Renata Aieta
@reaieta.bsky.social
Half🇧🇷Half🇮🇹
Open minded, open heart, curious.
Psychoanalysis student & Marxist-Leninist ☭
📍London 🇬🇧
Open minded, open heart, curious.
Psychoanalysis student & Marxist-Leninist ☭
📍London 🇬🇧
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Totally missed this going live as it went up on Christmas day but was happy to gush about two of my favourite games of the year for The Guardian - FF:Tactics and Absolum - alongside a bunch of other great writers.
A really good list of (largely) non AAA bangers
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
A really good list of (largely) non AAA bangers
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
The video games you may have missed in 2025
Date a vending machine, watch intergalactic television and make the most out of your short existence as a fly. Here are the best games you weren’t playing this year
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Totally missed this going live as it went up on Christmas day but was happy to gush about two of my favourite games of the year for The Guardian - FF:Tactics and Absolum - alongside a bunch of other great writers.
A really good list of (largely) non AAA bangers
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
A really good list of (largely) non AAA bangers
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
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Hugo Motta quer expulsar e calar qualquer oposição dentro do Congresso, seja de deputados comprometidos com a democracia ou de jornalistas dedicados à verdade.
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hugo Motta quer expulsar e calar qualquer oposição dentro do Congresso, seja de deputados comprometidos com a democracia ou de jornalistas dedicados à verdade.
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A few weeks back I flew to L.A to hear Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman explain why they recreated Kill Bill's infamous missing scene as a film inside Fortnite.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fort...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fort...
‘Too crazy. Too violent’: How Kill Bill made a bloody mess of Fortnite
Kill Bill has scythed its way into Fortnite ahead of its The Whole Bloody Affair re-release. Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman explain how the cinematic collaboration came about…
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A few weeks back I flew to L.A to hear Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman explain why they recreated Kill Bill's infamous missing scene as a film inside Fortnite.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fort...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fort...
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Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAE
Warnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistleblower whose testimony raises fresh concern over British failures to act on the atrocities unfolding in the war-ravaged country.
The threat analyst said they were prevented from warning that genocide could occur in Darfur by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials in a humanitarian risk assessment collated days after Sudan’s brutal civil war erupted in April 2023. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
Going to the gym when is raining should count double gains 😔
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Going to the gym when is raining should count double gains 😔
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When No Man's Sky launched in 2016, generative tech seemed like the future.
Now, as AI slop floods social media and destabilises democracies, 65daysofstatic returns to No Man's Sky to rescue their soundscapes from the algorithm.
Here's the story behind their second No Man's Sky album, Journeys.
Now, as AI slop floods social media and destabilises democracies, 65daysofstatic returns to No Man's Sky to rescue their soundscapes from the algorithm.
Here's the story behind their second No Man's Sky album, Journeys.
65daysofstatic’s new No Man’s Sky album searches for humanity in an AI-filled world
65daysofstatic’s new No Man’s Sky album searches for humanity in an AI-filled world
A return to the sci-fi universe.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
When No Man's Sky launched in 2016, generative tech seemed like the future.
Now, as AI slop floods social media and destabilises democracies, 65daysofstatic returns to No Man's Sky to rescue their soundscapes from the algorithm.
Here's the story behind their second No Man's Sky album, Journeys.
Now, as AI slop floods social media and destabilises democracies, 65daysofstatic returns to No Man's Sky to rescue their soundscapes from the algorithm.
Here's the story behind their second No Man's Sky album, Journeys.
I am a proud amateur aerialist 😭✨🦇
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I am a proud amateur aerialist 😭✨🦇
shocking there is lots of sake involved x
For my @gamespot.com debut, I had the honour of interviewing PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida.
From dealing with Nintendo's Sony betrayal, to overcoming the struggles of the PS3 generation, here's how Shuhei Yoshida shaped the way we play.
www.gamespot.com/articles/how...
From dealing with Nintendo's Sony betrayal, to overcoming the struggles of the PS3 generation, here's how Shuhei Yoshida shaped the way we play.
www.gamespot.com/articles/how...
How Shuhei Yoshida Shaped PlayStation And The Way We Play
Covering the early days of PS1 to the struggles of PS3, GameSpot spoke to Yoshida as he reflected on his legacy at PlayStation, from its very inception until now, nearly four decades later
www.gamespot.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
shocking there is lots of sake involved x
I just want to brag how amazing my baby is 🫶🏼🫶🏼
BAFTA Membership unlocked ✅
I remember first covering the gaming BAFTAs as a baby journalist way back in 2016, so it feels pretty surreal to now be on the voting panel.
