Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (opens in new tab) and Captain America: Civil War (opens in new tab)share many similarities, but their critical receptions have been very different. While most seem to fall into either camp their are those who enjoyed both films, and Marvel’s Sebastian Stan – who …

If you’re playing one of the latest crop of shooters, your character is more likely to be dressed in a neon jumpsuit than army fatigues. Your battle arena probably isn’t a dystopian hellscape, but a sun-drenched city or a jewel-toned forest. The modern shooter is embracing more than the grim …

“At least we all agree, the third one is always the worst,” concludes Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), leaving the multiplex after seeing Return of the Jedi (opens in new tab) with her fellow Gifted Youngsters.  It’s a bold gag, but X-Men: Apocalypse never quite disproves her assertion. That’s not to …

“At least we all agree, the third one is always the worst,” concludes Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), leaving the multiplex after seeing Return of the Jedi (opens in new tab) with her fellow Gifted Youngsters.  It’s a bold gag, but X-Men: Apocalypse never quite disproves her assertion. That’s not to …

Very few video games are entirely original. However much the average press release might like to talk about ‘innovative gameplay’, that is ‘built from the ground up’, to deliver ‘never before seen experiences’, all any of that actually means is ‘we made a new video game and we hope it’s …

First up, here’s my Uncharted 4 review (opens in new tab) if you want to know what I thought (it’s good, unsurprisingly). But here’s a little bit extra: when you finish the game you unlock a bunch of extra visual filters and modes.  These various extras can be unlocked using …

Fallout 4 (opens in new tab)’s console versions should get the extra-punishing survival mode (opens in new tab) as part of Update 1.5 on Friday, Bethesda Game Studios announced. If you’re not familiar with the idea behind the free DLC, the new mode goes beyond tougher enemies to impose additional …

Superhot appears almost too simple at first glance. Every one of its white, texture-less stages give off a feeling of clinical, cold sterility; each of the red, faceless crystal ‘guys’ you gun down shatters into a thousand unfeeling pieces. Even its gameplay is stripped down to minimalist essentials, giving you …

Isn’t it reassuring when a game’s hardest mode is even too tricky for its own developers? Speaking to IGN (opens in new tab), id Software’s executive producer Marty Stratton and creative director Hugo Martin have admitted that no one on the team has managed to complete Doom (opens in new …

By Marshall Lemon What do you think of when you picture eSports? MOBA leagues? First-person shooter tournaments? Studio Wildcard has a completely different image in mind – that of vulnerable humans fleeing velociraptors or a giant T-Rex. After the huge early access success of its dinosaur-based Ark: Survival Evolved, Studio …