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Way back in 2005, Aardman Animations announced that its next movie project with then-partner DreamWorks would be a Stone Age-set comedy, co-scripted by John Cleese, entitled Crood Awakening. When, in 2007, Aardman parted ways with DreamWorks, the latter kept the rights to the idea as part of the divorce package. …

Parsing the difference between love and infatuation is a tricky business. There’s a potent cocktail of hormones and pheromones to contend with, intoxicating new emotions warring with old, cautionary memories. But sometimes there’s a transcendent moment when you just know it’s true love – a glance across a crowded dinner …

Destiny 2’s Curse of Osiris expansion has been out in the wild for a couple of weeks now, but while we’ve been updating a review diary along the way, we wanted to wait a little while before publishing a final verdict. There was grinding to be done, and Raid content …

Football Manager 2018 is a tough game to size up. On one hand, it’s still as addictive as ever, and possible to sink a dozen hours into a single sitting. On the other, it represents a step backwards for the long-running management series. New arrivals this year include an emphasis …

Assassin’s Creed Origins (opens in new tab) is a game of stories. Stories you’ll uncover in the depths of sandy tombs on fading parchment, stories straight from the mouths of Ancient Egyptians feeling cursed by their vengeful gods, and then bigger, infinitely sillier stories that you’ll remember on the way …

It’s taken 12 years and seven attempts, but Forza Motorsport has now firmly set the bar by which all other racing games will be judged. As well as creating a graphical showcase for not just the forthcoming Xbox One X but the standard Xbox One itself, Turn 10 Studios has …

Madden 18 will divide opinion among fans of the long-running football franchise. Longshot mode, essentially a fully-stocked story mode, is a much-needed welcome addition – with a genuinely interesting narrative to boot – but, away from the flagship feature, the changes are mostly skin-deep. EA has wheeled out its rinse-and-repeat …

It’s rare that a game will come along that doesn’t actually require you to do much gaming. But that’s just what Subsurface Circular asks of you. This is the first of a new series of shorts by Mike Bithell – the chap behind Thomas Was Alone (opens in new tab) …

Despite an awkward start that had cuts flash past my eyes quickly enough to give me a confused feeling halfway between motion sickness and bewilderment, Empress of Mars turns out to be a stoic and dependable episode – yet one that missed the chance to add an extra dimension to …

Let’s be totally clear: despite the ‘4’ on the name, this is categorically not a return to the bombastic, arcade-hued mayhem of Dirt 2. This is the still-beating heart of Dirt Rally, transplanted into the long-dead corpse of Dirt 3. The result is an incredibly hardcore simulation masquerading as an …