Congrats to everyone else who's been approved. Catch you at happy hour for a BEERFTA
I remember first covering the gaming BAFTAs as a baby journalist way back in 2016, so it feels pretty surreal to now be on the voting panel.
Congrats to everyone else who's been approved. Catch you at happy hour for a BEERFTA
October 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I just want to brag how amazing my baby is 🫶🏼🫶🏼
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"The only reason Call Of Duty exists is because EA are dicks"
For GQ I spoke to FPS pioneer Vince Zampella, who revealed how Spielberg birthed the modern shooter, why now is Battlefield's time and which other famous Hollywood director almost made a COD movie.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/batt...
For GQ I spoke to FPS pioneer Vince Zampella, who revealed how Spielberg birthed the modern shooter, why now is Battlefield's time and which other famous Hollywood director almost made a COD movie.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/batt...
Battlefield 6 might just save the military shooter
Amid an explosion of noughties nostalgia, Battlefield 6 shows the cinematic first-person shooter still has life in the Fortnite era
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"The only reason Call Of Duty exists is because EA are dicks"
For GQ I spoke to FPS pioneer Vince Zampella, who revealed how Spielberg birthed the modern shooter, why now is Battlefield's time and which other famous Hollywood director almost made a COD movie.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/batt...
For GQ I spoke to FPS pioneer Vince Zampella, who revealed how Spielberg birthed the modern shooter, why now is Battlefield's time and which other famous Hollywood director almost made a COD movie.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/batt...
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Last week, I went to Paris to hang out with Pikachu in the Eiffel Tower.
While I was there, I played just over an hour of Pokémon Legends Z-A - a demo that left me with mixed emotions.
www.techradar.com/gaming/pokem...
While I was there, I played just over an hour of Pokémon Legends Z-A - a demo that left me with mixed emotions.
www.techradar.com/gaming/pokem...
I tried Pokémon Legends: Z-A and loved the new battle system – but the graphics are still pretty awful
Swapping historical intrigue for familiar fun
www.techradar.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Last week, I went to Paris to hang out with Pikachu in the Eiffel Tower.
While I was there, I played just over an hour of Pokémon Legends Z-A - a demo that left me with mixed emotions.
www.techradar.com/gaming/pokem...
While I was there, I played just over an hour of Pokémon Legends Z-A - a demo that left me with mixed emotions.
www.techradar.com/gaming/pokem...
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What's driving the rise in retro game handhelds?
For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...
For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...
The Retro Handheld goldrush 25/09/2025
How forward thinking companies are cashing in by looking backwards.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
What's driving the rise in retro game handhelds?
For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...
For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...
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Editors, I have some truly top-tier gaming interviews that need a home.
If you have budget and are looking for some juicy high quality features, don't hesitate to slide into my DMs.
If you have budget and are looking for some juicy high quality features, don't hesitate to slide into my DMs.
September 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Editors, I have some truly top-tier gaming interviews that need a home.
If you have budget and are looking for some juicy high quality features, don't hesitate to slide into my DMs.
If you have budget and are looking for some juicy high quality features, don't hesitate to slide into my DMs.
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For this week's VGIM, I explored the tricky relationship between ARMA and real world warfare.
I spoke to Bohemia Interactive about its game engine being used to spread misinformation about real conflicts and explore the morality of their game engine being sold to UK defence firm BAE systems.
I spoke to Bohemia Interactive about its game engine being used to spread misinformation about real conflicts and explore the morality of their game engine being sold to UK defence firm BAE systems.
What happens when video games and warfare blur together?
@grapedosmil.bsky.social explores how ultra-realistic military shooter ARMA has found itself both willingly and unwillingly on the new digital frontlines in this week's @vgim.bsky.social
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/arma-at-wa...
@grapedosmil.bsky.social explores how ultra-realistic military shooter ARMA has found itself both willingly and unwillingly on the new digital frontlines in this week's @vgim.bsky.social
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/arma-at-wa...
ARMA at War, 11/09/2025
Bohemia Interactive talks disinformation, extremism, and battlefield simulation
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
For this week's VGIM, I explored the tricky relationship between ARMA and real world warfare.
I spoke to Bohemia Interactive about its game engine being used to spread misinformation about real conflicts and explore the morality of their game engine being sold to UK defence firm BAE systems.
I spoke to Bohemia Interactive about its game engine being used to spread misinformation about real conflicts and explore the morality of their game engine being sold to UK defence firm BAE systems.
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www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
I had an absolute blast with Snake Eater Delta.
This is a gorgeous and stoicly faithful recreation of Kojima's most filmic achievement to date.
While there are aspects where this 2004 classic shows its age, it still had me grinning throughout.
I had an absolute blast with Snake Eater Delta.
