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Dishonored 2 is both bold departure and careful refinement

She may have been born into royalty, but Dishonored 2’s Emily Kaldwin hasn’t had the easiest of upbringings. Her mother expired on the end of an assassin’s blade, leaving the precocious princess to bounce between all manner of treacherous types. Although that messy interregnum ended with Emily’s ascension to the …

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Gears of War 4 is smaller, smarter, and more scary

War never changes, apparently. Gears of War though, really, really did. Appearing in 2006 as a taught, demanding, horror-tinged cover shooter, it redefined third-person combat as radically as its own inspiration, Resident Evil 4, had done before it. Typified by tension, tactics, and an ever-ferocious tug-of-war for space and momentum, …

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The Outsider: Microtransactions are actually really popular

The Outsider: He’s here to judge you. Here’s here to judge gaming’s sacred cows. And he’s brought his bolt gun. His views do not necessarily represent those of the GamesRadar+ team… and by that we mean ‘definitely’. So it’s my job, as somebody outside the bubble of gaming, to bring …

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