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Game of Thrones season 8 (opens in new tab) is so close we can practically taste the snowflakes of winter, but do you know your Lord Varys from your Viserion? While the lore of George RR Martin’s fantasy world is large enough to fill a small library, the trivia behind …

If there’s one thing we can learn from the last two Battlefield outings, set in their particularly crisp and atmospheric renditions of World War 1 (Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab)) and World War 2 (Battlefield 5 (opens in new tab)), it’s that war back then was carnage. These were …

Look, I know that you’re still waiting for Elder Scrolls 6 (opens in new tab) to be announced, and I am too. But if you really want to be shown how much we all took dragons for granted in Skyrim (opens in new tab), look no further than Elder Scrolls …

It may surprise you to hear that Takashi Iizuka (opens in new tab)’s favourite character isn’t, in fact, Sonic. “I’ve always liked Shadow as a character,” the producer of Team Sonic Racing (opens in new tab) tells us, “but I really wanted him to have a cool car, so we …

Video game developers are constantly having to deflect questions about sequels to critically-acclaimed and popular titles. Think Half Life 2, Portal 2, and other none-Valve produced games and you’ll get the idea. For Nintendo, its fanbase has clamoured for a follow up to one N64 game more than any other …

While Arthur Morgan was the grizzled face of Red Dead Redemption 2 (opens in new tab), Sadie Adler – the tough-talking survivor of the Van Der Linde gang – is its wounded soul. Determined to know more about the woman that had stolen my heart, I spoke to the voice …

Modders are the hard-working heroes of today’s gaming world. The stuff they do to delight, help, or just straight-up frighten gamers is astounding (not to mention that most of them do it for absolutely zero charge), but in a corner of the Skyrim (opens in new tab) modding community things …

Detective Pikachu has scarily realistic Pokemon (have you SEEN that Mr. Mime?!) and while some of the Pokemon in the movie are obvious from the trailers, what about the Pokemon you may have missed? There’s a number of fleeting appearances from various Pokemon in the Detective Pikachu trailers, that only …

Games make us do strange things. Really, really strange things. Things that if you did them in real life you’d either be rushed to hospital, reported to the police, or both. Probably both. I’m talking about the ways we test games to make sure they have that element of believability, …

With all the rumors about PS5 (opens in new tab) and Xbox Project Scarlett (opens in new tab) flying about, it’s hard not to think about what we’ll be playing on them. Sure, there’ll be a bunch of sexy launch titles that are probably being worked on right now, but …