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May 2019
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- May 31
- May 30
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- Best Death Stranding plot theories analysed, from virtual reality, to parallel universes, and religious purgatory
- The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 reboot is an Infinity Ward game with a Naughty Dog heart
- All Black Mirror episodes ranked, from Be Right Back to Beyond the Sea
- Men aren't cannon-fodder: the addition of low-level female enemies in video games is one of the best patterns in gaming
- How to choose a phone for mobile gaming
- May 29
- May 28
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- Best Overwatch Workshop codes: Our favorite new ways to play on the PTR so far
- “This is monster opera!” – How Godzilla: King of the Monsters is honouring the legacy while breaking new ground
- Destiny 2 Season of Opulence trailer shows new and returning Exotics plus a six-player activity called the Menagerie
- The Namco Museum Mini Player is a tiny arcade for your desk
- Designing the 'Dawn of X' X-Men era: Tom Muller
- "This is an action movie where you get to be the action hero" – How PSVR's Blood & Truth puts you in the leading role
- May 27
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- May 24
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- Which alien scares the bejeesus out of you?
- What the advent of 5G means for gaming
- After fixing Dark Souls on PC, this helpful modder made it a full-time job
- 5 potential settings for the Game of Thrones spin-off shows, and the Westeros stories we'd like to see next
- Ubisoft says its games aren’t political – but when viewed through a sniper scope, what isn’t?
- Matthias & Maxime: "For all of its energy and antagonism... it’s a tender-hearted, honest film"
- Wounds is a "Lovecraftian body horror inspired by the likes of David Cronenberg, David Lynch and Hideo Nakata’s Ringu"
- May 23
- May 22
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- Sansa's coronation dress in the Game of Thrones finale is the culmination of 10 years of character development
- "How am I not just writing fanfiction right now?": How Borderlands 3's writers are putting your favourite Vault Hunters through hell for the greater good
- How the Game of Thrones finale compares to other controversial TV endings
- May 21
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- Cricket 19 hands-on: 5 things you need to know
- The best Star Wars t-shirts for the dressed down Jedi in your life
- "It's a masterpiece in its own right": Why thousands of people are still playing The Last of Us' multiplayer, six years after launch
- Terrence Malick is back with spiritual WW2 movie A Hidden Life: “A film to hold in the same regard as his finest work”
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire: "There is a hint of Hitchcock to the pull of its desires..."
- May 20
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- The biggest questions we have after watching the Game of Thrones ending
- Here’s why the side missions in Borderlands 3 are where you’ll find "darker humour, the random poop jokes, and the irreverence"
- Game of Thrones season 8 recap: Every episode, including the finale, explained
- Too Old to Die Young: The director of Drive debuts his Amazon series and it "seems certain to be must-watch TV"
- Release Radar: Our pick of the week's best TV, movies, and games (May 20-26)
- May 18
- May 17
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- Darkwood is like Silent Hill, Hotline Miami, and the Metro series rolled into one
- How to throw the ultimate Game of Thrones finale party
- OnePlus 7 Pro preview: fast, powerful, and aggressively games-focused
- Sorry We Missed You: Director Ken Loach's latest is "more tense and harrowing than any Hollywood thriller"
- What gaming tech do you miss?
- Blood and Truth had an SAS consultant, is inspired by John Wick and Die Hard, and you aren’t ready for it
- May 16
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- PS5 backwards compatibility spells bad news for the remaster as we know it
- Rocket Arena is basically Rocket Jump: The Game, and it's more fun than it has any right to be
- How Bacurau turns spaghetti westerns, Mad Max, and Hostel into something distinctly Brazilian
- Adam Driver and Bill Murray are a dream double act in zombie comedy The Dead Don’t Die
- John Carpenter discusses The Thing, the greatest ever horror directors, and his love of video games at Cannes 2019
- May 15
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- Olivia Wilde had a "strict no-asshole policy" on set while filming her directorial breakthrough, Booksmart
- "If you try to be funny, it'll either work or it won't" – Exploring the games that are trying to turn everyday life into a slapstick comedy
- As Sea of Thieves navigates into its second year, it finally feels like the adventure we always knew it could be
- Skate 4 could be EA's next live-service success story
- The best PSN games for under $10
- May 14
- May 13
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- In Resident Evil 7, Monster Hunter World, and now Devil May Cry 5, Capcom has shown the benefits of staying true to your roots
- Call of Duty pros tell us how the casual crowd can get into competitive COD
- Mysterio explained: Is Jake Gyllenhaal a friend or foe in Spider-Man: Far From Home?
