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Deal of the decade

Microsoft's Activision plan satisfies US courts and (most) third parties thanks to a series of ten-year concessions

DAMBUSTER STUDIOS

How the former Free Radical found the fun amid corporate crises

THE HOT 50

PlayStation's next wave of hits is on the way, from blockbuster sequels to the brand-new these are the 50 hottest games you need to look out for, coming to your PS5 and PS4!

Diablo IV

There's a hell of a loot going on around here

Synapse

Mind over matter

Crash Team Rumble

Where wumpa' spelled backwards is still 'wumpa', apparently

Parasite Eve 2

A survival horror left looking for a host

Dordogne

Going with the flow of time

Getting cloudy

With a chance of gaming - PS Plus' PS5 streaming is beginning to roll out

Final Fantasy XVI

Shattering the crystalware

Yo, yo-yoer

The Sonic Mania devs spin up something new with the lo-fi Penny's Big Breakaway

The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie

All trails lead to the end

Atlus make things Persona(l)

Can remakes, spin-offs, and spiritual successors hold the line until Persona 6?

F1 23

The varied, substantial game last year's should have been

Crime Boss: Rockay City

Gaslight, gatekeep, crimeboss

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Become your own best witness

Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

Tune in or tune out?

CYBERPUNK 2077: PHANTOM LIBERTY

We played Cyberpunk 2077's expansion at Summer Game Fest

PAYDAY 3

Robbing a bank without a plan is as hard as it sounds

TOTAL WAR: PHARAOH

Total War returns to a more grounded take

FIRST DATE JITTERS

Date squids and solve murders in MASK OF THE ROSE

TAKING ON THE CHOSEN IN XCOM 2 PART III

The Assassin finally falls, but at what cost?

LIVING HELL

Fiery builds and lots of skeletons in the fantastical darkness of DIABLO IV

A WOLF IN JEEP'S CLOTHING

LEGO 2K DRIVE is a tyre’d and tested formula, ruined by corporate greed

ROLLERPOSER TYCOON

Parking up the wrong tree in PARK BEYOND

WIRELESS GAMING HEADSETS

There's never been a better time to cut the cord and free your ears from your desktop.

ALARA DIVIDED

How TOMB RAIDER's early marketing campaigns objectified an icon

AVATAR: FRONTIERS OF PANDORA

Ubisoft's Avatar game looks like a Far Cry clone so far

The Spy

BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN

Not the Prince of Persia game you wanted, but the one you need