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GAMING HISTORY IN FEATURES & REVIEWS

800+ articles | 47 platforms | Spanning 40+ years
MODERN | RETRO | VIDEO GAMES | REVIEWS
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​PIXEL REVIEW: OKAMI PS2 19/5/2025
A game quite unlike any other landed on the PS2 in 2007. Briefly, the next-gen systems were forgotten as this remarkable celebration of Japanese mythology and the natural world delivered an adventure for the ages.
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​PIXEL REVIEW: NEO DRIFT OUT: NEW TECHNOLOGY NGCD 17/5/2025
Visco's fourth and final Drift Out game skipped an AES cartridge in favour of a Neo Geo CD release. Tom examines this speedy Japan-exclusive isometric racer for his latest coverage.
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​PIXEL REVIEW: EVERYBODY'S GOLF PS 14/5/2025
Camelot injected some colour and energy into the golf genre with the PlayStation exclusive Everybody's Golf. Whilst they would contribute just the one instalment to the series, it would leave a lasting impact, as Tom details in his review.
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​PIXEL REVIEW: KLONOA: DOOR TO PHANTOMILE PS 9/5/2025
Originally planned as an adaptation of the manga Spriggan, Door to Phantomile would ultimately emerge as a story-leaning platformer, giving rise to one of gaming's most underappreciated lineages. Read Shane's review now!
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​PIXEL REVIEW: MERCENARIES 2: WORLD IN FLAMES X360 5/5/2025
Explosions at the ready: they don't make sandbox games like this anymore! Tom revisits the action-packed Mercenaries sequel where the player quite literally has an army of firepower to back them up.
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​PIXEL REVIEW: THE CON PSP 26/4/2025
Mixing an underground fighting circuit with gambling elements, would PSP-exclusive brawler The Con be able to pull off its unusual hustle? Shane steps into the ring for his latest in-depth examination.
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​PIXEL REVIEW: TRON IDENTITY SWI 19/4/2025
Tron was resurrected in 2023 with a mix of storytelling and puzzling, under the unusual guise of a Disney license being handled by an indie developer. Shane deciphers this innovative game in his latest review.
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​PIXEL REVIEW: GREEN LANTERN: RISE OF THE MANHUNTERS PS3 15/4/2025
During the seventh generation, every superhero had to have their own game, even Green Lantern. Coinciding with (though not quite based on) the film, how would Hal distinguish himself from the competition? Shane investigates.
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​PIXEL REVIEW: CHOJIN HEIKI ZEROIGAR PCFX 11/4/2025
It's 1997 and the PC-FX's troubled lifecycle is winding to a close, only for an exclusive vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up to emerge, with grand anime cinematics and tricky gameplay. It would sink with its system... but did it deserve to?
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​PIXEL REVIEW: HALO: REACH X360 8/4/2025
The fourth and final outing for Bungie's run on the main Halo series, this 2010 first-person shooter marked a strong curtain call thanks to cool new weapons, strong multiplayer modes and general refinements, as Shane details.
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​PIXEL REVIEW: EA SPORTS WRC PS5 5/4/2025
Codemasters got their hands on the WRC license, just as EA got their hands on Codemasters. The successor to DiRT had all the ingredients you'd want from a top-level rallying experience, as Tom explains in his review.
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