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    Welcome to the new ‘Age’

    Making friends is still important in Dragon Age: Veilguard. Image: supplied

    Welcome to the new ‘Age’

    This is, depending on which side of the fence you sit, either one of the best games of the year or one of the worst.

    A classic returns

    A classic returns

    "Hello old friend. Its been a long time."

    A good blaster at your side

    There’s a fortune to be made waiting out there somewhere in a chaotic galaxy in Star Wars:...

    A good blaster at your side

    Call it Map Legend Fatigue Syndrome, perhaps.

    Beauty/brutally

    Much of platformer Neva is so gorgeous you’ll want to frame it and put it on your wall. Image:...

    Beauty/brutally

    It wasn’t far into the gorgeous platformer Neva that I started to think "how can I get some imagery from this on to my wall?"

    Coulda, woulda, shoulda

    The Plucky Squire has great potential, but quite can’t live up to it. Image: supplied

    Coulda, woulda, shoulda

    Potential is a hard thing to quantify.

    An absolute charmer

    An absolute charmer

    Look, I can admit it: at this point, when it comes to reviewing video games, I’m a bit of a cynical old coot.

    Low profile and light, for the gamer in us

    The keyboard is low-profile, at only 22mm tall.

    Low profile and light, for the gamer in us

    As those in Panama once said "another day, another decent keyboard".

    On-the-go keyboard handy for particular uses

    The keyboard lives up to its promise of portability.

    On-the-go keyboard handy for particular uses

    Keys-To-Go2 is the latest iteration of Logitech’s line of "ultra-portable" keyboards, designed to be thrown into a backpack or satchel and carted easily around.

    Gaming: College football has returned

    Graphic: EA Sports

    College football has returned

    American college sport remains a great mystery to many people in this odd little nation at the bottom of the world.

    Test of patience

    Test of patience

    Waiting remains the hardest part in this exercise in forbearance, Sarah Thwaites writes.

    Just suck it up, Luigi

    The right tool for the job ... Loveable coward Luigi puts his "Poltergust 5000" — OK, it’s a...

    Just suck it up, Luigi

    Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is a level-based action adventure game; a remaster of the original game released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013.

    Challenging mountaineering game all about balance

    A scene from Cairn by The Game Bakers. Graphic: supplied

    Challenging mountaineering game all about balance

    A deceptively simple control system underpins this alpinist adventure set on a single deadly massif, writes Lewis Gordon, of The Guardian.

    The land of Tamriel expands again

    Exploration of Claw Cave. Graphic: supplied

    The land of Tamriel expands again

    There comes a point in life when you realise something.

    This is the end

    He probably just wants to talk, right? Tormentors tend to pop up at inconvenient times in The...

    This is the end

    Where to start priming the uninitiated on the plot the two Destiny games have served up their players so far since 2014?

    Mario’s fun new dimension

    Paper Mario at its core is about one fantastic concept: What if a 2D platformer was literally 2D?

    Mario’s fun new dimension

    Delightful and refreshing. This silly game about Mario exploring a world made of literal paper put a bigger smile on my face than anything I have played in a very long time.

    Tennis serves up winner

    Tennis serves up winner

    Can you remember what you were doing in 2011?

    Samurai makes a smooth transition to PC

    Samurai makes a smooth transition to PC

    Almost 4 years after the initial release, Ghost of Tsushima has finally hit PC stores.

    An exceedingly damp squib

    The endless wonders and variety of Earth’s ocean life are reduced to a dull box-ticking exercise...

    An exceedingly damp squib

    This game feels like a free educational browser game from the 2000s, but it costs almost $80.

    Join the dots (violently)

    It’s amazing what you can do with just one magic bullet in Children of the Sun. Image: supplied

    Join the dots (violently)

    Children of the Sun is a short, strange game made by a person who wasn’t afraid of putting it out there, writes Michael Robertson.

    Just park your brain at the door and enjoy

    Evolution has clearly got out of control — and needs to be reined in with violence — in Stellar...

    Just park your brain at the door and enjoy

    It probably needs a better name — not that we’re going to get one now — but the "Souls-like" game genre has been a thing for a while.
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