Happy Thursday, folks. After a busy week of reveals, hot topics, news, and more, it's time to take a look back at TheGamer's best features of the week.
Some of the pieces we've got for you this week include taking a look back at Max Payne following the announcement of a remake, imagining what an Atreus-led God of War game would look like, and coming to terms with the fact that Ash might be well on his way to becoming a Pokemon master.
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Max Payne fans, rejoice! Just yesterday, Remedy announced that it was teaming up with Rockstar Games to remake the first two entries in the series in one package. To celebrate, Rockstar expert and features editor Andy Kelly took a look back at the original Max Payne and how things like bullet time and Max's characterisation make it one of the best action games ever made.
Tomb Raider fans, rejoice also! After the release of Unreal Engine 5, Crystal Dynamics confirmed that its next Tomb Raider game will be made with Epic's most powerful engine. In response, lead features editor Jade King started looking to the future and what she wants most - a girlfriend for Lara Croft. Considering the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy almost had her and Sam get together, it's just a matter of time.
Next up, we have TheGamer's editor-in-chief Stacey Henley who argues that Atreus needs to take the lead for whatever comes next after God of War Ragnarok. From the moment we found out that Atreus is actually Loki, it seemed a whole lot more likely that Ragnarok is setting up for him to be the series' new lead. Let's just hope Kratos doesn't meet a nasty end for that to happen.
Next up we have features editor and Umbreon
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