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The 10 best video games of the year

After years of delays and uncertainty, the industry caught up with a blistering and unpredictable schedule of deeply personal indies, surprise hits and long-gestating sequels. Quality releases abounded.



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Ghost of Yotei sharpens the samurai revenge formula with raw feeling

The hit 2020 game Ghost of Tsushima has become the foundation for an anthology-style samurai open-world action series. Where Tsushima stumbled tying a story about lost honor to the invasion of Mongolian armies, Yotei tells a simpler, and better, tale by focusing on consistent, charismatic character writing.

The new Shinobi embraces the ‘pure craft’ of hand-drawn 2D gaming

A range of recent titles are proving that millennia-old, 2D hand-drawn art will endure in video games. Shinobi features stunning layered backgrounds depicting futuristic mash-ups of Japanese traditional and urban environments, including busy cityscapes dotted with digital and street artwork.

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