 CONTROL

The inverted pyramid that backs Jesse Faden as the FBC’s new director is home to the strange entity The Board. Mentally, it reaches out with conceptual thoughts rather than language. As well as inhabiting the space between spaces, it looms out from the ceilings of safe areas across the Oldest House.

2 CRASH TEAM RACING: NITROFUELED

Don’t let the colourful visuals fool you: this racer’s as tough as tyre rubber. Early boss track Papu’s Pyramid can put the wheel clamps on new players, the Aztec-style theme home to plenty of angular corners that’ll have you tearing your fur out as you slam into the walls.

3 ASSASSIN’S CREED ORIGINS

Given the series is all about clambering around, we were eyeing up Egypt’s Pyramids Of Giza from the moment Origins was announced. It delivered, enabling us not only to climb up high, but to slide right back down again. Whee!