When reviews of the first Dark Souls surfaced, many writers likened their experience to a tour of Hell. The game’s legendary difficulty begs for a metaphor of molar-grinding torment on a sufficiently grand scale, and the Hell allusion is a natural one considering that Dark Souls draws so much inspiration …

Permanently poised on the brink of another comeback, there’s Prince of Persia (opens in new tab): a series in a state of constant reimagining that’s avoided any long-term inactivity since 1989. It’s offered a solid leg-up to those who worked on it, from creator Jordan Mechner (with his screenwriting gig …

If you were eyeing up Friday The 13th (opens in new tab) on Xbox but were put off by reports of its unfinished state, then good news: it’s been patched and oh my God it’s fixed everything.  You can see the patch notes below and, well, there’s not a lot …

Rockstar has announced a delay to Red Dead Redemption 2 (opens in new tab), so here’s the mandatory ‘boo!’. Now we’ve got that out of the way, Rockstar has quelled our pouting somewhat by releasing a bunch of new Red Dead Redemption 2 screens (opens in new tab) to help …

It’s ironic that some are complaining that Total War: Warhammer 2 is being released ‘too soon’ after its predecessor, particularly given the claims that such a schedule makes the game feel more like a DLC expansion. Because while ‘expansion’ is absolutely the operative word in terms of TW: WH2’s overarching …

It’s a massive cliche to call anything “the next Dark Souls” because that usually just means “another popular, super-hard game”. So suppress your eye-rolling reflex when I say The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab) might have already proven itself as the next Dark Souls. …

Ask a random gamer, PC owner or not, for opinions of Doom and you’ll be lucky if you get one. Ask them for memories and you’ll get a dozen. Even those who’ve never shot the barrel and turned the imp into pixel mush remember it as if they had, its …

How would Microsoft have fared in a Bungie-free world? A world where its masterful space opera hadn’t greased the Xbox slip road with high-grade Warthog engine oil? The system’s first and biggest star has flared brighter still since its appearance, two console generations ago, but on launch day it was …

Game of Thrones (opens in new tab) fans, I hate to remind you of this, but Jon Snow has one teeny, tiny flaw: his penis. And according to showrunners David Benioff and Daniel Weiss, that’s because actor Kit Harington is just too damn perfect. “There has to be some downside …

Videogames are a realm of fantasy. They’re placed where your imagination can run wild, where you can pursue adventures you didn’t know existed – and where there are weapons on offer that would make a blacksmith cry. It’s up to you whether that’s from joy or sheer madness, but taking …