This is a gorgeous and stoicly faithful recreation of Kojima's most filmic achievement to date.
While there are aspects where this 2004 classic shows its age, it still had me grinning throughout.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater review – cold war chaos reborn with cinematic swagger
Konami’s lavish remake of Hideo Kojima’s PS2 masterpiece swaps in slick controls and stunning visuals, but leaves the eccentric espionage drama as gloriously unhinged as ever
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
I had an absolute blast with Snake Eater Delta.
This is a gorgeous and stoicly faithful recreation of Kojima's most filmic achievement to date.
While there are aspects where this 2004 classic shows its age, it still had me grinning throughout.
I had an absolute blast with Snake Eater Delta.
This is a gorgeous and stoicly faithful recreation of Kojima's most filmic achievement to date.
While there are aspects where this 2004 classic shows its age, it still had me grinning throughout.
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Onimusha: Way Of The Sword has some of the best animations I've ever seen in a video game.
Fast, fluid, challenging and fun, Way Of The Sword felt somewhere between Sekiro and Devil May Cry V.
My preview for VGC below 👇
Fast, fluid, challenging and fun, Way Of The Sword felt somewhere between Sekiro and Devil May Cry V.
My preview for VGC below 👇
Hands-On: Onimusha: Way Of The Sword feels like if Platinum Games made a Sekiro sequel.
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Onimusha: Way Of The Sword feels like if Platinum Games made a Sekiro sequel | VGC
Capcom’s historical Edo-period epic offers up a slice of slick samurai fun…
vgc.news
August 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Onimusha: Way Of The Sword has some of the best animations I've ever seen in a video game.
Fast, fluid, challenging and fun, Way Of The Sword felt somewhere between Sekiro and Devil May Cry V.
My preview for VGC below 👇
Fast, fluid, challenging and fun, Way Of The Sword felt somewhere between Sekiro and Devil May Cry V.
My preview for VGC below 👇
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Hands-On: Resident Evil Requiem feels an awful lot like Hideo Kojima’s cancelled P.T., writes @grapedosmil.bsky.social.
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vgc.news/features/res...
Resident Evil Requiem feels an awful lot like Hideo Kojima’s cancelled P.T. | VGC
Hands-On: Resident Evil 9 offers an overly familiar brand of fear…
vgc.news
August 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Hands-On: Resident Evil Requiem feels an awful lot like Hideo Kojima’s cancelled P.T., writes @grapedosmil.bsky.social.
vgc.news/features/res...
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21 years later, I speak to the cast and creators of Snake Eater, who reflect on what made Snake’s cold war caper such a gaming classic.
I don't know about you, but I'm still in a dream.... SNAAKKEE EATERR
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
I don't know about you, but I'm still in a dream.... SNAAKKEE EATERR
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
‘Even after 20 years, I still cry’: the enduring brilliance of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Two decades after its release and with a remake about to land, the cast of Hideo Kojima’s stealth blockbuster reflect on what made this cold war caper a gaming classic
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
21 years later, I speak to the cast and creators of Snake Eater, who reflect on what made Snake’s cold war caper such a gaming classic.
I don't know about you, but I'm still in a dream.... SNAAKKEE EATERR
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
I don't know about you, but I'm still in a dream.... SNAAKKEE EATERR
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
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"My name is not just about me anymore, it's synonymous with a video game..."
The one and only Tony Hawk reflects on 90s culture, celebrity, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the game that changed his life:
www.eurogamer.net/tony-hawk-on...
The one and only Tony Hawk reflects on 90s culture, celebrity, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the game that changed his life:
www.eurogamer.net/tony-hawk-on...
August 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"My name is not just about me anymore, it's synonymous with a video game..."
The one and only Tony Hawk reflects on 90s culture, celebrity, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the game that changed his life:
www.eurogamer.net/tony-hawk-on...
The one and only Tony Hawk reflects on 90s culture, celebrity, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the game that changed his life:
www.eurogamer.net/tony-hawk-on...
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For Eurogamer, I sat down with the one and only Tony Hawk, who tells the story of how he went from struggling to make a living to becoming the face of PlayStation's coolest game.
"My name is not just about me anymore, it's synonymous with a video game..."
The one and only Tony Hawk reflects on 90s culture, celebrity, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the game that changed his life:
www.eurogamer.net/tony-hawk-on...
The one and only Tony Hawk reflects on 90s culture, celebrity, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the game that changed his life:
www.eurogamer.net/tony-hawk-on...
August 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
For Eurogamer, I sat down with the one and only Tony Hawk, who tells the story of how he went from struggling to make a living to becoming the face of PlayStation's coolest game.
