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- July 31
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- The secret origin of Ron Marz and his time writing Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, more
- What game teams would you like to see reunite for something new?
- "If Martin Scorsese was going to make a superhero movie, he would make a Valiant movie," says owner
- The Umbrella Academy season 2 ending explained
- Dialogue Options | What makes a good game antagonist?
- Have you tried… building a base to explore an irradiated, evil wood in Chernobylite?
- If Halo Infinite wants to capture the spirit and feel of Combat Evolved, 343 will need to get these five key areas right
- Destroy All Humans! is back after 12 years. Here's what you need to know
- Batman has turned seriously evil a surprising number of times
- July 30
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- Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex journeys back to his birthplace to help save Storm
- How the DC Injustice comic books surprised everyone - including Tom Taylor and DC
- Spiritfarer takes you on a deeply moving journey that reminds you those who leave us are never really gone
- Project Cars 3 preview: At last a driving sim that's properly playable with a gamepad
- Nifty Knitting brings Taylor Swift 'Folklore' energy to The Sims 4
- Flash Gordon at 40 – An oral history of the epic space opera
- Flight Simulator 2020 is as much a zen masterpiece as it is a hardcore sim
- July 29
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- Best Shots Review: Empyre #3 "clinical and distant despite strong art and ambitious aims"
- Best Shots Review: Captain Marvel #18 "meat-and-potatoes superhero action"
- Best Shots review - Wonder Woman #759 "won’t impress everyone ... but it's a solid enough issue"
- Revisiting the Question by Denny O'Neil and Denys Cowan
- Review: Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang "a virtual treatise on the concept of superheroes as modern myth"
- Halo Infinite should close the ring that is Master Chief and Cortana's saga
- Robert Sheehan and Tom Hopper talk us through the '60s set The Umbrella Academy season 2
- July 28
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- Captain America gets "muddy and bloody alongside ordinary soldiers" in Empyre tie-in
- Best Shots advance review: X-Factor #1 "a substantial and impressive opening issue"
- Best Shots Review - Lords of Empyre: Hulkling #1
- Behind the tiny biomes and giant bugs of Obsidian's Grounded
- The making of Cuphead: It was passion and papercuts that helped Studio MDHR learn that the devil is always in the details
- Watch Dogs Legion simulates jobs, work schedules, and [checks notes] hiccups and mime in its digital London
- July 27
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- Empyre may have made Captain Marvel a Kree Accuser but "she won't play by just anybody's rules"
- Halo Infinite is set on Zeta Halo, 343 confirms
- New Wonder Woman writer Mariko Tamaki aims to "interrogate the concept of justice"
- Halo Infinite: Inside 343's attempt to build "the most ambitious Halo game ever made"
- Comic-Con 2020 was more accessible than ever – for better and for worse
- Release Radar: Our pick of the week's best TV, movies, and games (July 27-Aug 2)
- July 25
- July 24
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- Show us your GamesRadar gaming setup
- Xbox put a convincing case forward for the future with its Xbox Series X Games Showcase
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time plays like a sequel 22 years in the making
- Have you tried: making people scream as a tentacled mass of toothed anuses in Carrion?
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest is a dark origin story with a supernatural twist that you can shape
- July 23
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- With Tell Me Why, Dontnod will explore how shifting perspectives and false memories can shape a lifetime
- As Dusk Falls is an evocative, experimental drama that could represent the next generation of narrative games
- How The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon DLC gives Obsidian "an opportunity to dig into Halcyon's underlying problems"
- Madden 21 features: 7 things you need to know
- July 22
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- Wonder Woman shows "how we fail, and how we can be better" says artist Mikel Janin
- Best Shots Review: Hellions #2 "absolutely stands out amid the 'Dawn of X' pack" (9/10)
- Best Shots Review: Justice League Dark #24 "pretty impressive" (8/10)
- Dialogue Options | Which side missions are as good (if not better than) the main campaign?
