Ever since Netflix went digital and allowed subscribers the opportunity to instantly gorge on thousands of films and TV shows, I’ve been wondering if gaming would ever get to the point where it could offer a similar service. Sony’s attempt with PlayStation Now (opens in new tab) was a move …
Read More »Destinys last live event is coming this month, heres everything we know about it
New Destiny (opens in new tab) expansions and live events have rolled in like the tide over the last few years: with soothing regularity and occasionally full of shiny surprises. That will finally come to an end with the arrival of Destiny 2 (opens in new tab), but Bungie has …
Read More »Pirates of the Caribbean 5 trailer features a young, CG Johnny Depp and ghost sharks!
Want to see what Johnny Depp would have looked like if he joined the Pirates franchise when he was far younger? And would you care to see a glimpse of some ghost sharks in action? The newest trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean 5 has you covered on both fronts: …
Read More »The Making of Horizon Zero Dawn
As explained in our Horizon: Zero Dawn review (opens in new tab), the PS4’s latest exclusive is a spectacular achievement for Guerrilla Games. For a studio that has focussed for over a decade on making largely linear shooters, the shift to a wide open action role-playing game with an emphasis …
Read More »“A triumph that embodies Star Trek’s most powerful themes” – Sisko’s voyage is The Best Bit of Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Of all the captains in Star Trek, Benjamin Sisko of Deep Space Nine is the one carrying the heaviest weight. Kirk is a charming explorer who loses friends and family. Picard is a charismatic, fearless scholar whose very humanity is stolen away. Their losses come well after we know them, …
Read More »Clumsy Cutie, Fighting President, and Lobster Hands – meet Street Fighter 5s culled warriors
For every Ken, Ryu, or Skullomania that makes it into a Street Fighter roster, many more potential characters don’t progress beyond their initial design stage. We sat down with game director Takayuki Nakayama to review some official concepts for Street Fighter 5 that didn’t make the cut… Elizabeth If a …
Read More »Why you should appreciate the quiet moments in Life Is Strange
Within the first 30 minutes of popular episodic adventure game Life Is Strange, protagonist Max Caulfield has a disturbing vision of her town being torn apart by a tornado, witnesses one of her classmates shoot an old friend in the bathroom and learns that she has the ability to rewind …
Read More »Batman v Superman wins big at the Razzies 2017 – see the full Hall of Shame here
The Oscars celebrate the best of the best, even if they did mess up the winner for Best Picture (opens in new tab)but what about the so-bad-it’s-actually-really-really-bad movies? Where’s their award? For that, you have the anti-Oscars, the Razzies: celebrating the absolute worst the movie industry has to offer. This …
Read More »The Silent Hill series: 10 shocking moments
Drag me to ‘Hill The cancellation of Silent Hills was just cruel. So much terrifying potential lurked in the single corridor of P.T that a full game might have been too much fear to actually handle. So, in mourning of what could have been, lets take a look back at …
Read More »Destiny: Xur weapons, gear, and location, February 24 – 26. Hawkmoon!
Xur, Destiny (opens in new tab)’s travelling weekend trader, registered Kabaddi referee, and owner of the most eclectic collection of vintage swanee whistles in the solar system, is back. This week he’s over in the Tower, next to the Crucible Quartermaster, in the corridor on the way down to the …
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