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Two video rental retail sims launched in the same month. Which one is for you?
It's surprising, but two retail simulators centred around running a video rental store have released this month: Rewind 99 and Retro Rewind. Aside from the subject matter, they're unrelated and unique. So, if you were to pick only one of them, which should you go for?
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Resident Evil: Requiem is blatantly better than The Last of Us Part II
My colleague and friend Stephanie Sterling coined the “blatantly better” farcical-yet-sincere essay series over on Destructoid.com many years ago, and so, it feels right to do a derivative version of her features today, in order to best express my thoughts on Resident Evil: Requiem, a game that is also farcical, sincere, and derivative, but in all the right ways. That’s…
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Grasshopper Manufacture may be dead if “Class F*ck up” Romeo is a Dead Man f*cks up
Romeo is a Dead Man hits shelves today, which is cause for celebration for fans of Suda51. Hopefully, those fans will show up to buy it, because, if not, Grasshopper Manufacture may be joining Romeo.
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Zoey Handley’s top picks of 2025
What a butt year 2025 was. Absolute butt. However, some great games came out during that particularly cursed slice of calendar. Here are my top picks of the pack.
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Maximum Utmost’s overall favourite games of 2025
Oh, we made it! Good job! We've finally reached the tip-top of best-game mountain. It's time to talk about what the best game that the Maximum Utmost folks played this year. Will your favourite make the list? Only if you have taste!
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Maximum Utmost’s favourite games we didn’t finish of 2025
We play video games. A lot. However, sometimes circumstances cause us to leave a game incomplete. That feels bad, so we have a category specifically for those games. These are Maximum Utmost's favourite games we didn't consummate with.
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Maximum Utmost’s favourite experiences of 2025
Sometimes a game is more than just a game, sometimes it's a sauce that you just marinate in. Sometimes it's a soothing salve that you spread all over yourself. Here are some of Maximum Utmost's favourite salves of 2025.
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Maximum Utmost’s favourite characters of 2025
Characters: sometimes they move the plot along, and sometimes they're just the spice that makes the dish extra flavourful. Oh, gosh, I really want some curry. But there's no curry here, only Maximum Utmost's picks for best characters of 2025.
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Maximum Utmost’s favourite soundtracks of 2025
What did you put in your ears last year? Need something else to stick in there? In this phase of Maximum Utmost's end-of-year awards, we're talking about the best aural experiences heard in 2025.
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Maximum Utmost’s favourite narratives of 2025
We've rolled into a new calendar year, and now it's time to look back and flip off the previous one. It's the start of Maximum Utmost's end-of-year coverage. To start, we have a selection of great stories the authors experienced this year.
