Rage 2 (opens in new tab) looked great during the Quakecon keynote presentation the other week, and I can vouch that it still plays just as well as it did when I first went hands-on (opens in new tab), just before E3. But, for all that Quakecon is Bethesda’s biggest …
Read More »TimeSplitters 2 was an FPS a whole generation ahead of its time. Now games have caught up with its ideas, the series deserves to thrive
Note: This is an updated version of an article we ran a few years back, but its content, like the game it discusses, is as relevant now as it ever was. With the news that Dambuster Studios parent company Koch Media has finally brought the TimeSplitters rights back to the …
Read More »I love how healing is intentional and dangerous in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Change can be scary, especially when it comes to core game mechanics that’ve been in place for over a decade. Regenerating health has been a staple of the Call of Duty series since its second entry, and players have ingrained the ‘hide and heal’ playstyle into their minds and muscle …
Read More »Ant-Man and the Wasp: does it tease a new hero for Avengers 4?
WARNING: There are MAJOR SPOILERS for Ant-Man and the Wasp after this point. Throughout much of Ant-Man and the Wasp (opens in new tab), our plucky heroes have one major goal: rescue Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp, from the Quantum Realm. The Quantum Realm is a dimension of sub-atomic …
Read More »Warframes tough to start, but thats also why its still so fun to play
Start playing Warframe now – maybe you’re still whistling that Fortuna musical number (opens in new tab), or you have stars in your eyes from the dazzling space combat of Railjack (opens in new tab) – and you’ll be escorted through a slick, cohesive series of tutorial missions. Then the …
Read More »Beneath the glam make-up, power ballads, and Spandex… GLOW season 2 has a smart, important story to tell
“It is a very strange sensation doing quiet, very emotional scenes, with full wrestling hair and make-up on,” reflects GLOW lead Betty Gilpin (Debbie / Liberty Bell) while discussing the heightened emotions and very on-the-nose issues of season 2. It gets to the heart of what makes Netflix’s accomplished female-wrestling …
Read More »Video game addiction is now a disorder. But what does that mean and why does it matter?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has added ‘gaming disorder’ to the latest edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). This comes after the American Psychiatric Association listed ‘internet gaming disorder’ as a ‘condition for further study’ in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) in …
Read More »Remedy’s Control offers a supernatural take on 1984, with Metroidvania elements and shape-shifting buildings
For a long time, Remedy’s new game has been known only as P7, but what’s now known as Control is shaping up to be quite the intriguing third-person shooter. It turns out that actually the word shape has quite a lot to do with what makes Control look quite so …
Read More »The big question we have after watching Westworld season 2, episode 9
The pace is picking up as Westworld season 2 (opens in new tab) reaches its inevitable climax, and the big question on everyone’s lips at the end of episode 9 (opens in new tab) is this: is the Man in Black really human? Or has he been a Host all …
Read More »The Akecheta Westworld episode proved the show doesnt need twists to keep the show entertaining, just new voices
Westworld season 2, episode 8 (opens in new tab) is one of the most stunning pieces of television I’ve seen in a long, long time. Up there with some of the great episodes in an era filled with classics as far as the eye can see, Kiksuya changed the game …
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