Game of the Year #4 - Ghost of Yotei
Revenge is sweet
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 613
Seasonal slump
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"We'll give it our all and see it through"
- Atlus
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News Silent Hill Producer Aims to Release One New Game Per Year
Series back with a bang
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TodayMon, 29th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Best PS5 Action Game of 2025
Lights, camera...
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 action game of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Elden Ring Nightreign: Condensing Elden Ring's robust mix of combat styles down into a...
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News PS6 Could Be Delayed Due to RAM Price Chaos
RAMpage
Sony hasn’t even announced the PS6 yet, so there’s nothing for it to officially delay. However, the company has acknowledged its next console in tech roundtables with partner AMD, and all signs have been pointing to a late 2027 release. But Insider Gaming reports that
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Game of the Year #4 - Ghost of Yotei
Revenge is sweet
Ghost of Tsushima ended up being one of the most beloved outings of the PS4 generation, and so topping the adventures of Jin Sakai was never going to be easy. And while we think that opinions will likely always be divided on which Ghost title is best, Ghost of Yotei is a superb sequel that both builds on its predecessor, and...
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"We'll give it our all and see it through"
It sounds like 2026 will be a milestone year for Atlus and its uber-popular Persona franchise, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Speaking as part of a big feature in Famitsu magazine, creative producer and chief director Kazuhisa Wada teased a big year ahead for the franchise, including plenty of...
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- PS5
- Persona
Time Extension "Most of the CG designers were college students doing part-time work"
Developed as the first game to specifically require the use of the DualShock controller, Sony Computer Entertainment's 1999 platformer Ape Escape (known in Japan as Saru Getchu) was built around a pretty simple yet ingenious premise. A bunch of mischievous primates have escaped...
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News Silent Hill Producer Aims to Release One New Game Per Year
Series back with a bang
If the producer of Silent Hill realises his ambition, there’ll be one new game in the survival horror series every year. Motoi Okamoto revealed his target in an end of year interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu, admitting that while the goal may be ambitious, it’s very much his focus. He said, as translated by Genki...
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- Silent Hill
YesterdaySun, 28th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Liam's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Canvassing
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of assistant editor Liam Croft. 5. Elden Ring Nightreign: Elden Ring Nightreign is the most I’ve been addicted to playing a game this year, with its run-based twist on the...
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- PS5
- Features
Game of the Year Best PS5 Story Game of 2025
Experience this
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 story game of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: While the Uncharted series takes a well-ear
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- PS5
- Features
News Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes Exclusives Make Consoles 'Sing'
"Mario on PlayStation is the apocalypse"
As the lines between consoles continue to blur, popular ex-PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has weighed in on the debate. Speaking with podcast Pause for Thought, he pointed out that while he doesn’t believe every game needs to be console exclusive, he believes tying certain software to specific...
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Game of the Year #5 - Dispatch
AdHoc Studio will remember that
It turns out the appetite for episodic adventures hasn’t gone away – the format just needed sexy superheroes, a quicker release cadence, and management sim mechanics. Dispatch – developed by the ex-Telltale alumni at AdHoc Studio – made a late charge for Game of the Year, premiering on 22nd October and not...
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- Dispatch
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Saturday27th Dec 2025
Feature 99+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's January Sale (North America/Europe)
Check out these discounted games
Sony has kicked off an enormous January/Holiday sale on the PS Store, with thousands of digital goodies up for grabs. This big sale runs from now through to 8th January 2026, giving you plenty of time to spend all your PSN credit you get for Christmas. To help navigate the huge sale, we've assembled the top...
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Game of the Year #6 - ARC Raiders
Don't shoot!
Embark Studios’ ARC Raiders takes our number six spot. It's a multiplayer experience that, against all odds, managed to capture the imagination of players with a riveting and immersive take on the extraction shooter genre. Switching somewhere in the middle of development from a PvE co-op shooter to the PvPvE extraction shooter we...
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 613
Seasonal slump
How’s your tummy handling all of those turkey sandwiches? You may want to consider a long brisk walk this weekend to shed some of those holiday calories. If not, you can just join us for some good ol’ fashioned video games. Aaron Bayne: After beating Resident Evil 4, I'm now moving onto Resident Evil Village on the PSVR2. I...
