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Manchester-based Odd Bug announce Tails of Iron
24th January 2019
Manchester’s Odd Bug Studios announce new title to kick off 2019
Review: Firewatch – Nintendo Switch
1st January 2019
An impressive title, an unimpressive port
The Game Awards Roundup
11th December 2018
Danny Jones retells The Game Awards action in his Mancunion swansong
Interview: Everyone Can
7th December 2018
“The difference we’re making, you can see it in the smiles, the laughter, the noise level. It’s the sound of fun. It’s a sound every person, every kid, should be able to have,”
King of the North VI roundup
6th December 2018
Felix Hanif-Banks recounts the action at King of the North VI
Review: Hitman 2
1st December 2018
“It can be a dangerous thing, having a conscience.”
King of the North Qualifiers conclude in style
1st December 2018
A round of hotly contested qualifiers concluded with some surprising results in the King of the North qualifiers
Sony pulls out of E3
30th November 2018
Sony make the shock decision to pull out of E3 for the first time in 23 years
Review: Dead Cells
27th November 2018
We take a retrospective look at Dead Cells after the game won Indie Game of the Year at the Golden Joysticks
Bugs and B-movies: can polish spoil a game?
23rd November 2018
Bugs can make a game a classic, and can even be their own participatory entity of gameplay, writes Rob Pate

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Half-Life, 20 years on
22nd November 2018
Half-Life still holds up 20 years later, writes Callum Lunn
Why is Fallout 76 getting such a bad rap?
21st November 2018
David Uncle scours the internet to find out why Fallout 76 is being panned
Golden Joystick Awards 2018 winners announced
21st November 2018
2018 has been an unbelievable year in gaming – here’s the best of it.
1 in 5 Brits don’t know when WWI began, and Bandai Namco plan to address that
15th November 2018
Bandai Namco release 11-11: Memories Retold to commemorate the First World War, as the conflict’s centenery passes
Interview: Aravelle, Mancunian Twitch streamer
15th November 2018
Aravelle is a popular Mancunian-born streamer on twitch
Review: Football Manager 2019
9th November 2018
One step forward, but room for one more
The Mancunion’s favourite female video game characters
8th November 2018
With the Misogyny Is Hate movement in full swing, The Mancunion’s game section take a look back at our favourite female video game characters
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds coming to PS4
8th November 2018
Mounting evidence suggests Bluehole’s battle royale sensation could finally be on its way to the PlayStation
Review: Call of Cthulhu
8th November 2018
Robert Pate assesses whether, for him, Cyanide Studios’ new game Call of Cthulhu is worth its steep price tag
I spent two hours with a pro gaming coach: here’s what happened
25th October 2018
Harry Darwin, a Fortnite and eCoaching professional with the patience of a saint, talks to The Mancunion about what it is to coach