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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

Spotify removes top comedians’ content in royalty payments dispute

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

Every Time I Die are working on issues with singer Keith Buckley “privately”

The Regrettes share soothing new single ‘You’re So Fucking Pretty’

Avril Lavigne hails Olivia Rodrigo for reviving “rock’n’roll in the charts”

‘Squid Game’ stars on major success: “I couldn’t eat”

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

Banksy pledges to help save Reading Jail

Primal Scream hit at out at government’s new drug proposals

Pete Tong announces 2022 UK Ibiza Classics Heritage Orchestra arena tour

Charlie Cox’s Daredevil is coming to the MCU

Noname cancels upcoming album ‘Factory Baby’

Octavia Spencer says her house is haunted by the ghost of a film star

Primavera Sound to launch in LA with Arctic Monkeys, Nine Inch Nails, Lorde and more

Billie Eilish shares heartbreaking music video for ‘Male Fantasy’

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

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

‘Squid Game’ stars on major success: “I couldn’t eat”

Charlie Cox’s Daredevil is coming to the MCU

Octavia Spencer says her house is haunted by the ghost of a film star

Tom Holland to play Fred Astaire in new biopic

Ridley Scott tells journalist to “go fuck yourself” after ‘The Last Duel’ question

George RR Martin “surprised” to hear four ‘Game Of Thrones’ prequels in the works

Kim Dickens will return as ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ regular in season eight

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

‘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’

‘Star Wars: Hunters’ gets first gameplay trailer

Nintendo loses court appeal over European eShop refunds

Raven Software employees will walkout in protest of QA layoffs

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