Hitman: Freelancer is a superlative expansion of the franchise
★★★★ | Contract thriller
Xbox
Sifu mistakes difficulty for pleasure
During the filming of Marathon Man, Dustin Hoffman refused to sleep, bathe, or eat to get into the exhausted mindset of his character. Watching from the sidelines, Laurence Olivier remarked: “My dear boy, why don’t you try acting? It’s much easier.”
In an interview with GamingBolt, Félix Garczynski,
2021 Gaming Catch-Up
It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that 2021 was a busy year. Even with COVID lockdowns continuing in Finland – often with no rhyme or reason – I somehow managed to cover almost as much as in a pre-COVID year. But, as always, some things slip between the cracks. So
Halo Infinite is messy, ambitious, and better than you'd expect
(Halo Infinite is out on December 8th. The distributor provided a review code.)
Halo is one of the Xbox’s most important and longest-running titles. An icon of system-selling blockbusters, it almost single-handedly carried the fledgling console into the big leagues. Over the years, its star diminished some, and the
Back 4 Blood is good until it isn't
Spinning off from the beloved (but undoubtedly aged) Left 4 Dead series, Back 4 Blood (see what they did there?) is a nostalgic effort in reanimating a straggling franchise. Unlike many others who try the same, only ending up in a ghoulish Weekend at Bernie’s type of deal, B4B
Battlefield 2042 might be good one day – just not today
Battlefield 2042 has struggled on the road to release, not least because of COVID-19, which sent the development team into remote work for the better part of two years. The initial beta in the late summer season was a disaster, and the first few weeks after the public launch have
Forza Horizon 5 is racing heaven
Set in a fictional take on Mexico and continuing the freewheeling, ultrawealthy lifestyle that is as noxious as it is loud, Horizon overcomes its annoying trappings through the sheer joy of exploration. The world is vast and constantly changing, and there’s so much to explore at your leisure.
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