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I played Deadpool VR and its creative combat is excellent but I'm not sure it's good enough to make me tolerate the Merc with the Mouth's constant talking
By James Daly published
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | The Meta Quest 3 game offers blades and bullets aplenty, and Neil Patrick Harris nails Deadpool's delivery

Claws of Awaji is an ambitious expansion that hides a little too much of its shine behind Assassin's Creed Shadows' familiarity
By Ali Jones published
Hands-on Hands-on | Assassin's Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji doesn't just add more story, with unique mechanics making this a dense and detailed new chapter

I button-mashed my way through 30 minutes of Scott Pilgrim EX, but I'm already longing to dive back in and learn each character's "very complex combos"
By Catherine Lewis published
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | Scott Pilgrim EX's beat-em-up action is easy to pick up, but I want to be a pro

I played Kirby Air Riders and it's the perfect racer for players who've had enough of Mario Kart
By James Daly published
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | Masuhiro Sakurai has brought the chaos of Smash Bros to vehicular combat

I love turn-based RPGs, but 20 minutes of Pokemon Legends: Z-A has convinced me that real-time combat could be the way forward for the series
By Catherine Lewis published
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | Pokemon Legends Z-A is threatening to bring the dream of playing the anime to life

Some of Disco Elysium's best ideas are still around in Zero Parades, but the CRPG thriller has an almost impossible task ahead of it
By Ali Jones published
Gamescom Gamescom 2025 | Zero Parades is an spy thriller CRPG where you're an "anti-Bond" who's haunted by her past failures, but can it step out from Disco Elysium's shadow?

The way The Blood of Dawnwalker plays with time itself is making it one of my most anticipated RPGs of 2026, especially now that Rebel Wolves has changed how closely the camera sticks to your shoulder
By Josh West published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | The Blood of Dawnwalker is filled with smart role-playing choices that are making me hunger for more

Hollow Knight Silksong hands-on: 2,379 days after its reveal I finally played the elusive Metroidvania, and it is absolutely worth the wait
By Josh West published
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | Hollow Knight Silksong is a real game that I played with my own two hands, and I'm already desperate to get my hands back on this stunning sequel

Black Ops 7 is fighting franchise fatigue in the most unexpected of ways with an ambitious co-op adventure which Treyarch believes can "redefine what campaign can be in Call of Duty"
By Josh West published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | An inside look at Call of Duty Black Ops 7 ahead of its release this November
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