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Kazuma Kiryu and Akira Nishkiyama in Yakuza Zero looking confused.

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Majima City | Remember SEGA's Yakuza Wars trademark? Well, it seemingly is a mobile strategy game with Kiryu and Majima that you'll be able to play on the loo

That's assuming a Facebook page and ads which have popped up turn out to be the real thing.

Sept. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

Sept. 1, 2024 James Billcliffe

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The best Apple Arcade games to play in 2024

Here are some pocket-sized games for you to play on the go.

Sept. 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2024

Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!

Sept. 1, 2024 Connor Makar

Like A Dragon Gaiden Kei guide: A middle-aged man wearing glasses stands outside a cabaret building

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Majimaing Your Hopes | Like A Dragon developer locks in an RGG Summit for September, leaving fans pining for a new Judgement or Yakuza: Dead Souls remake

RGG'd previously suggested it'd be announcing a game at the Tokyo Game Show not long after this freshly announced showcase.

Aug. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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Switching Styles | Yakuza Kiwami finally arrives on Switch later this year, so get ready to beat up some goons Nintendo folks

Big Kaz is switching it up.

Aug. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

A poster for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 showing Sonic and Shadow racing towards each other, colourful aura streaks following behind them.

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Live And Learn | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 looks to be giving fans everything they want in its first trailer - Keanu Reeves, sad Shadow backstory, classic music and all

And yes, it seems like Maria bites the bullet too.

Aug. 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Key art for a pixel art fighting game, Eternal Champions, showing the game's cast of characters in a range of poses.

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Eternally Confusing | Sega's next live-action movie? A fighting game that hasn't had a new entry in almost 30 years

Yeah, you know, that one!

Aug. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PODCAST | What's the best game on the worst console?

Console wars with a twist.

Aug. 14, 2024 Tom Orry

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The player shooting a Margaret Thatcher in Thatcher's Techbase.

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Maggie's Back | Remember the Doom mod that lets you kill Margaret Thatcher? You can now try and beat Jeremy Corbyn's world record on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, but not Switch

"Shigeru Miyamoto doesn't want you pissing on graves."

Aug. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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A horse urinating in a field. Its undercarriage is covered up by a whatsapp message that reads "Jim, you absolutely cannot use a weeing horse for the thumbnail."

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PODCAST | What's the best game where you can do a wee wee

We're not taking the, er, you know.

Aug. 6, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Gold Rings | Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo stocks tumble in Japanese market panic - but why?

We're explaining the current stock market crash through the lens of video games, because of course we are.

Aug. 5, 2024 Connor Makar

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Kazuma Kiryu punching a guy in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

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Yakuza What? | SEGA trademarks Yakuza Wars, splitting fan theories between a Like A Dragon/Sakura Wars crossover and Kiryu Clan battles you can command while on the toilet

A Total War-style RTS where Goro Majima hordes the nukes also looks to be aboard the speculation train.

Aug. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

A poster for Like a Dragon: Yakuza showing two man, back to back, one shirtless in a fighting pose, his back covered in a tattoo, the othe wearing a suit, holding a gun up.

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Enter The Dragon | Like a Dragon: Yakuza shows a lot of tattooing and brooding in its first teaser trailer, but not much else

Looks colourful at least!

July 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Every Persona game on sale for Prime Day

No one can escape time; it delivers us all to the same end.

July 16, 2024 Max Covill

Live-action Kazuma Kiryu in a promotional shot for Like a Dragon: Yakuza, he is stood shirtless, his tattoo of a dragon on full display.

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Just Like Sinatra | Amazon's live-action Like a Dragon: Yakuza lead knows there's "no point in trying to surpass the original game" so they're portraying Kazuma Kiryu in their "own way"

"From the beginning, I knew I would have to give it everything I have."

July 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PODCAST | Which games have aged like a fine wine, and why is everyone so mad at our guest host?

