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We're not taking the, er, you know.
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INDEPENDENCE DIEM | Those About to Die may be about gladiators and chariot races, but its most ferocious battle is between historical record and artistic licence
Ancient Rome has never looked as good as this on the small screen, or the big one, but did any of it really happen?
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Watch_Hutts | 'You could call it Grand Theft Andor' Star Wars Outlaws has been pulled from an alternate dimension where teenagers get to pitch Star Wars games, and they actually get made
What if they did a Star Wars game that was like GTA, and there were a bunch of different planets, and you had a cool dog?
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PODCAST | What's the best game that could convince Biden to step down?
Sorry, we put politics into games again, sorry, all the best, sorry,
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PODCAST | What's the best game you were happy to see the back of?
Oh no, we shoehorned politics into games
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PODCAST | Which games have aged like a fine wine, and why is everyone so mad at our guest host?
There's nothing graceful about the Best Games Ever podcast episode 104
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ARE SOULS? | Ian Higton's bum guffs: The Best Games Ever podcast episode 103
What are the best games that didn't live up to their hype? Find out within.
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BUSSIN' | Dustborn is a head-spinning genre mishmash that will divide opinion, but we can't wait for the full game. HANDS-ON PREVIEW
How do you do, fellow they/thems?
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WIDOWS AND BAIRNS | Still Wakes the Deep review: This is perfect Game Pass fodder - great but flawed, perfectly paced, and exactly the right length.
This six-hour disaster movie keeps the tension up, but it has entirely the wrong focus.
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PODCAST | What’s the best game that had the worst reveal trailer? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 102
They say that the first impression is the most important, so even if your game is great, you’d better not botch the announcement.
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PODCAST | What the best game where everyone's mad at you even though you did nothing wrong? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 101
It's only game, why you have to be mad?
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VIDEO | The Best Games of Not E3 2024 - all the good stuff, none of the rubbish from Summer Game Fest, Xbox, Day of the Devs, Wholesome Direct, and more
So many showcases, so little free time.
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X MARKS THE SPOT | Xbox pulls off the best E3 showcase in years, it’s a pity that both brands died before it could happen
Rumours of Xbox’s demise have clearly been exaggerated
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Indict the Future | The Operator reimagines The X Files as a work-from-home saga that may or may not be about little green men
The truth is several mouse clicks away.
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AUSTEN-TATIOUS | Doctor Who’s ‘Rogue’ is a welcome return to business as usual for RTD 2.0 - spoiler free review
Revelations abound in an episode that could have easily been a Ten and Rose adventure.
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PODCAST | The Best Games Ever Show 100th Episode Quiz: PART TWO
Who wins? Who loses? Who kicks off about the rules? Find out in the second part of our enormous buzzer episode.
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Wishlisted - Our 10 Best Steam Next Fest Demos
Another Next Fest kicks off soon, but we've already done the digging for you.
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CELEBRATION | The 100th Episode of the VG247 EVER - super quickfire round edition!
100 questions in this special episode of the VG247 podcast? Who will the winner be? There's only one way to know for sure...
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PODCAST | Who is currently winning the Best Games Ever Podcast?
We don't have office politics, apart from the half hour per week that we record and publish for your entertainment.
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VIDEO | The top ten worst vaults in Fallout
They say the wasteland is full of peril, but Vault Tec's infamous fallout shelters are often much worse.
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VIDEO | This forgotten Xbox 360 gem gets a new lease of life in VR
The original Prey was well ahead of its time, and now it's being dragged into the future with mods.
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PODCAST | What's the best game where your character gets wet, then slowly dries off? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 99
Water palaver! Games are so good at simulating H2O, but which is the most clever?
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VIDEO | 7 forgotten Fallout crossovers that you definitely don't remember
From the vault of history, here's a bunch of oddities, cosmetic DLCs, and a genuinely good Minecraft world.
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SPACE, BABY | Doctor Who finally has its mojo back thanks to Russell T. Davies: the best to ever do it
His successors tried to turn it into a prestige drama, and that’s the last thing I want from the show that can be anything.
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VIDEO | Is No Rest for the Wicked worth a punt on early access, or should you wait for the full release?
