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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed review: Sumo Digital's car-boat-plane kart racer, its roster, weapons, and why its transformation gimmick returned in 2025.


Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed review: Sumo Digital's car-boat-plane kart racer, its roster, weapons, and why its transformation gimmick returned in 2025.

Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice review — Sanzaru Games' 3DS platformer fixes the spin-off with elemental powers, five heroes and a 7.3/10 score.

Daytona USA review: Sega's 1994 arcade racer still feels fast, loud and fair — one car, three tracks and physics that hold up today.

Football Manager 2017 review: Sports Interactive's 14th entry brings contract talks, board pressure and 8.2/10 depth to PC, Mac and Linux.

Yakuza 4 review: Sega's crime drama splits its story across four protagonists with four fighting styles, and it's the series' smartest structural move.

Yakuza 5 review: five playable leads, five cities, a new engine, and Haruka's rhythm debut — the biggest swing of the series' PS3 era.

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance review — Lizardcube's 8.7-rated revival brings Metroidvania exploration, Shinobi Execution tagging and a Grim Reaper twist.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds warps racers between dimensions mid-lap. Review of the CrossWorld mechanic, 54-character roster, and thin solo mode. 8.7/10.

Vanquish review: PlatinumGames' 2010 shooter still delivers bullet-hell sliding combat and AR mode, even if the story never keeps up.

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X review — Sega's tenth Project DIVA entry trades the main menu for a home screen, adds rush notes and aura-based quests.

Sonic Frontiers review: Sonic Team's first open world lands on the Starfall Islands with the Cyloop, Titan fights and Cyber Space. Score: 7.2/10.

Game Freak's 2015 side-scroller Tembo the Badass Elephant lets you punch tanks as a seven-and-a-half-ton elephant. A tight, funny platformer.
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