Here’s a rundown of everything Laced Records released on vinyl, CD, and digitally in 2021, including soundtracks for Yakuza 0, Mega Man X, Resident Evil 7 and many more.
We turned 5 years old! Thanks so much for everyone's support over half a decade. 2021 was a tricky year to navigate for obvious reasons, but we worked hard to bring fans high quality releases with pristine audio and gorgeous packaging.
Listed below is everything we announced in the calendar year, although of course many titles are scheduled to ship in 2022.
Special thanks to Joe Caithness, our wizard of an audio engineer, who mastered more or less every second of every Laced release in 2021. Also, every soundtrack was pressed onto audiophile-quality heavyweight vinyl LPs.
Except for the Devolver Digital titles, all Limited Edition colour variants listed below are exclusive to the Laced store and won't be repressed — but there is always a chance of new variants in future or Standard Edition black disc represses.
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Yakuza 0
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Yakuza 0’s vibrant soundtrack includes a modern — yet often ‘80s-inflected — blend of pop, rock and electronic dance styles. The vast array of composition and production talent was led by long-time SEGA composer Hidenori Shoji.
6LP box set
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
– 90 tracks
– (Limited Edition) Six colour-in-colour transparent discs in yellow, blue, green, hot pink, maroon and apricot
– Deluxe 3mm spined disc sleeves in a rigid board slip case
Double LP
Colour variant
– 27 tracks selected by the Ryu Ga Gotoku team
– Two heavyweight vinyl (light blue and green)
– Printed inner sleeves in a wide-spined outer sleeve
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Mega Man series
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These two breakout Mega Man sets feature several brand new, eye-popping pieces by Mega Man maven ultimatemaverickx. UMX’s status among the community as a Blue Bomber superfan is undisputed, and he drew on his bottomless knowledge of series lore to create beautifully composed, story-significant pieces.
Mega Man 2+3 (shipping 2022)
Double LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
This 2LP set features two of the all-time great chiptune scores in full: Takashi Tateishi’s renowned music for Mega Man 2; and Yasuaki Fujita and Harumi Fujita’s beloved Mega Man 3 score.
– 49 remastered tracks from the classic NES titles
– Two ‘Mega Buster Blue’ heavyweight vinyl
– Printed inner sleeves and wide-spined outer sleeve
Mega Man X (shipping 2022)
Single LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
The propulsive rock soundtrack for Super Famicom/SNES spin-off title Mega Man X quite simply kicks ass. Setsuo Yamamoto led composition, with Makoto “Tomozou” Tomozawa, Yuki “Sato” Iwai, Yuko Takehara, and Toshihiko “Kirry” Horiyama also contributing — collectively known as ‘Alph Lyla’, Capcom’s house band at the time.
– 34 remastered tracks from the 1993 Super Famicom/SNES title
– ‘X-Blaster Blue’ heavyweight vinyl LP
– Printed inner sleeve with spined outer sleeve
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TEKKEN series
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Global sales of the venerable fighting game series smashed past 50 million units in the last few years. In 2021, we announced the last soundtrack release in our vinyl series — the mighty TEKKEN 7 — with all titles featuring beautiful sleeve artwork by illustrator Samuel Donato aka DXSinfinite. Most release tracklists were curated by four-time Guinness World Record-holder, multi-game world champion and all-round fighting game community legend Ryan Hart.
TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT
Triple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
This fan-favourite soundtrack is stuffed with all manner of experimental electronic music by a sizeable composition team comprising Akitaka Tohyama, Keiichi Okabe, Nobuyoshi Sano, Yu Miyake, Rio Hamamoto, Yoshihito Yano and Satoru Kosaki (collective credits include Katamari Damacy, Ridge Racer, Ace Combat, SoulCalibur and many more.)
– Triple gatefold LP
– 48 tracks from the arcade and PlayStation 2 releases
– Cream, pink and grey colour discs
TEKKEN 4
Double LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
The soundtrack for TEKKEN 4 was unconventional for the series and more broadly, breaking new ground in the types of electronic music heard in video games. This release features tracks by Akitaka Tohyama, Yu Miyake, Satoru Kosaki, Hiroshi Okubo and Keiki Kobayashi.
