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For a while there, we figured that Sony had lost it completely. Even now, the advertisements the company used to sell early iterations of the PlayStation seem impossibly challenging, subtly provocative, and cool. Said adverts depicted an orgy of disembodied limbs, tattooed babies, weeping porcelain dolls, lots of blasphemy, people …

The tale of Pennywise and the Loser’s Club has finally come to an end. It: Chapter 2 (opens in new tab) marks the final part in the Andy Muschietti-directed saga. How exactly did things end? And what were the major differences between the It: Chapter 2 ending and the one …

The high school experience is different for everyone. For some, it’s heaven on earth, a time to look back on fondly with a wistful smile. For others? A hellish experience that you’d rather leave in the past, thanks. Those four hormone-charged years are rife with teenage kicks, no matter where …

The most striking thing that you’ll notice upon first starting Borderlands 3 (opens in new tab) is, and maybe this won’t come as a surprise, Claptrap. The series mascot is still by and large the obnoxious mechanoid you know and love (to hate), walking players through the game’s opening tutorial …

With rose-tinted nostalgia glasses on, people tend to mis-remember Final Fantasy 7. The bombastic moments that challenged players’ expectations of what a PS1 game was capable of stick in the mind. But for many, despite only being the opening of the story, the Midgar section felt like the core of …

1. Friday the 13th: The Game Ultimate Slasher Edition will bring a helping of horror to the Switch  Having some friends over anytime soon? There’s nothing quite like cosying up with your Nintendo Switch for a night of multiplayer survival horror. If you fancy filling the shoes of Jason Vorhees …

With the back to school season looming, it makes sense to ensure your brain is back in fighting shape after the long vacation. That’s why we’ve found the best brain training games to nudge your neurons back to life.  Even if the science is a little bit fuzzy on whether …

2018 may have been a good year for video game releases, but it was also a year in which the industry’s reputation took an undeserved hit. On top of the Trump administration’s continued scapegoating of the medium, the rise of Fortnite (opens in new tab) has led to heightened fears …

The existence of a Nintendo Switch Lite has been heavily rumoured for some time now, and to nobody’s surprise, they turned out to be true. Everything from the Nintendo Switch Lite price (opens in new tab) and release date to the specs have been confirmed officially by Nintendo, so read …

As well as being known for its tongue-in-cheek sense of humour, cartoonish graphics, and general disdain for the laws of physics, Borderlands 3 is really known for its guns. Whole mountains of them. Borderlands had a total of 17.75 million procedurally-generated guns. Borderlands 2 upped the game with a more …