There are a lot of things from 1997 that haven’t stood the test of time. Alien Resurrection, the song Mmmbop, Teen Angel, my crush on Leonardo Di Caprio, but the new Final Fantasy 7 Remake (opens in new tab) stands up to its modern rivals and then some. We’ve all …
Read More »The Outer Worlds E3 2019 preview: The best RPG Bethesda never made
There’s dramatic irony, and then there’s the The Outer Worlds (opens in new tab) and the way it is relentlessly satirising corporatism when its makers have just been acquired by one of the largest corporations in the world. Given their penchant for seeing the funny side of things, though, it …
Read More »The missing games of E3 2019
With E3 2019 (opens in new tab) winding down it’s time to look back across the week and imagine what could have been. Sure, there are loads of really awesome E3 2019 games (opens in new tab) to look forward to now, but we can’t help but think about all …
Read More »eFootball PES 2020 hands-on proves mixed news for die-hard fans of the series
The shock news is that Konami’s long-running Pro Evolution Soccer series has rebranded as eFootball PES 2020. What’s less clear is why PES has focused on eSports and how it affects long-term fans of the series. We sat down to play 30 minutes of PES 2020 (we can’t bring ourselves …
Read More »What do you want to see announced at E3 2019?
All the E3 2019 (opens in new tab) press conferences and live streams are just around the corner, which – hopefully – means lots of new game announcements and reveals are on the way. We already know we’re going to get to see sexy new footage of games like The …
Read More »Code Vein wears its influences on its sleeve, but its adding its own wrinkles to the popular Souls-like formula
Bandai Namco’s bite-’em-up wants to bring all the long-forgotten vampiric original characters of your early tweenaged nightmares to unlife at long last. An impressively granular character creation system allows you to finely tune the appearance of your resurrected Revenant. You can combine a number of hair style parts to create that …
Read More »Men arent cannon-fodder: the addition of low-level female enemies in video games is one of the best patterns in gaming
You’re making your way through the gaming world of your choice, and suddenly hear an overenthusiastic war cry. Turning around, there’s a handful of those generic enemies sprinting towards you with some obviously lethal intentions: they could be bandits, soldiers, roving post-apocalyptic fiends, or just some hostile bipedal humanoids – …
Read More »Hearthstone has outdone itself with The Dalaran Heist, its best single-player roguelike yet
Tracking in Hearthstone isn’t just a staple Hunter class card (opens in new tab) anymore – it’s also a huge part of what makes the next Solo Adventures mode so exciting. Blizzard is finally incorporating ways to track all kinds of personal achievements in The Dalaran Heist, the single-player portion …
Read More »“Female spies are really interesting” – Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett wants to reboot the cult-classic No One Lives Forever
Rhianna Pratchett is an inspiring figure in the games industry, an acclaimed video game writer who has worked in some of the most popular franchises of the generation. While Pratchett has taken a step back from triple-A game development of late, opting to instead spend her time working on Lost …
Read More »5 things you need to know about Madden 20 franchise mode
At long, long last, Madden 20 franchise mode is getting a complete overhaul. Once the most revered feature in all of sports gaming, the NFL series’ traditional long-player has been de-prioritised in recent times thanks to Ultimate Team – but this season developer EA Tiburon says we’ll experience an altogether …
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