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Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: PC Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes A s the name suggests your main vocation in Monster Hunter: World is going to be hunting down the local wildlife and then beating it to a pulp so that you can gather up its remains, use them to craft a new sword and then proceed to use said sword to slice up all of that animal’s relatives as well. Though the game’s story attempts to explain that you’re researching the various monsters inhabiting the land the simple truth is that you spend most of your time fighting animals who would have happily ignored your existence if you hadn’t run up and clobbered them with a hammer the size of a car. Man, sometimes games make you play as a real dick. The story really isn’t the game’s strongpoint. You get to customize your mute avatar before finding yourself on a ship heading for the New World. One shipwreck later and one giant elder dragon by the name of Zorah Magdaros and ...

Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: Xbox One Developer: Milestone Publisher: Milestone Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes Review copy supplied free of charge by the publisher. Milestone have been around for years, quietly pumping out a variety of racing games that have rarely amazed but have clearly found themselves small audiences. Now, though, Milestone are back with another original IP and while it’s unlikely Gravel is going to be competing with the big boys of the genre it’s a surprisingly robust and enjoyable arcade racer that revels in letting you scream around corners. But to get to that good stuff you’ve first got to deal with the presentation which feels like it took note of the DiRT franchise’s foray into “extreme!” and pitches itself as some sort of TV show named Gravel presenting the Off-Road Masters races. At the start of events, you’ll be subjected to a thankfully skippable chunk of commentary from the show’s presenter, and there are even FMV sequences invo...