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- PS4
- What Are You Playing
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Feature Going Platinum #5: The Sexy Brutale
No masking it
Platinum Trophy #5: The Sexy Brutale Date Earned: 2nd December 2017 Dopamine Index: stars:4 While knowing every game that comes out is a feat growing less and less achievable by the day, I like to think I have a higher-than-average level of awareness. I've never been formally diagnosed with autism, but I'm fairly sure I'm somewhere...
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- The Sexy Brutale
- Going Platinum
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Friday26th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Best PS5 RPG of 2025
Turn takers
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 RPG of 2025. Bronze Trophy: The Outer Worlds 2: In The Outer Worlds 2, developer Obsidian is all about player choice. The game lets...
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- PS5
- Features
Game of the Year Stephen's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Obscured no more
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of assistant editor Stephen Tailby. 5. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance: This year has been so rich with fantastic games that some of them, despite their quality, will simply not get...
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- Features
News 'It Has the Power to Enrich the Creative World': Level-5 Boss All-In on Generative AI
"I'm praying the game industry continues to grow"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 recently had a couple of awards it had won revoked after an old interview in which it revealed it used generative AI re-emerged. The French studio has since said it’ll never use the technology again, and all of its futur
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- Akihiro Hino
News Test Out Tactics Remake Front Mission 3 for Free on PS5, PS4 Now
Demo available ahead of 30th January launch
A demo for the remake of PS1 tactics classic Front Mission 3 is now available to download and play on the PS Store. You can grab it through here. That gives you just about a month to get a feel for the Squaresoft strategy game, ahead of its full release on 30th January. It’s been available on the Switch...
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- PS4
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Game of the Year #7 - Lumines Arise
Running through our veins
The vision for the Lumines series has always been very clear. Designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi wanted to combine the simple pleasures of a puzzle game with entrancing music and captivating visuals, making you feel like you're playing through a multi-sensory rave. He achieved this with the beloved PSP original, and with every...
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- Lumines Arise
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Thursday25th Dec 2025
Time Extension "Our whole goal was to capture the sheer variety and texture that was in the Japanese script"
Final Fantasy IX celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year, having originally released in Japan on July 7th, 2000. Developed as the last mainline entry on the original PlayStation, the critically acclaimed turn-based RPG proved to be a landmark...
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News Yakuza-Like Crime Drama Gang of Dragon Gets New Screens for Xmas
Kabukicho's calling
Itching for another look at ex-Yakuza director Toshihiro Nagoshi’s new game Gang of Dragon? If you recall, the announcement trailer at The Game Awards confirmed that Korean actor Don Lee will star in this crime drama, which is set in real-life Kabukicho – the grimy Shinjuku district upon which the fictional Kamurocho is...
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News PSN, Fortnite Holding Strong as Servers Almost Melted on Xmas Day
Stayin' alive
Spare a thought for the tireless engineers who will be working hard to keep your favourite services online today. A spike of users as we creep into Christmas has temporarily taken Fortnite offline, with Epic’s Tim Sweeney stating “the servers are melting down, sorry fam”. To be fair, the Fortnite Status account has been quick...
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Quiz Push Square's PlayStation Quiz of the Year 2025
Test yourself on 2025's biggest and weirdest stories
Christmas Day is here, and you know what that means! No, we're not talking about feeding your Brussels sprouts to the dog under the table. We don't mean falling asleep half-way through The Muppet Christmas Carol because you ate all your chocolate coins in one go. And no, we're not referring to...
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News The Original Space Invaders Blasts onto PS5, PS4 on Xmas Day
1978 classic returns on modern consoles
Arcade Archives, the industrious preservation initiative from Japanese dev Hamster, has crowned its 500th release: it’s Taito’s iconic 1978 effort Space Invaders. And it’s out now on PS5 and PS4, this Christmas Day. While it’s perhaps not the most exciting milestone release, it needs no real...
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- PS4
- Arcade Archives
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Game of the Year Best PS5 Art Direction of 2025
Right before your eyes
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 art direction of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Ghost of Yotei: We lost count of how many times Ghost of Yotei made us stop and...
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Feature We Wish You a Very Merry Christmas
Compliments of the season to you
Whether you celebrate it or not, the thing that’s so great about Christmas is that it gives you an opportunity to take stock. With offices closed and the games industry in a very brief slumber, we finally have the opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months as a whole. And despite the scepticism and cynicism...
