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SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR CONTRACTS 2 Prepare to get sneaky, with the highest stakes single-player campaign yet to hit the Sniper series. As contract assassin ‘Reaper’, you’ll get to work in the Middle East, tasked with toppling an insidious criminal syndicate and, of course, bringing

RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Everybody’s favourite Lombax and robot combo Ratchet & Clank arrive on the new-gen’s PlayStation 5, bigger, badder and, in the case of Clank, shinier than ever! With their own universe next in the firing line, this time out they’re out to thwart a robotic emperor’s intention to conquer cross-

them to justice. An incredible array of weaponry will help in this task, with the notable incredible new ability of long range, one kilometre-plus shooting.

dimensional worlds. Luckily, our heroes

will have their craziest arsenal of weaponry yet to aid them in their quest.

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THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE: BLACKWOOD COLLECTION As ESO enters its seventh year, there’s no sign of the action and drama slowing down. Blackwood includes the base game and all previous chapters, while adding over 30 hours of new content to a game that’s already willing and able to absorb huge chunks of your gaming time.

MARIO GOLF: SUPER RUSH With all of that running, jumping and princess rescuing, Mario deserves the odd break, yeah? It seems his choice of relaxation is a round of golf, and we’ll all get to join in the fun when the up-to- four-player fun of Mario Golf: Super Rush tees off. Be traditional

and play ‘Standard Golf’, get hyped with frenetic ‘Speed Golf’, or take a more leisurely pace with an RPG-like golf adventure in the story mode.

Perhaps the best news of all is that players new to ESO can leap right into Blackwood without needing to play previous content.

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GAME BUILDER GARAGE Nintendo has always been keen to let players join in on the game creation fun, from Super Mario Maker to the Toy-Con Garage in Labo. Game Builder Garage rather appropriately builds upon the latter, giving those with a little inquisitiveness and a lot of imagination the ability to easily piece together their very own Switch games –

SCARLET NEXUS The minds behind Tales of Vesperia bring us a whole new adventure involving extreme psychic combat as you take on deranged mutants from the sky known as ‘The Others’. Set in the future, the ability to harness extra-sensory powers has been

uncovered in some humans – known as

‘psionics’ – and it’s these abilities that you’ll use to take on those invaders, who are desperate to chow down on human brains.

from shooters to racers and way beyond – then share them with friends.

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GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Guilty Gear rates up there with the top fighting franchises. Kicking (and punching) off on the original PlayStation back in 1998, the series combines great graphics and music with deep – but rewarding – gameplay. This new entry promises stunning

NECROMUNDA: HIRED GUN Described by its PR folk as a “fast-paced, action-packed, wall- running, head-popping, throat-cutting indie single player FPS”, Necromunda: Hired Gun takes players to the Warhammer 40,000 hive city of Necromunda, and lets them loose with a whole bunch of weaponry.

anime-quality visuals, as well as established characters and some new to the scene, along with an extended story mode that’s sure to please fans both old and new.

That’s not all though, for as you seek and play out bounties, you’ll do it with your cyber-augmented dog by your side. Who’s a very good boy, then?!

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