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Here’s our preview of Silent Hill f, written by @grapedosmil.bsky.social - fear, fog and feminism in 60s Japan…
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
Silent Hill f – horror classic comes back to life in a fog-bound 60s town
Playing as ill-used teenager Hinako, players must contend with that era’s sexual politics as well as more unearthly terrors
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Here’s our preview of Silent Hill f, written by @grapedosmil.bsky.social - fear, fog and feminism in 60s Japan…
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...
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Another week, another VGIM.
In this week's edition, @grapedosmil.bsky.social talks to the creator of Doom, the man who brought Tetris to the west, the sweary guy from Hazelight, Rematch's Creative Director and Gollum about games today.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/a-star-stu...
In this week's edition, @grapedosmil.bsky.social talks to the creator of Doom, the man who brought Tetris to the west, the sweary guy from Hazelight, Rematch's Creative Director and Gollum about games today.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/a-star-stu...
A star studded games console state of play, 07/08/2025
Andy Serkis, Henk Rogers, and the sweary guy from Hazelight weigh in on the state of play for games consoles (and the industry at large)
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Another week, another VGIM.
In this week's edition, @grapedosmil.bsky.social talks to the creator of Doom, the man who brought Tetris to the west, the sweary guy from Hazelight, Rematch's Creative Director and Gollum about games today.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/a-star-stu...
In this week's edition, @grapedosmil.bsky.social talks to the creator of Doom, the man who brought Tetris to the west, the sweary guy from Hazelight, Rematch's Creative Director and Gollum about games today.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/a-star-stu...
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This week, I'm back writing @vgim.bsky.social
I talk Japanese politics, hobbits & lycra,while examining why we're drowning in livestream showcases.
Cheers to @dompepin.bsky.social @jaketucker.bsky.social @indoorheroes.bsky.social for the insight
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/why-are-th...
I talk Japanese politics, hobbits & lycra,while examining why we're drowning in livestream showcases.
Cheers to @dompepin.bsky.social @jaketucker.bsky.social @indoorheroes.bsky.social for the insight
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/why-are-th...
Why are there so many video game showcases?, 31/07/2025
Or, why there were 30+ events with 7070 games for you to watch this Summer
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This week, I'm back writing @vgim.bsky.social
I talk Japanese politics, hobbits & lycra,while examining why we're drowning in livestream showcases.
Cheers to @dompepin.bsky.social @jaketucker.bsky.social @indoorheroes.bsky.social for the insight
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/why-are-th...
I talk Japanese politics, hobbits & lycra,while examining why we're drowning in livestream showcases.
Cheers to @dompepin.bsky.social @jaketucker.bsky.social @indoorheroes.bsky.social for the insight
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/why-are-th...
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The Pro Skater games shaped a generation's music taste, but they were even more transformative for the bands on the soundtracks.
I spoke to Less Than Jake, The Ataris, Drain, AFI, The 900 and Tony Hawk himself about how Pro Skaters' killer soundtracks changed their lives
I spoke to Less Than Jake, The Ataris, Drain, AFI, The 900 and Tony Hawk himself about how Pro Skaters' killer soundtracks changed their lives
Happy Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 day to all who celebrate
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‘It fully altered my taste in music’: bands reflect on the awesome power of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtracks
The games’ runaway success introduced a whole generation to hopped up US punk and metal. Bands including Less Than Jake, the Ataris and AFI pay tribute to a gaming megastar who loves them back
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The Pro Skater games shaped a generation's music taste, but they were even more transformative for the bands on the soundtracks.
I spoke to Less Than Jake, The Ataris, Drain, AFI, The 900 and Tony Hawk himself about how Pro Skaters' killer soundtracks changed their lives
I spoke to Less Than Jake, The Ataris, Drain, AFI, The 900 and Tony Hawk himself about how Pro Skaters' killer soundtracks changed their lives
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My favourite thing about Switch 2 so far are the free updates transforming blurry Switch classics into 4K-ready stunners.
Here's how these various paid & gratis upgrades work, as I test every game during a heatwave - and go slightly insane in the process. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...
Here's how these various paid & gratis upgrades work, as I test every game during a heatwave - and go slightly insane in the process. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...
How to make your old Nintendo Switch games feel new again on Switch 2
Here’s a breakdown of how original Switch titles work on Switch 2, explaining everything from free Switch 2 updates to inbuilt backwards compatibility and the paid Switch 2 Edition upgrades
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My favourite thing about Switch 2 so far are the free updates transforming blurry Switch classics into 4K-ready stunners.
Here's how these various paid & gratis upgrades work, as I test every game during a heatwave - and go slightly insane in the process. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...
Here's how these various paid & gratis upgrades work, as I test every game during a heatwave - and go slightly insane in the process. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...