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Nidhogg 2 (opens in new tab)’s new art direction seems to split opinion like a sword through its combatants’ pudgy stomachs. The original cult-favorite fighting game depicted its dueling fencers as nondescript, Atari-esque sprites – but besides retaining their yellow and orange complexions, those two opponents are unrecognizable in the …

Heh, well, it’s a funny story actually. I’d intended to replay something a little more modern for this feature, and what Xbox One game is bigger, both in stature and in sheer size (70.4GB and counting), than Halo 5: Guardians? But the truth is, I couldn’t finish the fight. In …

Is Lara Croft the most physically-competent character in videogames? At the risk of upsetting fans of literally anyone else, let’s just go ahead and say: yes, yes she is. Ezio might edge it at parkour and swan-diving, Kratos is slightly better at pushing giant rocks, Snake is fractionally more advanced …

Welcome to virtual reality Release date: October 13 Price: £349.99/$399 Format: PS4 It’s finally time. The PlayStation VR release date of October 13 is fast approaching and we’ve been hands on with the headset for over a week. We’ve tested as many games as our eyesight would allow and discovered …

What is it?  A sidescrolling shooter that’s as tough as it is short  Play it if you like…  Old-school arcade difficulty; persevering over unfavorable run-‘n’-gun odds  Format: PS4, PC Price: $19.99 / £19.99 Release date: Out now By the time I was on my 20th playthrough of the first level …

Insane with the pain People are really good at hiding their problems. Sure, the internet is full of angsty attention-seekers if you know where to look (ie. Facebook, Twitter, anywhere with the facility to post comments or status updates), but in real life, people tend to keep their bad stuff …

It’s Stephen King’s birthday today! You probably know him as that guy who wrote all those books, along with films like Carrie, The Shining, and that bit in Misery with the feet.  That’s the one. But for me, while I’ve read so many King books, my go-to memory is The …

Brotherly love. Ain’t it swell? Just look at Nathan Drake and his older sibling Sam. They finish each other’s quips. They intimately snap mens’ necks in tandem. They toast their good health in a centuries-old bar in the heart of Libertalia. Their blood-bonded bromance truly warms the cockles. Had Uncharted …

What is it? A hand-drawn trek through Norse mythology as beautiful as it is punishing Play it if you like… Atmospheric games that don’t hold your hand; Shadow of the Colossus Format: PC / PS4 / Xbox One / Wii U Price: $14.99 / £10.99 Release date: Out now On …

There’s a level in the first Crash Bandicoot called Lights Out. Twenty years before the short film and movie of the same name, before I’d watched The Blair Witch Project, before I filled my brain with the nightmares of modern horror that lurk in the dark, Lights Out terrified me.  …