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch may be the animated series we were looking for
- Best Shots Review - Empyre: X-Men #1 "a tie-in comic that honestly reads better than the main event itself"
- The biggest questions the Xbox Series X game showcase needs to answer
- Star Wars: Squadrons is an intricate dogfighter that offers complexity among the thrills
- Cursed: On the set of Netflix's Arthurian hit
- July 21
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- Joe Quesada hopes Marvel's Storyboards has "the antidote for the chaos that surrounds us"
- Batman writer explains Dark Knight's new costume
- Best Shots review - Batman #95 "succeeds in establishing the stakes" of 'Joker War'
- The original Pink Ranger returns for redemption in Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer
- Best Shots Advance Review: Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Rising Prelude #1 (7/10)
- Best Shots Advance Review: Empyre #2 "loses a bit of luster as it regroups for its second act"
- In a strange, formative summer, Sony plays the long game with PS5 – and leaves Microsoft room for a comeback with Xbox Series X
- Olija is a wild island adventure about a castaway armed with a magic harpoon
- Best Shots Review: Venom #26 "brings the heat with some truly engaging artwork"
- Star Wars: Bringing back Palpatine may have been George Lucas' idea all along
- The Chinese Room is back with a game on Apple Arcade, but first-person narrative adventures are still in its future
- Mark Hamill, Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, and other famous actors who created comic books
- July 20
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- Joker returns to the door of Batgirl for 'Joker War' - but she's ready this time
- Best Shots Rapid-Fire Reviews: Guardians of the Galaxy #4, DCeased: Hope at World's End #5, more
- Image Comics' foodie crime drama Chew is back for seconds with Chu
- This Ooblets character has definitely killed someone
- Ghost of Tsushima succeeds by finding space for quiet reflection in a world scarred by violence
- From Infamous to Ghost of Tsushima: Sucker Punch on the six-year journey it took to deliver its magnum opus
- Ghost of Tsushima Photo Mode was inspired by Insomniac's Spider-Man
- Release Radar: Our pick of the week's best TV, movies, and games (July 20-26)
- July 17
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- Sink your fangs into Vampire: The Masquerade as it embraces comic books
- Who would make the best Watch Dogs: Legion NPC?
- Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard returns to post-apocalyptic storytelling to help the real world with Planet DIVOC-19
- Best Shots Review - Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto "a disappointing outing"
- Bird Alone is a game about befriending a lonely bird, and it's just what I need in my life right now
- Dialogue Options | Do spoilers and leaks affect your enjoyment of a game?
- Paper Mario: The Origami King developers talk origami influences, hidden Toads and celebrating Super Mario
- Best games like Runescape to escape from the world with
- July 16
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- Ghost of Tsushima Hot Springs: Where to upgrade your maximum health
- New mom Harley Quinn gets spotlight in Batman: White Knight spin-off from romance novelist Katana Collins
- Pokemon Sword and Shield is a love letter to British culture that I'm only too happy to read
- Sekiro and the Guardian Ape has turned me into a YouTube-obsessed, code-tampering cheat, and I regret nothing
- Inception at 10: Everything Christopher Nolan and the cast have said about the movie's ending
- July 15
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- Best Shots review: Empyre #1 "good and splashy fun"
- Valiant hero Savage vs. dinosaurs in London with new title
- Best Shots Review - The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal (10/10)
- A rise in game prices is inevitable, and ultimately good for gamers
- Best Shots Review: Strange Adventures #3 "feels more like an acquired taste" (5/10)
- Ooblets is a game of crops, quests, cakes and twerking mushrooms
- The movies, games and books that inspired Ghost of Tsushima, according to Sucker Punch
- The 25 best summer movies that will take you on a warm, sunny holiday
- Building the world of Assassin's Creed Valhalla with history, myths, and mayhem
- July 14
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- Best Shots Review - Dark Nights: Death Metal #2 "both silly and self-serious" (5/10)
- The Death Stranding PC release is another chance for you to discover the joy of walking without direction
- Scott Snyder: "Everything Matters" in Death Metal, including Wally West & his controversial past
- Al Ewing: Guardians of the Galaxy is the "launchpad" to "New Age of Space" at Marvel
- Best Shots Review - Chasin' The Bird: Charlie Parker in California
- Forget endgame, the most exciting shake-up in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands starts at level one
- July 13
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- DC's Catwoman introducing new villain: "an Instagram queenpin gone mad"
- Best Shots Rapid-Fire Reviews: X-Force #10, Detective Comics #1023, Willow #1, more
- WWE and AEW wrestlers the Young Bucks, Samoa Joe, and more unite for comics project
- With its focus on Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs Legion, Ubisoft Forward lacked a forward-thinking message
- Why a Metal Gear Solid animated TV series is the best way to recapture Kojima’s magic
- Far Cry 6 needs to be the shake-up that the series has been crying out for since the start of the generation
- Smart Delivery on Xbox Series X explained: games upgraded for next-gen
- Madden 21 cover vote: Lamar Jackson and nine other contenders ranked
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla combat is built specifically to make you feel like a Viking, not an Assassin
- Release Radar: Our pick of the week's best TV, movies, and games (July 13-19)
- July 12
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- July 10
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- The McElroys explore the Adventure Zone deeper than ever before with Petals to the Metal
- Superhot: Mind Control Delete is more Superhot, and that's super hot
- I didn't play Animal Crossing for a month and I came back to an island infested with gross bugs
- Inside the misunderstood world of Disney Parks fandom
- Twin Mirror has promise, but it's undercut by the type of sadboy drama that thrives on r/relationships
- July 9
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- "Congratulations — we're the survivors!" Richard Starkings on comics life during COVID-19
- 16 Cancelled TV shows that were brought back from the dead
- Doggone sees you play as a very good pupper protagonist that's trying to find its way home
- 48 hours in Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
- Minecraft RTX is the easiest way to discover why ray-tracing matters
- Dialogue Options | What games have you spent over 100 hours in?