- The biggest questions we have after watching Game of Thrones season 8 episode 5
- The craziest Game of Thrones theories that we're STILL wondering about after season 8
- Release Radar: Our pick of the week's best TV, movies, and games (May 13-19)
- May 10
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- Which fictional robot do you wish you owned?
- It’s time for the Star Wars movies to leave the Skywalker era behind for good
- One location, four unnatural disasters – this is the story of Fortnite’s unluckiest building
- "Tentacle physics are tough" – Even something as ridiculous as Rage 2 has its limits
- May 9
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- Ghost Recon Breakpoint adds technology, survival, and Jon Bernthal to the party
- Hearthstone has outdone itself with The Dalaran Heist, its best single-player roguelike yet
- Days Gone Easter eggs suggest it’s really a Syphon Filter sequel where Gabe and Lian failed to save the world
- How Modern Warfare 4 can be the very best Call of Duty game: Pro players give us their thoughts
- Fortnite Season 9 - the biggest changes explained
- Master the art of oceanic combat in Sea Fortress, the free-to-play strategy game that’s set to make waves on your mobile this month
- May 8
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- 5 things you need to know about Madden 20 franchise mode
- Why it’s time to chill out about spoilers
- If Watch Dogs 3 really is coming to London, Ubisoft will need to make bold creative decisions
- What would really happen if The Avengers reversed Thanos' Snap? Humanity's endgame, according to a population expert
- "Female spies are really interesting" – Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett wants to reboot the cult-classic No One Lives Forever
- Apex Legends mobile is happening, so here's everything we know so far
- "Players should feel like a predator of the night" – A cult classic is reborn in Bloodlines 2
- Should I overclock my PC for gaming?
- May 7
- May 6
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- "I thought it'd be a forest of penises straight away": Media Molecule talks Dreams Creator Early Access
- Cuphead is proof that Nintendo Switch really needs an achievement system
- Release Radar: Our pick of the week's best TV, movies, and games (May 6-12)
- The biggest questions we have after watching Game of Thrones season 8 episode 4
- May 3
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- What video game really deserves the movie treatment?
- Sea of Thieves found its niche by leaving enough space for the imaginative to create something unique
- Is it just me, or is Howard The Duck the best-worst comic-book movie?
- Will Anthem be another live-service success story like Destiny, or is going the way of Battleborn?
- May 2
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- Time jumps are storytellers’ new favourite way of surprising their audiences, but how long will the novelty last?
- What item could the Fortnite Vault Event return in Season 9, and why were they all vaulted in the first place?
- How Magic: The Gathering brought fantasy-RPGs to life long before the likes of Skyrim, and Dark Souls
- May 1
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- You’re not prepared for Borderlands 3’s sadistic influencer villains and how they’re part of its strangely relatable world
- 23 ways Borderlands 3 is reinventing the Borderlands formula
- Who could be the new Iron Man? We look at the most likely candidates
- Don't play Mario and Zelda in VR, you'll only make yourself feel sick
- TN vs IPS - gaming monitor tech explained and compared
- With Halo Infinite on the near horizon, this could be the year that Halo reclaims the FPS throne
- 5 moments in Avengers: Endgame that made us punch the air… and 5 more that made us cry
- Toy Story 4 has more female influence than ever before behind the scenes, and we have Bo Peep to show for it