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Having been delayed by Covid and cast controversy, Kenneth Branagh’s traditionalist whodunnit Death on the Nile finally sails into cinemas. But you have to wonder why it didn’t dock on a streaming service earlier, where small-screen expectations might have been more forgiving of shonky CGI and scenery mastication.  But we …

Most of Games Workshop’s flagship systems are open-table miniatures games that involve a ruler and a line of sight stick, but Warhammer Underworlds: Harrowdeep is different. Although it has the publisher’s trademark eye-catching figures, it’s a fully-fledged board game with hex movement and a deck of cards that each player …

The OnePlus Nord 2 x Pac-Man is being aimed like a rocket at the best gaming phones. Featuring one of the most iconic characters in all of video game history, it’s a love letter to the franchise and a surprisingly powerful smartphone to boot.  Sure, it won’t be able to …

As much sequel as reboot, this could have been called Scream 5. Why it isn’t, other than putting off younger viewers who’ve not seen the first four instalments, is explained, naturally, by one of its movie-literate characters: it is, a la the Star Wars sequel trilogy, or the new Halloween …

Dinosaurs are undeniably cool. Jurassic World Evolution 2 also proves that they are an absolute bugger to manage when you’re trying to make money in the tourist industry. This theme park management sim takes all the mechanics that made the original addictive and then adds the cretaceous cherry on top …

It’s estimated that a quarter of cowboys were Black, but you’d never know it from Hollywood westerns, which so whitewashed American history that Mel Brooks found provocative humor in having a Black man holding the reins in 1974’s Blazing Saddles. Like Mario Van Peebles’ 1993 oater Posse, this debut by …

Whenever a new form of technology comes along, it’s usually expensive and it takes a few versions before it’s done right and can justify the cost. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is foldable phones done right for the first time. It’s still very expensive (prices start at $1799/£1599), but …

While HP’s gaming laptops haven’t always hit the mark, the HP Omen 15 (1007na) is a solid entry into the current slimline trend. While still packing a few pounds, this machine is a much more streamlined build than previous iterations, and while some smaller niggling design choices are frustrating on …

Samus Aran is lost and afraid. Then again, maybe I’m projecting here – 13 hours with Metroid Dread can have that effect. Because after 35 years of hunting bounties across the galaxy, I can’t imagine that Samus would be afraid of anything that ZDR has to throw at her, not …

The eventual successor to Pro Evolution Soccer was always destined to be historic. For three decades, Konami’s football sim happily embraced its plucky underdog status, often surpassing EA-owned big-money rival FIFA in pure gameplay terms. Yet recent sales struggles ultimately saw the Japanese publisher pull the plug on PES, taking …