– Double gatefold LP
– 35 tracks from the arcade and PlayStation 2 releases
– Music by Akitaka Tohyama, Yu Miyake, Satoru Kosaki, Hiroshi Okubo and Keiki Kobayashi
– Blue and yellow discs
TEKKEN 5 (shipping 2022)
Triple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
The TEKKEN 5 and Dark Resurrection soundtrack vinyl comprises aggressive electronica, rock, nu metal and percussion-led music put together by an army of composition and arrangement talent.
– Music by Riow Arai, Bayaka, DJ MOTIVE, Rio Hamamoto, Satoru Kousaki, LAG STAGE, Tom Leonard & Jeff Pescetto, Yu Miyake, Junichi Nakatsuru, Numb, Keiichi Okabe, Hiroshi Okubo, RASA, NOBUYOSHI "sanodg" SANO, Koji Sekiguchi, Masaru Shiina, Ryuichi Takada, Kohta Takahashi, Akitaka Tohyama, Tetsuya Uchida, VOTOM, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshihito Yano, and yura
– Limited Edition rust-coloured galaxy effect discs
– 59 tracks from the arcade and console titles, and Dark Resurrection update
TEKKEN 6 (shipping 2022)
Double LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
TEKKEN 6’s soundtrack was a collaboration between music teams that executed on the series’ signature fusion of rock and electronica, but with a variety of different flavours including orchestral and Asian instrumentation, trance and, yes you read it right, yodelling.
– Music by Rio Hamamoto, Shinji Hosoe, Satoru Kousaki, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Keiichi Okabe, Ayako Saso, Go Shiina, Ryuichi Takada, Akitaka Tohyama, Tetsuya Uchida and Yoshihito Yano
– Limited Edition pink and light blue discs
– 32 tracks from the arcade and console titles, and Bloodline Rebellion update
TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 (shipping 2022)
Quadruple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
The Tag Tournament 2 soundtrack is chock full of dramatic electronic music, replete with floor-filling beats, melodic lines, orchestral and vocal elements, and the odd vocoder. The dizzying array of subgenres includes house, dubstep, psytrance, hard techno and much more, with many tracks fusing multiple musical elements — clearly a music team having fun and producing bangers in the process.
– Music from 2011 arcade and 2012 consoles versions
– 48 tracks by Akitaka Tohyama, Nobuyoshi ""sanodg"" Sano, Keiichi Okabe, Taku Inoue, Shinji Hosoe, Yoshie Arakawa, Rio Hamamoto, Satoru Kousaki, Yuu Miyake, Ayako Saso, Go Shiina, Ryo Watanabe and Yoshihito Yano
– Deluxe gatefold box housing spined inner sleeves
– Limited Edition features discs in translucent ochre, green, violet and, blue discs
TEKKEN 7 (shipping 2022)
Quadruple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
Once again, an impressive roster of musical talent worked on the soundtrack, including many returning composers from previous games in the series. This time, Rio Hamamoto stepped up as lead composer, with Akitaka "AJURIKA" Tohyama and Taku Inoue pulling a heavy shift. TEKKEN 7 features some exquisitely crafted electronic music that mixes multiple musical elements, from jazz to EDM to synthwave and beyond.
– 75 tracks by Rio Hamamoto, Taku Inoue, Akitaka "AJURIKA" Tohyama, Haruki Yamada, Katsuro Tajima, Go Shiina, Yuu Miyake, Hiroshi Okubo, Keiichi Okabe, Nobuyoshi "sanodg" Sano, Yoshinori Kawamoto, Kensuke Inage, Yoshihito Yano and Junichi Nakatsuru
– Deluxe gatefold box housing spined inner sleeves
– Limited Edition featuring heavyweight discs in red and black galaxy-effect vinyl
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Resident Evil series
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We continued to bring the atmospheric Resi scores to wax, with series sleeve artwork and design by Capcom and Boris Moncel of Blackmane Design.
Resident Evil VII: Biohazard
Quadruple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
RE7’s international composition team comprised Miwako Chinone, Brian D’Oliveira, Satoshi Hori, Akiyuki Morimoto and Cris Velasco. The score is lower key and more ambient than its predecessors without skimping on the anxiety and intensity that Resi games are known for. Jordan Reyne & Michael A. Levine also contributed a chilling rendition of the folk song "Go Tell Aunt Rhody."
