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3 out of 5 stars.
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3 out of 5 stars.
Nuts: a Surveillance Mystery review – squirrel snapper's delight takes a dark turn
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4 out of 5 stars.
Little Nightmares 2 review – puzzler's quest in a fever-dream fairytale
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4 out of 5 stars.
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4 out of 5 stars.
Olija review – exquisite throwback to early-90s adventure games
4 out of 5 stars.PC, Nintendo Switch; Skeleton Crew Studio/Devolver Digital
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2 out of 5 stars.
The Medium review – split-world horror stranded in unsatisfying limbo
2 out of 5 stars.Bloober Team’s beautiful-looking exploration of intergenerational trauma is ripe ground for innovative storytelling, but fumbles its big themes -
4 out of 5 stars.
Hitman 3 review – a wild bacchanalian backdrop to bloody escapades
4 out of 5 stars.Industrialised murder probably shouldn’t be this entertaining, but this final part of the trilogy is a minor masterpiece
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