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The 20 best games of 2021

We’ve made a list, we’ve checked it twice. Here is our games writers’ list of the best games of 2021

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LATEST NEWS

‘Squid Game’ nominated for Best Drama Series at 2022 Critics Choice Awards

Rare interviews with The Beatles up for auction as NFTs

Lee Hyori to perform with ‘Street Woman Fighter’ contestants at 2021 MAMA

Gong Yoo says he wanted to do ‘The Silent Sea’ “immediately” after reading the script

Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion join Jimmy Fallon for COVID-19 Christmas song

Netflix ‘One Piece’ live-action remake: cast, release date and everything we know so far

ALBUM REVIEWS

Tom Morello – ‘The Atlas Underground Flood’ review: he’s still raging against the machine

Gabriels – ‘Bloodline’ EP review: an increasingly captivating project

Arca – ‘Kick ii’, ‘Kick iii’, ‘Kick iiii’ & ‘Kick ‘iiiii’ review: a sprawling departure from definition

Various artists – ‘Essiebons Special 1973-1984’ review: a beautiful tribute to one of Ghana’s greats

FEATURES

10 legend-making Arctic Monkeys festival sets

No Rome: “Shoegaze R&B” master designing a new world of invention and unity

Lancey Foux: “I wish the UK acknowledged rap the same way they do punk”

Every song The Beatles play in Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’

TeeZee: visionary leading west Africa’s alté movement onto the world stage

10 song lyrics that honour the late, great Virgil Abloh

GIG REVIEWS

Manic Street Preachers live in London: potent missives bring life to the party

Wizkid live in London: a celebratory victory lap for the Afrobeats star

Headie One live in London: a star-studded run through the greatest hits

BTS live in LA: a euphoric return to live performance for the K-pop juggernauts

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with PVRIS

Starsailor’s James Walsh: “There’s a misconception we were a stop-gap before The Strokes”

Tears For Fears on how personal and political trauma shaped new album ‘The Tipping Point’

The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’ producer Gordon Raphael on his new ’00s indie book ‘The World Is Going To Love This’

Soundtrack Of My Life: Mo Gilligan

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – The Waterboys’ Mike Scott

THE BIG READ

Willow: “Humans have never been good at accepting that people are different”

Halsey: “I’ve always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre”

Summer Walker: “I’m a vulnerable, open person. I’m really emotional and shit”

IDLES: “I wanted to be more than what we were becoming”

MORE NEWS

All members of BTS launch personal Instagram accounts

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard announce remix album ‘Butterfly 3001’

ENHYPEN reportedly planning to release new music in January

Adele says her Instagram password was taken off her after posting just one picture

Drake has withdrawn his 2022 Grammy nominations

Andy Serkis says he’s keen to make a third ‘Venom’ film

Lil Wayne is being investigated after allegedly pulling a gun on his security guard

‘The Boys’ announces animated spin-off series ‘Diabolical’

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

No Rome: “Shoegaze R&B” master designing a new world of invention and unity

Wet Leg announce debut album and share two new songs ‘Too Late Now’ and ‘Oh No’

Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Belgian electro-pop duo laughing in the face of everything

TeeZee: visionary leading west Africa’s alté movement onto the world stage

FILM & TV NEWS

‘Squid Game’ nominated for Best Drama Series at 2022 Critics Choice Awards

Gong Yoo says he wanted to do ‘The Silent Sea’ “immediately” after reading the script

Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion join Jimmy Fallon for COVID-19 Christmas song

Netflix ‘One Piece’ live-action remake: cast, release date and everything we know so far

Andy Serkis says he’s keen to make a third ‘Venom’ film

‘The Boys’ announces animated spin-off series ‘Diabolical’

Watch Ridley Scott’s ‘Raised by Wolves’ season two trailer

‘The White Lotus’ star Murray Bartlett on infamous suitcase scene

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epic

‘Licorice Pizza’ review: a sunny slice of California life topped with Alana Haim

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: old-school zombie flick serves up sufficient scares

‘Freddie Mercury: The Final Act’ review: inside the rock god’s prejudice-defying curtain call

GAMING NEWS

Win free codes for ‘Thunder Tier One’ and other goodies

‘Stray Souls’ psychological horror game releases an alpha demo

Sega may be about to announce ‘Sonic Frontiers’

‘Age Of Empires 4’ patch notes detail incoming Springald nerf

The Game Awards 2021 ‘Matrix’ tweet possibly teases ‘Fortnite’ crossover

‘Pokémon Brilliant Diamond’ and ‘Shining Pearl’ datamine finds early National Dex unlock

Creator Hidetaka Miyazaki credits ‘Ico’ for ‘Dark Souls’ existence

The Game Awards will feature “four or five things” on the level of ‘Elden Ring’

GAME REVIEWS

‘Halo Infinite’ review: the best AAA shooter of the year

‘Fights in Tight Spaces’ review: action-packed card brawler could be this year’s ‘Slay The Spire’

‘Chorus’ review: a cosmic odyssey with a personal touch

‘Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun – Aiko’s Choice’ review: a satisfying slice of murder sudoku