Moon Studios’ grand genre-crossing experiment is a beautiful and compelling tease, but there’s a long way to go.
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LET’S CRY | Star Trek: Discovery goes out as it came in: robbing better shows of their mystique
Disco’s final season goes boldly where nobody asked, but remains a success story that has defied every critic
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PODCAST | What's the best game with shooting where you don't get a gun for ages? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 98
What's the point in having guns if they won't let us shoot people? Eh?
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PODCAST | They'd never get away with THIS nowadays! The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 96
Nowadays, right, you can't even massacre everyone on a football pitch in an ill-advised parody of the first world war, because of woke
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VIDEO | An heir to LucasArts? After 8 years in development, Harold Halibut is too good to be a 90s throwback
Part Wallace & Gromit, part Red Dwarf, there's a magic to the way this Game Pass gem blends old and new.
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RAD ROLEPLAY | How to play Fallout 4 as your fave from the TV show
Already binged Amazon's series, and feeling bereft? Try heading into the wasteland as Lucy, Maximus, or The Ghoul
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HIGH VAULTAGE | Fallout TV show spoilercast: what does it mean for Fallout 5?
Amazon’s TV juggernaut isn't afraid to play around in Bethesda's universe, but do we want it to?
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VIDEO | Dragon's Dogma 2 is Gen-Z Morrowind and I love it
A barnstorming AAA fantasy adventure that pointedly refuses to hold the player's hand? More of that, please.
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PODCAST | The best game where your family DITCHES you? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 95
Blood and water are of equal consistency when irradiated.
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EXTENDED EDITION | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – SUBS ONLY
As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.
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PODCAST | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 94
As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.
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FUTURE NOT FORBIDDEN | Horizon Forbidden West on an Nvidia RTX 4070 Super highlights the gulf between PC and console
The PC version of Horizon Forbidden West is fantastic way to peer into the future of game rendering tech on every platform.
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ARMAGEDDON FACTOR | Blur vs Split Second was Deep Impact vs Armageddon for mid-2000s arcade racers
They're nothing like buses! They're sports cars!
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VIDEO | The first three hours of Dragon's Dogma 2
Three hours is a tiny drop in the ocean of such a vast RPG, but it's more than enough to realise how special this game is.
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VIDEO | Dragon's Dogma 2 vs Rise of the Ronin: which should YOU buy?
Got a PS5 and a hankering to spend seventy bucks on a big ol' Japan-made western style RPG? Let us help with your current dilemma.
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STARSHIP DUPER | Helldivers 2 isn't the only Unofficial Movie Adaptation in gaming, but it might be the best one
Stop pretending that Deadly Premonition is good on any level.
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I HATE DOLLS | We were TRAUMATISED by Alone in the Dark's haunted house experience
Things got hectic and weird when we were told to show up to an abandoned mansion on an island in the Thames.
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PODCAST | Inspired by Dune 2, what's the best game with a load of sand in it?
What's course, rough, and irritating, but gets nowhere? It's the VG247 podcast!
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VIDEO | Five reasons why Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is Square's best ever sequel
Building on strong foundations creates dividends for the burgeoning RPG anthology series
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GAAS-LIGHTING | That one live service game you begrudgingly like? It's probably just as bad as all the others, you just need an intervention
As if "always online" is a selling point for entertainment. I'm always online! Let me log off!
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DISC-USTING | What's the best game that shipped on multiple discs? The Best Games Ever Podcast
Most games shipped on multiple discs, if you think about it...
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THE SHIITAKE SHOW | The problem with Xbox is that you don’t need an Xbox, and that's a hard circle to square
Xbox Anywhere, except under your TV where it's supposed to be.
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PIRATE BAE | What's the best Pirate Game that ISN'T Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag? Find out in The Best Games Ever Podcast
Contains only minimal discussion about Blackbeard's syphilitic pinger.
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NO PRO | You don't need a PS5 Pro | Have live service games reached their nadir with Suicide Squad?
Would you prefer a PS5 Pro or an Xbox on the go?
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SOULS-LESS | Five reasons why YOU should care about PS5 exclusive Rise of the Ronin (even if you're scared of soulslikes)
Life wasn’t easy in 19th century Japan, but it wasn’t THAT bad.