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Sports game fans often lament how their favorite series are annualized and aren’t always given enough time to improve. This year-over-year dev cycle is a challenge for the teams making the games too, and Visual Concepts learned that the hard way when WWE 2K20 became a viral sensation for bugs …

At one point in Netflix’s action-fantasy hybrid, Jamie Foxx keenly extols the pistol shrimp’s unexpected battle powers. Sadly, this promising but piecemeal genre twist from directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Nerve) never quite matches the crustacean’s clout or surprise value. Despite its engaging A-grade leads, class-A-plus drugs, brutal bust-ups and …

The Razer Naga Left-Handed Edition is a revelation. For lefties, absolutely, but also for those of us who might have slightly ‘different’ hands of dextrous requirements. But exactly how does this left-handed version take inspiration from its very popular right-handed brethren, years after that originally appeared on our desks?  Well, …

There are moments when Iron Man VR nails that ‘oh yeah, I can fly’ feel of testing out Stark’s techno powers. Things like directing repulsor jets from your palms with the PSVR Move controllers to fly around, or flipping your wrist forwards to unleashing a swarm of tiny homing missiles …

How amusing you find this affectionate but toothless poke at the titular song battle will largely depend upon your tolerance/fondness for the subject matter. If you’re mourning the loss of the Euro-peculiarity this year, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, with its cameos (hello, Conchita and Graham Norton!) and earworm songs, will …

Like Rick and Morty? You could do a lot worse than Solar Opposites, the new comedy series heading to Hulu. Both shows are co-created by Justin Roiland (the former by Dan Harmon, the latter with Mike McMahan) and each share the same animation style and love for anarchical, off-the-cuff humour.  …

As Cloud disembarks from a train and arrives in the slums of Midgar early on in Final Fantasy 7 Remake (opens in new tab), I pan the camera up and see the mighty top plate looming up above. This diverse city made of metal that serves as the backdrop to …

Warning: This review contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 episode 6 While the first episode of Ahsoka’s season 7 arc floundered slightly, the second episode – “Deal No Deal” – soars ahead at hyperspeed, deepening characterizations and tying her journey back into the Clone Wars.  …

Warning: This Star Trek: Picard (opens in new tab) review contains major spoilers for episode 8. Turn your ship around now to avoid spoilers!  After devoting much of its first three episodes to explaining what’s been going on since The Next Generation era, Star Trek: Picard had got into the …

If you think hard about the concept of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX, you realise this game is seriously weird. You play as a human – albeit in a Pokemon’s body – who lives in a small village with other Pokemon and seemingly no humans anywhere. As a newborn …