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An armoured, masculine character defeated, on their knees, as blazing green light roars from their eyes and mouth. It's Ketheric Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Supporters | Let's get evil in Baldur's Gate 3: Part 5 - A Thorm in my side

"I will never tire of sitting on dead men's thrones."

March 9, 2024 Robert Purchese

Dead Island 2 player wielding a hammer as a ripped zombie launches a punch at them

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What we've been playing

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

March 8, 2024 Robert Purchese

A close-up of a bonneted lady holding a revolver and looking ready for action.

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In Nightingale the fun is always just around the corner

Chirrup, Bertie.

March 7, 2024 Robert Purchese

A photo of a person fishing at sundown. They're silhouetted against a golden, sun-setting horizon, and leaning back having caught a fish on their line.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Fishing mini-games

Click bait.

March 6, 2024 Robert Purchese

Bertie makes his way through purple foliage towards a canvas tent in the distance. He holds a snack in one hand, and a knife in the other. It's a screenshot from within Nightingale.

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What we've been playing

A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.

March 1, 2024 Robert Purchese

An illustration of Yennefer, the black-clad, black-haired sorceress from The Witcher, erupting from a magical card-shaped portal, casting a powerful green spell.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Card games within games

Aces.

Feb. 28, 2024 Robert Purchese

A paper map unfolded to show an island scene, with volcanos and ships and sea monsters, and hands holding it either side.

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Long read | Who is qualified to make a world? In search of the magic of maps

"You're travelling with your imagination..."

Feb. 27, 2024 Robert Purchese

A top-down image of an empty draw surrounded by batteries waiting to be placed in it

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What we've been playing

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Feb. 23, 2024 Robert Purchese

A table of food, illustrated for the game Pentiment. We see a tart, roast fowl, bred, wine and other morsels presented before us.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Meals

Feb. 21, 2024 Robert Purchese

A screenshot from the remastered Tomb Raiders. We see Lara from behind as she hops away from a snarling lion, in a sandy, desert temple area.

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What we've been playing

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Feb. 16, 2024 Robert Purchese

A close-up of an arcade controller area, joysticks and buttons lit by the soft light of the screen. Heaven.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Arcade machines in games

Joy ticks.

Feb. 14, 2024 Robert Purchese

A retro-styled screenshot showing - in a lot of detail - a person sinking under a large boat, with tentacle like reeds around them. We look up as if from the bottom of the sea.

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Wishlisted | Skald: Against the Black Priory stirs the emotional memories of retro RPGs

See sixty-phwoar.

Feb. 12, 2024 Robert Purchese

A sad-looking human paladin with long blonde (and red-tipped) hair. Dark make-up runs down from their eyes over their cheeks, as if their mascara has run. This is Bertie's evil paladin. Perhaps they're having a change of heart?

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Supporters | Let's get evil in Baldur's Gate 3: Part 4 - Hideous transformations and messy love triangles

"Run me a bath."

Feb. 11, 2024 Robert Purchese

An illustration of a Lego figurine in police armour zip-lining towards the camera and flashing a badge, all with a cheeky grin on their face.

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What we've been playing

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Feb. 9, 2024 Robert Purchese

A house phone off the receive on a hallway table. The scene is dark and the phone is lit by a torchlight beam of some kind. A photo of a man's face stands next to the phone. It's a creepy scene.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Shadow drops

Surprise!

Feb. 7, 2024 Robert Purchese

The original box art for very old tape game Daredevil Dennis. Featuring a cartoony representation of a motorbike rider, jumping into the air.

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From Daredevil Dennis to Die Hard Trilogy: Simon Pick has a hell of a tale to tell

"Let's make three games! It'll be fine."

Feb. 4, 2024 Robert Purchese

Leshy from Inscryption reaching towards the player.

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What we've been playing

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Feb. 2, 2024 Robert Purchese

A squat, robust-looking castle close up and at night. Sconces light the wooden door and walls to either side of it. A small wooden footbridge leads over to the entrance.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Castles

Our forts.

Jan. 31, 2024 Robert Purchese

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Stormlands and the million-man raid: Obsidian's cancelled Xbox One exclusive

"That deal was the largest contract we ever signed."

Jan. 28, 2024 Robert Purchese

A poster image for Obsidian's new RPG Avowed. It shows an armoured skeleton holding a sword, except, there's a kind of pink tree growing out of the skeleton's head, and its lungs are purply and tree-like too. It gives the sense that this skeleton is animated by some nature-related magical force. Lucky beggar.

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What's going on in Avowed? We quiz Obsidian after the Xbox Developer Direct

"For us, the reference point we've been trying to point people to is The Outer Worlds."

Jan. 27, 2024 Robert Purchese

A vampire framed by a large full moon, with arms outspread towards the camera, red cloak billowing, and a flock of ravens around them.

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What we've been playing

A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.

Jan. 26, 2024 Robert Purchese

The real-life plastic Pip-Boy watch thing that Bethesda sold with a fancy edition of Fallout 4. It's like a forearm brace rather than a watch. A camo-green plastic thing with a large - and actually working - LCD display on it, which shows a menu in black and neon green.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Personal gadgets

Watch.

Jan. 24, 2024 Robert Purchese

$Rollerdrome artwork showing a close-up of roller skating hero Kara as a bullet whizzes past her, fractions away from her face.$

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What's next for OlliOlli and Rollerdrome developer Roll7?

As the studio turns 15, we head to London to find out.

Jan. 20, 2024 Robert Purchese

An OlliOlli World character standing with arms spread in a T pose. Their skin is red, their clothes are bright yellow, and the floor is bright blue. Behind them is a cream and blue-coloured desert world.

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Key giveaway | Yearly Supporters, we've got OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome keys for you

Roll7 with it.

Jan. 20, 2024 Robert Purchese

Microsoft's promo image for an Xbox Developer Direct broadcast in early 2024, showing snapshots of the Avowed, Indiana Jones, Hellblade and Ara games it plans to show.

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Liveblog | Join us for the Xbox Developer Direct

Live from 8pm GMT tonight.

Jan. 18, 2024 Robert Purchese