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You can get jump scares out of just about anything if you suddenly thrust it into players’ faces alongside a stab of carefully selected music. It’s a relatively easy technique, but a really effective one. When used sparingly, at least. Long-term, this dependable psychological trick is barely enough to stretch …

Overwatch is a truly dynamic game, which means there’s always something new going on behind the scenes or in the community. Each week, we’ll have a round-up of the latest game news. That might be balance notes, character rumors, esports announcements, or just unmissably funny gifs. Here’s what Overwatch fans …

The summer of 1987 marked the start of an enduring romance between teenagers and vampires. Before The Lost Boys the main vamp, Dracula, was a middle-aged man in a suit, cape and bow tie prone to misting up windows and nibbling the necks of starched Victorian ladies. Director Joel Schumacher took …

In case the name didn’t give it away 98DEMAKE, demakes modern games to look like they came out in 1998. It’s a homage to the PS1 era of low poly models, postage stamp-sized textures and bushes that look like two pieces of cardboard slotted into each other.  You can see …

Summer is officially here. It’s not the singing birds in the trees that’s alerted us to the fact, nor the blistering heat, nor even the fact that at last the chime of the ice-cream truck is like a beacon of hope. No, it’s the fact that the Steam Summer Sale …

As soon as we saw Spider-Man’s new look in the Captain America: Civil War (opens in new tab) trailer, it’s all we can talk about. The eyes! The webbing! The gadgets! Tony Stark has given Spidey one hell of an update, which looks massively different from previous movie iterations (and …

Workplace arguments can get the best of us all, but when your workplace is a movie set, which includes hundreds of cast and crew, a stressful and demanding filming schedule, and a studio breathing down your neck, those little tiffs around the water cooler can escalate into much more serious …

***Updated with YOUR winners and losers (opens in new tab) from the show*** The E3 2017 press conferences (opens in new tab) have been and gone. Overall it feels like a solid yet safe year for games on all platforms – while there were a few surprises, no-one really shocked …

Short and sweet – that’s the way! Nintendo showcased a ton of new Nintendo Switch games (and shunned the 3DS) during its newest Nintendo Spotlight, streaming before the E3 2017 show floor opens to the public. New Metroid Prime and Pokemon games for Switch are confirmed to be in development, …

Star Wars Battlefront has changed, and so far, it seems, all for the better. Where the original, multiplayer-only game is the most consummately, lovingly released Star Wars theme park outside of a Disney land-holding (albeit one with a limited number of number of rides and attractions, and an ultimate depth …