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Gaming laptops usually come with such a premium for their portability that you can feel like it’s a penalisation. As a result, one has to swallow that penalty and save up extra aggressively for one of the best gaming laptops in order to feel you’re getting the most out of …

Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age is my favorite JRPG ever, and I’d just wrapped an 80-plus-hour playthrough on PS4 when the Switch port landed on my desk. It’s a testament to the game’s quality that I couldn’t wait to jump back in. Dragon Quest 11 is today’s …

Inspired by a 2015 New York Magazine article, Hustlers is a gritty story of how a group of strippers at a New York high-end men’s club took half of Wall Street for a ride. Set between 2007 and 2014, the focus falls on newcomer Destiny (Crazy Rich Asians’ Constance Wu) …

Any of the good, and especially the best gaming headsets (opens in new tab), will strike the perfect balance between comfort and audio quality. This is something Microsoft’s first-party offerings have often struggled with, forgoing premium sound in the hopes of developing a relatively affordable product intended to ‘get as …

For the Xbox faithful, Gears of War has been a constant – a port in a storm. After more than a decade and four games – not including spin-offs Gears of War: Judgment (opens in new tab) and Pop! – it provided top-flight visuals and predictably fun roadie running and …

Stand By Me, a Stephen King adaptation that 2017’s It (opens in new tab) and this blockbuster sequel have much in common with, concludes with the words: “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?” Well, that sentiment also …

Arriving nearly two years after the series’ debut, Mindhunter season 2 thankfully doesn’t take as long to ease you back into the world of the budding FBI Behavioural Science Unit (BSU), although it’s less of an easing than a wading straight into what will be the focus for the season …

Much has been written about the tensions between Huawei (Honor’s parent company) and Google, with the potential removal of future Android updates from Honor devices a big talking point. But very little has been written about what a superb phone the Honor 20 Pro is, and how fantastically it performs …

Predecessors to Madden 20 put themselves over as games built upon three pillars, but those pillars were crumbling. Ultimate Team was a riptide of menus, modes, and microtransactions to drown in. Longshot story mode was an abject disaster in Devin Wade’s second season. Franchise had once been the surefire reason …

With game sound being so detailed, nuanced and advanced nowadays, a full-on cinema surround system might be tempting. On paper, a big old sound system like Q Acoustics’ 3010i cinema pack will ramp up your games’ audio to blockbuster levels due to its excellence in providing the best for all …