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Tin Can review: Fix your escape pod in this fantastic video game

In Tin Can, you have to patch up a spaceship's disintegrating escape pod – or die. Though the whole game takes place in a single space, exploring its extraordinary detail is a real joy, says Jacob Aron

By Jacob Aron

31 May 2023

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In the escape pod, you have to fix the failing engineering systems

Tin Can Studio

Tin Can

Tin Can Studio

PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, Nintendo Switch

VIDEO games keep getting bigger and bigger. I don’t mean the size of the industry – though with global revenues of more than $190 billion, it beats the film and music industries combined. No, it is the scope of new games. It feels as if each title in a series aims to outdo the last, to the point where players can spend …

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