– 81 tracks including RE7 version of "Go Tell Aunt Rhody"
– Limited Edition colour with ‘toxic mould’ discs
Resident Evil 2 (2019) (shipping 2022)
Quadruple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
The soundtrack played a huge part in establishing the taut atmosphere of Resident Evil 2, as the composers shifted gears between dark ambient electronic music, thumping cinematic percussion, and audacious orchestral and choral passages. Capcom veteran Shusaku Uchiyama — who worked on the 1998 original — was given lead composition duties, and also arranged several of Masami Ueda’s original pieces. They were joined among the soundtrack credits by Zhenlan Kang, Tadayoshi Makino, Sound Director & Sound Team Leader Kentaro Nakashima, Yuichi Tsuchiya, Masahiro Ohki and Mana Ogura. Syotaro Nakayama and Taisuke Fujisawa supplied the power metal with “Tofu On Fire”; while the vinyl opens with the stomping ‘true ending’ credits theme "Saudade" by Cody Matthew Johnson and Shim.
– 46 tracks from the 2019 remake of the survival horror classic
– Four 180g vinyl in printed inner sleeves, housed in a rigid box
– The Limited Edition features ‘undead iris’ discs
Resident Evil (2002; repress)
Double LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
– Repress of the 2019 release
– 44 tracks from the 2002 GameCube release
– Laced 5th Anniversary Limited Edition blue disc variant
– Deluxe double gatefold sleeve
Resident Evil 2 (1998; repress)
Double LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
– Repress of the 2019 release
– 31 tracks from the 1998 PlayStation release
– Laced 5th Anniversary Limited Edition red disc variant
– Deluxe double gatefold sleeve
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Gears of War 1-3
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On the eve of Gears of War’s 15th anniversary, we joined forces with The Coalition to bring stunning remasters of the original trilogy soundtracks to vinyl and streaming music platforms. The box set and individual double LPs enjoy artwork created by graphic designer/illustrator Luke Preece, known for his striking, ultra-detailed posters, t-shirts and logo designs from all across the gaming and pop culture world.
Gears of War Original Trilogy Box Set (shipping 2022)
6LP box set
Special Limited Edition
Exclusive to Laced, the Gears of War: The Original Trilogy Soundtrack Special Limited Edition vinyl box set features 89 tracks by Kevin Riepl (Gears of War) and Steve Jablonsky (Gears of War 2 & 3.) Each game soundtrack will be housed in a wide-spined sleeve with two printed inner sleeves. In turn, these will be contained in a collector’s rigid board box.
– Six ‘Crimson Splatter’ colourway vinyl
– Three wide-spined sleeves with six printed inner sleeves
– Collector’s rigid outer box
– Exclusive Crimson Omen turntable slipmat
– USB drive containing Gears of War: Ultimate Edition 5.1 Surround Sound mixes
Gears of War (shipping 2022)
Double LP
Colour variant
Composer Kevin Riepl (Unreal Tournament series, Rocket League) and the Northwest Sinfonia infused Gears of War's soundtrack with a propulsive sense of Sturm und Drang. On the frantic orchestral cues, driving metallic percussion accompanies thumping brass and busy string flurries. Riepl also forged the game’s signature sound with dark ambient pieces that employed electronic samples and delay.
– 31 remastered tracks from the original soundtrack to Gears of War, including never before released music
– Two red vinyl
– Wide-spined sleeve with two printed inner sleeves
– Artwork by Luke Preece
Gears of War 2 (shipping 2022)
Double LP
Colour variant
Composer Steve Jablonsky (Transformers film series) built on Kevin Riepl’s musical foundations by introducing more live and electronic instrumental and vocal layers to make things bigger, darker, and crunchier.
– 27 remastered tracks
– Two red vinyl
– Wide-spined sleeve with two printed inner sleeves
– Artwork by Luke Preece
Gears of War 3 (shipping 2022)
Double LP
Colour variant
Jablonsky returned to provide a textured, immersive, and thematically rich score, using layers of live and electronic instruments and voices.
– 31 remastered tracks
– Two red vinyl
– Wide-spined sleeve with two printed inner sleeves
– Artwork by Luke Preece
Now streaming
The Gears of War original trilogy remastered soundtracks are also now available to stream and buy digitally on all major digital platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and Amazon — all the links.
