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  • Lego 2K Drive review – a wonderful first racing game

    The open world racer where beautiful environments are crammed with delightfully destructible Lego goodies, will have kids smiling while they play

  • Pushing Buttons: The secret to Tears of the Kingdom’s success? It’s the genuine escape we all need

  • ‘Everyone encounters some kind of abuse’: Stephen ‘Jorbs’ Flavall speaks out on the dark side of Twitch streaming

  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker at 20 – this under-appreciated Zelda game is also one of the best

  • Lemmings meets Koyaanisqatsi: Humanity, the dream-like puzzle game that inspires delight and unease

  • EU approves Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard

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Opinion

  • Pushing Buttons: Is the brutal new police ‘bodycam’ shoot ’em up game too indistinguishable from reality?

    • My son is moving out – but we had time to play one last game

      Dominik Diamond

    • Pushing Buttons: The Super Mario Bros Movie is just fine – but what else did you expect?

    • Help, I’m obsessed with pressure-washing Lara Croft’s house

      Ellie Gibson
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Reviews

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom review – pure magic

    Occasionally a game comes along that makes you look at life in a whole new way. This glorious, hilarious, utterly absorbing Zelda instalment is one of them

  • Redfall review – vampire shooter is sucked dry of fun

  • Star Wars Jedi: Survivor review – the best Star Wars game in 20 years

  • Tron: Identity review: moody sci-fi detective game is all light, no cycle

  • Dead Island 2 review – rollicking zombie hack-n-slasher has missed its moment

  • EA Sports PGA Tour 2023 review – serious players have much to master in EA’s return to the virtual fairway

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What to play

  • The 10 best Star Wars video games

  • 10 interesting video games about immigration

  • The 50 best video games of the 21st century

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