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While the Nintendo Switch has become a welcome home for all manner of ports, comprehensive remasters have been in short supply. The most we’ve seen is subtle visual enhancements and a few extra bits of content. That is, until now – with Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition setting a new benchmark for remasters on the console, while also cementing...

Ever since Microsoft purchased Minecraft for an absurdly high asking price, we’ve been waiting to see how the franchise would burst outside of its traditional mould of building and exploration. The billion-dollar idea is still growing and expanding in some fascinating ways, but the franchise has so much untapped potential outside this template. Now,...

Saints Row The Third has always been considered Volition Studio’s magnum opus. It struck a perfect balance between self-indulgent excess and brave new ideas, forming to create a compelling parody of the open-world genre. What started as a playful riff on some of gaming’s biggest franchises morphed into something equally ambitious and something that...

Remnant: From the Ashes was a sleeper hit when it launched a year ago and for a good reason. It was the first game to successfully deliver a Souls-like, big boss battling experience with gun – rather than melee-focused – combat. One year on from its initial release, Remnant: From the Ashes – Swamps of Corsus is here to keep existing fans entertained...

Fortnite has grown into more than just a game. It’s become a metaverse, a digital space where players can come together to play, create and witness virtual events that continue to push forward what is possible in an online space.  Thanks to the battle royale shooter’s immense popularity, Epic Games has been able to push things further than anyone...

Illfonic’s Predator: Hunting Grounds is a game that creates some fantastically tense moments and offers an enjoyable tribute to the Predator franchise – but is held back by some grating technical deficiencies. The only game-mode pits four players in the role of the ‘fireteam’ against a selection of AI enemies defending key mission objectives and –...