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Street Fighter Alpha series
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Following our Street Fighter III release, comic book illustrator Andie Tong returned with stunning sleeve cover art for the Alpha series.
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
Double LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
Enter jazz-funk fusion heaven with the upbeat arcade OST of the first title in the Alpha/Zero trilogy. The composition team includes Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yuko Takehara, Naoaki Iwami, Naoshi Mizuta, Hiroaki Kondo and Ryoji Yamamoto.
– Limited Edition red galaxy-effect LPs
– 38 tracks from the 1995 arcade game
– Side D features a sound effects collection at 45rpm
– Printed inner sleeves in a wide-spined outer sleeve
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Double LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
– Limited Edition red galaxy-effect LPs
– 47 tracks from the 1996 arcade game
– Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, and Tatsuro Suzuki
– Printed inner sleeves in a wide-spined outer sleeve
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (shipping 2022)
Triple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
The Alpha 3 music team comprised Takayuki Iwai, Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe (aka Oyaji), Hideki Okugawa, and Tetsuya Shibata. Working with the CP System II hardware and QSound system, the composers delivered a more contemporary, crunchy, and techno-led soundtrack in contrast to its predecessors.
– Limited Edition pink galaxy-effect LPs
– 44 remastered tracks from the 1998 game
– Printed inner sleeves in a wide-spined outer sleeve
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DOOM (2016) 5th Anniversary Box Set (shipping 2022)
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Quadruple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
To celebrate Laced Records’ fifth anniversary, and also to mark five years since DOOM ripped & tore up people’s expectations of the series, we present two new variants of the quadruple vinyl box set. The 5th Anniversary Limited Edition features galaxy-effect red LPs, a DOOM slipmat and art print. Both 4LP sets feature 31 tracks composed and sequenced by sonic cyberdemon Mick Gordon. The soundtrack won “Best Music” at The Game Awards 2016, and has continued to gain plaudits as one of the most distinct and innovative scores ever created for a video game.
– Limited Edition galaxy-effect red LPs
– Spined inners in a single rigid slipcase
– (Limited Edition) Custom slipmat
– (Limited Edition) Art print
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Borderlands 2
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Quadruple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
Borderlands 2's music team comprised Jesper Kyd, Sascha Dikiciyan & Cris Velasco and Raison Varner, all of whom collaborated on the 2009 original. This core team was also joined by Kevin Riepl and Big Giant Circles for subsequent DLC. Together they honed the series’ Western-tinged, electronic and guitar-driven sound to create a fan-favourite soundtrack.
– Limited Edition yellow and black galaxy-effect discs
– 46 remastered tracks (23 from the OST, 23 from the extended soundtrack and DLC)
– Spined sleeves within a rigid board outer slipcase
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2
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Double LP
Colour variant
Jesper Kyd amassed a broad palette of violent percussive sounds in creating his propulsive score. The music leans more towards this hypnotic array of scrapes, cracks, and thumps than it does the orchestral elements traditionally associated with dark fantasy — and is all the more distinct for it.
– 38 tracks including seven previously unreleased bonus tracks
– ‘Chaos Red’ and ‘Skaven Green’ discs
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Watch Dogs: Legion
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Triple LP
Limited Edition and Standard Edition
This triple LP set features original score tracks by Stephen Barton and tracks “Rainfall (feat. Tiana Major9)” by Brit Award-winning Stormzy and “In the Jungle” by Baby Knoxx. For Watch Dogs: Legion’s pulse-pounding original score, Barton blends a dizzying array of electronic and percussive elements, with flashes of breakbeat and layers of atmospheric ambience.
– Limited Edition red, white & black
– Deluxe triple gatefold
– 25 tracks, five sides include music, with the sixth side featuring a custom etching of the iconic DedSec pig mask
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XIII
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Single LP
Colour variant
Lionel Gaget created a superb spy-jazz soundtrack that fuses John Barry’s ‘60s James Bond musical blueprint with David Holmes’ Ocean’s Eleven instrumental funk. The 11 specially remastered tracks on the LP — featured in both the 2003 and 2020 versions of the game — are stuffed full of first-class percussion, deep bass and subtle jazz stings.