- July 8
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- How Jack Kirby's New Gods was (and is) a story about the world today
- Best Shots Review - Empyre: Fantastic Four #0 (5/10)
- Destiny 2's new Exotic lets you hit dudes with other dudes, and it's so damn cool
- Check out the new Horizon Zero Dawn comics launching ahead of its PS5 sequel
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope's Hollywood star Will Poulter on witchcraft, screaming, and his three characters
- An Icelander offers their verdict on Netflix's Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales may be a standalone expansion, but that smaller scale is often ideal for interactive storytelling
- July 7
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- An oral history of Carol Kalish: the most important comic book figure you've never heard of
- "Attention horny X-Fans": X-Force #10 is full of brutal action and "sexy" thrills
- Best Shots Review - DCeased: Dead Planet #1 "might even be better than the first series"
- Best Shots Review - Batman #94
- Looking back at Baby-Sitters Club with Raina Telgemeier
- Buffy: Willow isn't a coming out story, but is about "becoming her queer self"
- Big in 2020: Röki explores the real and the fantastical with misunderstood monsters inspired by Scandinavian folklore
- The Last of Us 2 nails the horror of reality by embracing the sudden, undignified nature of death
- As Fortnite continues its transformation into a social space, its platform is being used to explore important ideas
- July 6
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- How Conner & Palmiotti push boundaries of Harley Quinn in Black Label series - and what DC says is too far
- Best Shots Review - Ravencroft #5 "doesn't deliver anything visually or narratively captivating enough to make it work"
- Best Shots Rapid-Fire Reviews: Black Cat Strikes #5, The Plot #5, more
- With Skate 4 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Remastered leading the way, the second coming of skateboarding games is here
- Dan Fogler on his apocalyptic Heavy Metal series with Ben Templesmith
- Best Shots Review - Fire Power #1 a "dynamic and emotional kung-fu story"
- The Last of Us Part 2 accessibility options mean literally no one is left behind
- July 3
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- What's the next interactive movie or show Netflix should make?
- How good will the PS5 Pulse 3D headset and its audio be?
- Umurangi Generation lets you take photos of your friends at the end of the world
- New Orleans is the perfect stealth playground in Desperados 3
- Is it just me, or is Shutter Island Scorsese's best film of the century?
- July 2
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- Donny Cates gears up to launch three new creator-owned series
- Best Shots Review - Hawkeye: Freefall #6 has "style, drive, and more than a few broken bones"
- How two Marvel films stunt-people adapt and excel in Fox's Ultimate Tag show
- Yes, Hyper Scape is another free-to-play battle royale game, but Ubisoft is already making a compelling case for its existence
- Dialogue Options: What are your hardest gaming achievements?
- Best Shots Review - Negan Lives! #1 "a reminder of just how consistently good and well-crafted this series was"
- Lost in Random is a dark fairytale about two sisters fighting against a world ruled by RNG
- Was this the first step in a DC - Diamond reconciliation?
- When superheroes went bad: a history
- July 1
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- Best Shots Review - Fire Power, Vol. 1: Prelude "an engaging story" (9/10)
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake co-director Naoki Hamaguchi on the changes that shaped the reimagining of a classic
- Horizon Forbidden West could have the perfect setting in San Francisco, if Guerrilla can reckon with its history
- Marvel's Phase 4 is the most uncertain the MCU has been since Iron Man – and that’s exciting
- Apex Legends is having a killer 2020, but Respawn is already looking to the next horizon and beyond
- The fastest PS4 Trophies: Earn 14 Platinums in 12 hours
