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Here are some of the biggest swings and most exciting titles you’ll see on bookshelves — physical or digital — this summer.

The original Coffee Talk visual novel ended up being so influential that it spawned a whole subgenre for that kind of games and led to titles such as Disney Villains Cursed Cafe and Tavern Talk. The sequel offered a continuation…

James Bentley, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Playing Luna Abyss and Zero Parades for Dead Spies, instead of stepping out into all the rain we’re getting this British Summer. As strange as it is to say,…

If you’re a fan of city-builders, Life Below should already be on your radar. It’s a very different take on the art of metropolis construction that swaps out the tenements and skyscrapers of your standard SimCity-likes for constructing glittering coral…

In the 41st millennium, there is only war. Everything, and I mean everything, is abysmal in the grim dark universe that is Warhammer 40,000. Whether it’s man fighting man, man fighting varying alien races, or man fighting the relentless hordes…

Spoilers follow for The Mandalorian and Grogu. For most of the running time of The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first Star Wars movie to hit theaters in seven years, it’s a romp with the titular characters as they bop from…

Ex-Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has claimed that a lawsuit opposing Microsoft’s acquisition of the Call of Duty maker for $67.8bn was allegedly designed to “help pave the way for Embracer to increase its foothold in the California market at…

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A decades-old relic from the old PlayStation days went missing years ago

As a fan of RPGs and anime, I’m always on the lookout for a good new series that seamlessly combines my love of both of those things; thankfully, there’s a surprising amount of anime that fits neatly in that subgenre.…