– Half-and-half white and black LP
– Deluxe card sleeve
– 2020 remastered soundtrack; tracks featured in the 2003 original
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A Total War Saga: TROY
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TROY’s score comprises cinematic soundscapes, ambient washes, pulsing grooves, and basslines. Creative Assembly’s audio director and lead composer Richard Beddow created a vibrant, stylised fusion of elements from the Mediterranean, Balkan, North African, and Eastern cultures. Captivating choral performances by the Vanya Moneva Bulgarian female choir conjure an exciting and exotic sound, grounding the soundtrack in the ancient Aegean.
– Steam soundtrack download code on purchase
– Music by Richard Beddow, Jamie Christopherson and Tim Wynn
– Artwork by Tsvetelin Krastev, Lulu Zhang & Matt Wright
Triple LP
Colour variant
– 41 tracks on three orange LPs
– Deluxe triple gatefold with insert
Double CD
– 53 tracks on two CDs
– Deluxe triple gatefold digi-sleeve with booklet insert
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Serious Sam 4 (shipping 2022)
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Double LP
Colour variant (vinyl)
Croteam’s in-house composer Damjan Mravunac went full bore with the soundtrack, stuffing it full of thunderous orchestral rock, heavy drums, sweet-ass guitar tones, sweeping melodies, operatic choir, bluegrass (?!), and cinematic synths. It also wouldn’t be a throwback FPS without a dash of thrash: Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck lends his axe to “Hero Too”; while Croatian Heavy Metal band Undercode return to the Serious Sam series, featuring on the tracks “Dominate the Battlefield”, “Foreverwar”, and “Panopticon”.
– Translucent yellow discs
– Original artwork by Tom J Manning
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RuneScape series
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RuneScape: Old School Combat Classics
Double LP
Colour variant
– Orange and red side a/b effect vinyl
– 18 tracks
– All-new artwork of the historical strongest enemy in the game, Jad, plus iconic weapons and Barrows equipment arranged in the Combat Triangle
– Deluxe gatefold sleeve
– Includes 320kbps MP3 digital download
CD
– CD in Digisleeve
– 18 tracks
– Includes 320kbps MP3 digital download
RuneScape: God Wars Dungeons
Double LP
Colour variant
– Turquoise blue and purple side a/b effect vinyl
– 11 heroic tracks from the two high level dungeons
– Peelable RuneScape God Wars Dungeon sticker attached to shrink wrap
– Deluxe gatefold sleeve
– Includes 320kbps MP3 digital download
CD
– CD in Digisleeve
– 11 tracks
– Includes 320kbps MP3 digital download
RuneScape: Original Soundtrack Classics (repress)
Double LP
Colour variant
– Repress of our 2018 release
– Red gold discs
– Deluxe gatefold sleeve
– 43 tracks
– Includes 320kbps MP3 digital download
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Devolver Digital titles
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Death's Door (shipping 2022)
Triple LP
Traditional black discs
David Fenn’s score helps to fill players with hope and resolve rather than overwhelm them with aggression and bombast. The varied soundtrack is stuffed with exhilarating boss cues, more meditative and mysterious tracks, and quirky ditties. Every track is full of rich instrumentation, including layered percussion, piano, pan-pipes, guitar, and orchestral and choral elements. It’s a triumph both in-game and as a standalone listen, and another win for indie developer-composers creating soundtracks that perfectly resonate with their game’s visual and narrative aesthetics
- 50 tracks from the 2021 Zelda-inspired action game
- Sleeve art by Frits Olsen
- Black discs
– Printed inner sleeves in a wide-spined outer sleeve
Enter the Gungeon Deluxe Anniversary Edition (shipping 2022)
Triple LP
Limited Edition
Adam Drucker — aka doseone — took a vulcan cannon to genre with his giguntic-sounding Gungeon soundtracks. This selection of 38 anthemic and angular bangers spans the series (29 tracks from Enter the Gungeon, 9 from Exit The Gungeon) with each vinyl side a seamless suite of hyper music.
– Limited Edition colour-in-colour discs, exclusive to the Devolver Digital store
– 38 tracks from Enter the Gungeon and Exit the Gungeon
– Pop-up sleeve by Joseph Harmon
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Digital releases
Death's Door
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Titan Souls
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ARK Genesis: Part Two
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Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
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Necromunda: Hired Gun
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Borderlands 3: Directors Cut
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Gears 5: Hivebusters
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RuneScape: Old School Combat Classics
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RuneScape: God Wars Dungeon
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