A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

What have you been playing?

Catch up with the older editions of this column in ourWhat We’ve Been Playing archive.

Assassins Creed Shadows gameplay screenshot showing Yasuke stroking a dog

Speaking of ruining things.

My hope was that 4K Geforce Now Avowed would look better than the Series X version.

As a historical series, it’s natural that Assassin’s Creed has featured hunting over the years.

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It’s a small thing in an enormous game, but I appreciate it.

But this time was slightly different: this time I was in the company of other games journalists.

Cue dramatic music as we cut to Bertie’s suddenly startled face.

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There’s extra pressure on a mobile game in this situation.

They were playing Balatro on their phone, which is a rock solid, uncriticisable choice.

What would they think of mine?

(I never thought I’d write “bum rolls” on Eurogamer.)