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The mid-credits sting at the end of Venom 2’s 2018 predecessor saw journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) visit serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) in San Quentin prison. “When I escape, there will be carnage,” intoned the caged psycho, whose fright wig was carnage enough, thank you very much.  And …

Looks aren’t everything, the old saying goes, but when the Nintendo Switch OLED is this good-looking it’s hard to deny that looks are definitely important. As the name suggests, the headline feature of this new Nintendo handheld upgrade is a positively stunning 7-inch OLED screen that dominates the console in …

Razer has, once again, refreshed its flagship lineup of Huntsman gaming keyboards with the Razer Huntsman V2. However, this new edition marks a stark return to the principles behind these speedy decks after a few releases that ventured into new waters. As an example, the Razer Huntsman V2 Analog brought …

Fourteen years after The Sopranos finished its groundbreaking run comes this blistering prequel. Fans of HBO’s New Jersey mobster saga can rejoice; The Many Saints of Newark is everything you’d want it to be.  The story covers the mid-’60s to early ’70s, when Tony Soprano is still at school (well, …

Not every video game sequel needs to always feel like a sequel. Making video games is in itself an iterative process, where ideas are tried, tested, and (sometimes not) found wanting, as a development team assesses what does and doesn’t work, and why. Therefore it’s not entirely out of the …

Humankind strips away the victory conditions of other 4X games and replaces them with a single metric: fame. While this isn’t wholly unique – it functions on a similar level to Civilization’s score victories – it brings the ‘backup victory’ front and center. No longer totting up the interesting things …

The BenQ Mobiuz EX3415R looks an awful lot like the long-hailed, all-round sweet spot for gaming monitors right now. It’s a 34-inch ultrawide model with a 144Hz refresh rate from a curved IPS panel, that features 3,440 by 1,440 native resolution, a 1ms response, and HDR support. Yup, this BenQ …

Eventually, there will surely be a limit to how big, how curved, how ridiculously wide the best curved gaming monitors for PC can possibly be made. But we’re not there yet. Oh, no. For proof, look no further than the outrageous Samsung Odyssey G9. It’s not just the size of …

Warning: This review contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 1 Episode 5   Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode 5 “Rampage” has several twists that will keep you on your toes, but no matter which way it goes, Omega’s importance to the Batch remains crystal clear. If …

I’ve got a confession for you when it comes to the Rig Nacon Pro Compact: I underestimated it. Now I’ve got to eat those words. This is a great controller. More specifically, the Rig Nacon Pro Compact offers a feature-set that’s normally reserved for something much more expensive. As such, …