There's nothing graceful about the Best Games Ever podcast episode 104

July 2, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Wacky Cabby | Sega's new Crazy Taxi is taking the open-world and massively multiplayer route, even if that sounds like someone took a wrong turn somewhere

Maybe the exit is coming up soon?

July 1, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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ARE SOULS? | Ian Higton's bum guffs: The Best Games Ever podcast episode 103

What are the best games that didn't live up to their hype? Find out within.

June 25, 2024 Jim Trinca

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KIRYU CHAN-NEL | Yakuza is getting a T.V adaptation on Amazon this October

TItled Like A Dragon: Yakuza, it's set to release on October 24 and stars Ryoma Takeuchi of Kamen Rider fame.

June 4, 2024 Connor Makar

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TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN | Everybody loves Yakuza now, but its creator says Sega "flat out rejected" initial pitches for the series

"There was no way for it to be approved without resistance."

May 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A TALE UNTOLD | Remembering Total War Three Kingdoms, 5 years later – a game too good to be left behind

Five years since it launched, I pour one out for the turn-based strategy that could have been.

May 23, 2024 Connor Makar

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TOTALLY | After Sega cancels Hyenas, Creative Assembly's next game is reportedly Total War Star Wars

The RTS developer typically releases a new Total War every year.

May 19, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Doom Guy fighting a demon super imposed over a blurred image of various game posters.

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LET IT RIP | New Doom rumoured as Xbox June showcase approaches

This would mark the first new entry in the reboot since 2020.

May 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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MR DRILLER | The new Lego Sonic sets will allow you to get drilled by Dr. Eggman

The latest Sonic-themed playsets from Lego features classic bosses, an iconic location, and… a boat?

May 1, 2024 Alex Donaldson

Knuckles, in his TV show and live action film appearance, is in focus over art from him in Sonic & Knuckles and the OVA.

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TIL YOU BUCK | Knuckles follows a long-standing tradition of baffling video game adaptations, but I can't figure out if that's a good thing or not

Rougher than the rest of them.

April 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Knuckles, in live action, in the iconic three-star hat.

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THAT'S MY JAM | Knuckles' first episode is free on YouTube, making it very easy to just watch that and not see how weird the rest of the series is

You'll be doing yourself a favour.

April 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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TOUGHER THAN LEATHER | Don't have Paramount Plus but desperate to watch the befuddling Knuckles? That's OK, it looks like it's getting a physical release

Whether you should or not is another question entirely.

April 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PEELY SERIOUS | Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble 16-player online mayhem revealed in new Battle Modes trailer from SEGA

Race, blast, and battle your friends for banana domination.

April 24, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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On the left, Sonic Adventure 2 key art of Sonic and Shadow both pulling cool poses. On the right, Maria in Sonic Adventure 2, stood in front of a command console on a space station.

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SAYONARA | Sonic 3 producer says it "takes a lot from Sonic Adventure 2" so I have to ask: what's going to happen to that 12 year old?

Will they pull the trigger, so to speak?

April 24, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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GOOD, AD, UGLY? | The first 4 episodes of the Knuckles TV series feel like a fever dream – for better, and for worse

What if The Mighty Boosh, Sonic the Hedgehog, and some of the most egregious product placement you’ve ever seen had a baby?

April 22, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

Some enemies fighting each other in Dragon's Dogma 2.

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TWISTED FIGHTSTARTER | Doom-inspired Dragon's Dogma 2 mod lets you engineer inter-enemy fights by controlling exactly how angry they can get

As Harry Hill would say, there's only one real way to find out whether a Cyclops is better than a wolf.

April 18, 2024 Mark Warren

On the left, Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog movie with his arms outstretched, smiling confidently. On the right, a sleeping, 2D Chao.

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REAL ONES ONLY | Sonic 3 is for "all the real diehard fans" says Idris Elba, and I desperately hope he means there'll be Chao

And maybe some other familiar faces, too.

April 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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On the left, Keanu Reeves as the titular John Wick looking at something offscreen. On the right, Shadow the Hedgehog stood on a grassy path overlooking his shoulder to the camera.

