Out this week: Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions, Dragon Star Varnir, Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry, Contra Anniversary Collection, Battle Worlds: Kronos, more

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Before diving into this week’s assortment of new releases a recap is in order, as during Microsoft’s E3 conference last Sunday a trio of surprises appeared on the Xbox One store. Both Supermarket Shriek – a comical supermarket-based crash and smash racer – and the voxel-generated co-op adventure Riverbond were added to Game Pass, while …

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Final batch of Xbox One backwards compatible titles announced

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Further proving Project Scarlett has Microsoft’s full attention, this week sees the final batch of Xbox One backwards compatible titles. The backwards compatibility team is about to focus on the next Xbox, ensuring all four generations will be playable on the new system. While this may sound a little disheartening, the final update is a …

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Sony’s Days of Play sale propels FIFA 19 back to no.1

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Despite FIFA 20 being officially announced over the weekend, it’s FIFA 19 that claims the UK chart top spot this week, all thanks to Sony’s current Days of Play sale. The event sees several first-party games reduced at retailers, along with reductions on select hardware. This includes PS4 bundles with FIFA 19 as a pack-in. …

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What did critics say about SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom in 2003?

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When THQ Nordic announced plans to revive the original THQ’s Nickelodeon tie-ins, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom was by far the most requested. Making good on those demands, a remaster for PS4, Xbox One and Switch was announced earlier this week, implementing cut content – such as the axed Robo Squidward boss fight – …

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Out this week: The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr, Warhammer: Chaosbane, Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, Toki, more

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Role-playing games with cumbersome titles rule the roost this week, with no less than four extraordinary adventures on the agenda. Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr is arguably the biggest – in fact, in what’s a relatively quiet month, it’s one of June’s biggest releases full stop – this time taking place in Elsweyr, home …

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Blood & Truth is this week’s UK no.1, and that’s no lie

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In what was a slow week for physical game sales, Sony’s PSVR showcase Blood & Truth had no trouble topping the UK top 40. We had an inkling it would perform well, and not just because of the positive reviews – first-party PSVR titles often break the top 10. Even Bravo Team – which had …

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Home Sweet Home

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The titular homestead refers to the cosy abode belonging to Tim, the protagonist of this first-person horror adventure. It initially seems the house is somewhere peaceful to spend downtime between chapters, looking for scattered pages of his missing girlfriend’s diary while taking in other forms of environmental storytelling. But after the first trip back home …

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Hellmut: The Badass from Hell

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“The developers must be on drugs!” was a phrase uttered by many ‘80s and ‘90s journalists, usually when a game featured a nonsensical plot or an enemy assortment consisting of household objects and whatnot. During the early noughties, it was a phrase seldom seen, with publishers refusing to release anything that would easily confuse the …

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Team Sonic Racing

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2012’s SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed was an outright celebration of all things SEGA. Nobody can deny Sumo Digital didn’t go the extra mile when it came to fan service, resulting in something even one of SEGA’s in-house studios would struggle to top. What a difference seven years (and a lower budget, presumably) make. Team Sonic …

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Out this week: Blood & Truth, Layers of Fear 2, Trover Saves the Universe, Void Bastards, Unruly Heroes, Warlock’s Tower, more

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Word has it PSVR shooter Blood & Truth was once associated with The Getaway. London Studio eventually made the decision to turn it into a new IP, simply because they didn’t want to disappoint anybody expecting a vehicular open-world affair. It’s a commendable move – The Getaway brand wouldn’t have harmed sales. Quite the opposite, …

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Team Sonic Racing takes pole position

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SEGA’s not-quite-full-price Team Sonic Racing has claimed the UK chart top spot, dislodging Rage 2 in the process. Given how quiet the online lobbies are, this comes as a mild surprise. It’s the first Sonic title to go straight to no.1 in over ten years – the last was Mario & Sonic at the Olympic …

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