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Wednesday24th Dec 2025
Guide Best Tactical RPGs - 20 Turn-Based Strategy Classics You Should Play
Time Extension One good turn deserves 19 more
Tactical RPGs, or strategy RPGs, offer a completely different flavour of role-playing game, well-suited to those of us who like our RPGs to feel a little bit more like board games, or prefer games you can take your time over, with a nice cup of hot coffee in one hand and the controller in the other. Below you will...
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News 'Everything Will Be Made by Humans': Expedition 33 Dev Says No More AI After Post-Awards Heat
Generative AI "felt wrong"
With generative AI such a controversial topic right now, it's no wonder that the hottest game of 2025 has become embroiled in it. For those who may not know, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was inadvertently released with a small amount of AI-generated artwork still in place. Developer Sandfall Interactive said it was...
- Kepler Interactive
- PS5
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Game of the Year Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025
See that mountain?
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 open world game of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Ghost of Yotei: Building on what it achieved in Ghost of Tsushima, developer Sucker...
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- Features
Game of the Year Robert's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Die Hard fan
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of assistant editor Robert Ramsey. 5. Dynasty Warriors: Origins: I've been playing Dynasty Warriors since the PS2 days, and while the series has certainly had its ups and downs...
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- PS5
- Features
Game of the Year #8 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Special deliverance
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 remains the open world western RPG to beat, boasting some of the most immersive and complex mechanics and systems of gameplay we've encountered, in addition to top-tier performances and environmental storytelling. We raved about it in our initial review, and developer Warhorse Studios has spent the...
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- Kingdom Come
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News Your PS Plus Essential Sub Netted You $1,500+ in PS5, PS4 Games This Year
That's not bad
Was PS Plus Essential worth paying for in 2025? Well, after crunching some data, we can reveal that your $79.99/£59.99 membership added over $1,500/£1,300 worth of PS5 and PS4 games to your catalogue this year. It’s worth clarifying at this stage that these games are yours to keep, but only if you remain a member, so that’s an...
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"Whenever there’s work to be done – boom, overtime"
A new Zenless Zone Zero clip touching on the topic of overtime has once again raised questions about the sustainability of crunch. While the video, taken from the latest behind-the-scenes ZTALK, is presented in a light-hearted fashion – with goofy music and jovial vibes – it flags the real...
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News Episodic Sensation Dispatch Will Be Eligible for The Game Awards 2026
So says Geoff
AdHoc Studio, the team behind the successful superhero adventure Dispatch, says it's been assured its game will qualify for The Game Awards in 2026. The narrative-driven title, which places a bunch of misfit superheroes into a workplace comedy, was included in The Game Awards 2025's Best Debut Indie category, but the game was not...
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- AdHoc Studio
- PS5
- Dispatch
News New Spyro Game Hopium Builds as Ex-Toys for Bob Artist Reinforces Rumours
Where there's smoke...
Developer Toys for Bob has been an interesting one to watch in recent years, and eager fans of its games are grasping at any possible thread for clues as to its current project. A new clue has been discovered via a LinkedIn profile that suggests the studio is busy making a new Spyro game. After making Crash Bandicoot 4: It's...
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- Spyro
News Merry Christmas! Claim a Free Route for Train Sim World 6 on PS5, PS4 Now
Steam powered
To reflect the spirit of the season, Dovetail is doing railway fans a solid and giving away a free route in Train Sim World 6. It’s picked one of the more unique ones, too: while there’s a lot to love about the dev’s latest simulation, we admit we don’t always have anything particularly interesting to say. But when it comes...
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- Train Sim World
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News Hope Prevails as Danganronpa Series Tops 10 Million Sales
Goodbye, despair
Danganronpa, the hit visual novel series from Spike Chunsoft, has surpassed global lifetime sales of 10 million. The franchise recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, and it's now reached an impressive sales milestone as a cherry on top. The Danganronpa series is broadly based on the visual novel structure, but the games feature...
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Tuesday23rd Dec 2025
Mini Review Yakuza 0 Director's Cut (PS5) - A Questionable Cash Grab of a Classic
Hero to 0
Yakuza 0 remains one of the series' best games, and so you'd think that a PS5 re-release would be something to celebrate — but the circumstances surrounding the Director's Cut, and the new content that it actually adds, are questionable at best. Let's start with the objectively good stuff: Director's Cut enjoys a noticeable boost in...
