Rogue Legacy: Wanderer Edition

A brand new re-release of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North has been launched out of the blue on modern consoles and PC.

The type of keyboard you buy because you can, and boy does it shine.

The most luxurious gaming mouse I've managed to get grubby.

This prequel spinoff takes some interesting chances, only some of which pay off.

Putting 'legacy' in the title of your game naturally encourages considerations about what that legacy might be – and that, in turn, invites thoughts about its identity. (And perhaps 'supremacy' and 'ultimatum' if you're a big Jason Bourne fan.) It might sound silly to say of a game with some of the most impressive faces and places you'll see this – or any – year. But to me, A Plague Tale is spiritually double-A, and I absolutely mean that as a compliment. I find myself instinctively rooting for this series: there is still something of a scrappy outsider quality to it, even as