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THE NEED FOR SPEED | Sonic 3 reportedly nets the ultimate life form, Keanu Reeves, as Shadow the Hedgehog

This marks the second time The Matrix actor has been in the Sonic films, technically.

April 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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EXTENDED EDITION | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – SUBS ONLY

As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.

April 9, 2024 Jim Trinca

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PODCAST | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 94

As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.

April 9, 2024 Jim Trinca

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AMBITIOUS CROSSOVERS | Paramount wants to make the Sonic movies "Avengers-level events," but can the blue hog keep up with the MCU?

Good luck to the fastest spiny mammal around.

April 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

April 5, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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LAYOFFS, AND A SALE | SEGA to reportedly lay off 240 staff, as Company of Heroes developer Relic announces plans to go independent

Creative Assembly, Sega Europe, and Hardlight will be affected by the cuts, according to reports.

March 28, 2024 Mark Warren

Classic Sonic is running a long a grassy path, looking into the camera in Sonic Superstars. A bunch of Fall Guys beans in different costumes are jumping towards something off screen.

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CHAOS CONTROLLED | Oops, the Sonic Fall Guys clone leaked and - surprise - it actually looks pretty good!

Not the spinoff you might have expected, but it is the one you're getting.

March 25, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

On the left, Makoto Yuki frmo Persona 3 Reload, he's holding a pistol pointed upwards. On the right, Kotome Shiomi from Persona 3 Portable, she's stood with her mouth open.

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CAN'T BE HELPED | Persona 3 Reload producer says Portable's female protagonist would cost "two to three times" as much as The Answer DLC, so it won't be possible

No matter how much you beg, it sounds like it's not going to happen.

March 24, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A header image for Alpha Protocol, stating the game's name with a blurred background featuring a spy holding a gun to someone's head, with monitors all around him.

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AYE, SPY | Cult-classic Alpha Protocol is back from the dead – here are 5 lessons it can teach modern action games

Obsidian Entertainment's legendary (and infamous) espionage thriller, Alpha Protocol, has returned to digital storefronts, but is it still worth playing?

March 20, 2024 James Billcliffe

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WAITED LONG? | Persona 5 took six years to go multiplatform, but leakers are claiming Persona 6 will be on Xbox too

Atlus appears to be looking out for its fans across all platforms.

March 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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OVERLORD OF THE RING | Unicorn Overlord review – super soup of strategy and story, swords and sorcery

VanillaWare returns from the success of Aegis Rim: 13 Sentinels to deliver a toybox of action figures, with the strategic depth of chess.

March 7, 2024 James Billcliffe

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The best FPS games to play in 2024

Sometimes, you just need to pop some heads.

Feb. 29, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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A lawn more is sat on a fake grassbed in front of three screens showing Doom.

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CUT AND TRIM | Need another way to play Doom? How about a lawn mower?

Add that to the ever-growing pile of weird ways to play the classic shooter.

Feb. 25, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

On the left, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs box art, on the right Blast corps box art.

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PORTS ON PORTS | Pentiment and Grounded weren't the only Microsoft games announced for Switch today

You've got plenty to make your way through, now.

Feb. 21, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble key art showing various monkeys in plastic balls facing off against one another.

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MONKEY BUSINESS | Super Monkey Ball gets a brand new game for the first time in a decade, complete with online multiplayer

And some new features too!

Feb. 21, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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JUST A TASTE | Desperate to try Unicorn Overlord? Good news, there's a demo, and it's available right now

A great chance to check out the game early, ahead of it's March release date.

Feb. 21, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The protagonist from Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne – the Demi-Fiend – stands in the centre of a group of demons – and you can only really make out their eyes.

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FEATURING DANTE | One of my favourite RPGs of all time just turned 21 years old – and it’s as good today as it was in 2003

When a demi-fiend becomes a demi-friend – then you’ll have the power to kill god. Happy birthday, Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne.

Feb. 20, 2024 Dom Peppiatt