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Horizon Zero Dawn review

You’d be forgiven for going into this one expecting something a little different. For developer Guerrilla Games, at least, Horizon: Zero Dawn sees a remarkable change in both pace and tone, a well-earned break from over ten years of stoic service on the gritty battlefields of …

PayPal, this is the wrong way to do password security

Log in from a weird device? PayPal’s first security measure is to offer you a straightforward password reset form. This is terrible. Throughout the week, I frequently work from various cafes around my neighborhood. It’s a great way to vary up my scenery and keep my …

Double Dragon 4 review

‘Keep your politics out of our games.’ Behind the fretful plea (one which has recently become something of a placard slogan, waved at game developers by those who want games to offer only retreat from the real world, not a reflection of it), is the belief …

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard review

Two decades since players first stepped over the threshold of the Spencer mansion, Resident Evil has rediscovered the peculiar thrill of opening a door. Among the original game’s most distinctive flourishes are its unearthly, cutaway room transitions: doors gliding through darkness, their jaws creaking open to …

Nioh review

Team Ninja’s new demon-slaying samurai epic has one hell of an elevator pitch: this is Ninja Gaiden meets Dark Souls. Nioh takes the silky smooth colourful Japanese texture of Team Ninja’s storied hack-and-slash affair and merges it with the light RPG structure and methodical combat of …