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News SEGA Classic Emergency Call Ambulance Comes to PS5, PS4 via Yakuza 3 Remake
And experience emulated Game Gear games, too
Last night’s Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties broadcast didn’t include a whole lot of new information, as we’ve already reported extensively on protagonist Kazuma Kiryu’s new orphanage and motorcycle gang minigames. But the very end of the latest trailer does tease one v
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- PS4
- Yakuza
News Vince Zampella, Call of Duty Co-Creator and Respawn Boss, Tragically Dies Aged 55
An industry legend
Gaming industry veteran Vince Zampella has died in a car accident. The crash took place on the 21st December at around 12:30pm in Los Angeles, according to news network NBC. Zampella was just 55 years old, and was killed alongside another person who was in the car at the time. Even if you don't know the name, you'll almost...
- Industry
Reminder Astro Bot Has the Best Christmas Level on PS5 and It Isn't Close
'Tis the season
Looking for something festive to play on PS5 to keep the holiday vibes rolling? In our view, there's nothing better than Astro Bot's post-game Christmas level. Once you've rolled credits on Sony's superb platformer, you'll unlock a new stage named Winter Wonder, and it's probably the most feel-good, most Christmassy thing you can...
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- PS5
- Astro Bot
Game of the Year Best PS5 Indie Game of 2025
For the little guys
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 indie game of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Skate Story: Forget about Tony Hawk for a second; you'll find this year's most unique and...
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- PS5
- Features
News 007 First Light's PS5 Release Date Has Been Pushed Back a Couple of Months
Release date shaken, not stirred
With the juggernaut that is GTA 6 now standing alone in the November wilderness, the rest of the PS5 release schedule has a little more room to breathe. Recently we saw Housemarque’s roguelite shooter Saros pushed back a few weeks, and now IO Interactive’s highly anticipated spin on James Bond has been delayed...
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- PS5
- 007 First Light
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News PS5's Next Big Gacha Game Wants You to Take It for a Test Drive
Park your opinions until you've played it
Does the PS5 really need another anime-themed gacha game? Well, probably not, they are all starting to get a teensy bit samey, aren’t they? But heck, we’ve been looking forward to Perfect World Entertainment’s ostentatiously named Neverness to Everness (or, for brevity, NTE) for quite some time. And...
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- PS5
- NTE
- Neverness to Everness
- Betas
Game of the Year #9 - The Alters
You alter play it
Every year, there are a multitude of games that offer a different take on a traditional format. On the surface, 11 Bit Studios' The Alters was just another one of those games. A space-set survival title where the main cast are clones, it sounds like something halfway between No Man’s Sky and Duncan Jones' Moon. Potentially...
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Monday22nd Dec 2025
News PS5 Fave Expedition 33 Stripped of Indie Game Awards, But Not for the Reasons You May Think
My AI hell
Is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the breakout RPG from Sandfall Interactive, even an indie game? That’s a debate that’s going to keep on raging, we’re afraid. But it’s not the reason the release has been disqualified from the Indie Game Awards. Strap yourself in for this one, because we suspect there’s going to be a lot of...
- Kepler Interactive
- PS5
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Game of the Year Aaron's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Character ARC
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of video producer Aaron Bayne. 5. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Let me tell you, I am genuinely shocked to see a game like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 make the cut for my top...
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- PS5
- Features
Game of the Year Best PS5 Remake or Remaster of 2025
Bring it back
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 remaster or remake of 2025. Bronze Trophy: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered: It's still got a few too many technical...
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- PS5
- Features
News Over 6,000 PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Gigantic PS Store January Sale
Uh oh
This is it, then – the big one. Long-time PlayStation owners will know Sony always goes hard in the January sale: it’s the biggest and most important period of deals for the PS Store. And this year is absolutely bursting with games to buy, many of which are enjoying all-time lows or their first ever digital discounts. Remember, you can...
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- PS4
- PS Store
- Deals
Game of the Year #10 - Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Kart blanche
On PlayStation, we're sadly not able to partake in the festivities of Mario Kart, so we're often left with its competitors — few of which can hold a candle to Nintendo's casual racer. SEGA has long attempted to break ground in the kart racing genre with multiple games centred around its spiky blue mascot, and while it's had some past...
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