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For Honor (opens in new tab)’s developers plan to release all of the game’s post-release multiplayer maps and modes for free, following more than a year of high-profile games that have abandoned the once-common paid DLC format. If you play many big, non-free-to-play multiplayer games, this development likely feels long …

Star Wars: Rogue One (opens in new tab) had its fancy Hollywood premiere (opens in new tab) last night, complete with X-Wings and Stormtroopers on the red carpet.  That means we get some early reactions to the first spin-off movie in the Star Wars universe. These are all spoiler-free but …

As someone who grew up during the heyday of the original Power Rangers (opens in new tab) TV show, I was sure a gritty reboot movie version couldn’t possibly appeal to me. Friends, I was wrong. Today, we have our first good look at the Zords via a poster from …

The Assassin’s Creed movie (opens in new tab) continues to look like it could very well break that ‘videogame movies are painful at worst and mediocre at best’ mould. The attention to detail for the silverscreen debut of the history-hopping franchise is reaching impressive levels of dedication to the stabby …

Your ‘to play’ pile might now be toppling over with open world games you’ll have to clone yourself to try and get through, but next year’s releases are tantalisingly close. The frankly enormous Ghost Recon: Wildlands (opens in new tab) is out on March 7 next year and Ubi is …

Everyone knows about product placement. In exchange for getting their products screen time, companies like Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, and Apple will pump a few extra dollars into a Hollywood production. Usually it’s a little more subtle than what Square Enix and Cup Noodle have done for Final Fantasy 15 (opens in …

Game of Thrones season 7 (opens in new tab) might still be a little way off, but some of the cast are speaking, very, carefully about what we could expect. Such as Sophie Turner talking about her character, Sansa, and Jon Snow’s partnership. Or potential lack of it.  Talking to …

Hideo Kojima had a little something to offer viewers of The Game Awards (opens in new tab) in return for his belated Industry Icon award: new footage of Death Stranding (opens in new tab). It’s the most we’ve seen of Kojima Productions first independent game since we saw Norman Reedus’ …

Halo Wars 2 (opens in new tab) will give players a new enemy to fight in the form of The Banished, a faction of ex-Covenant aliens led by the Brute known as Atriox. It’s been awhile since the Halo series had a real, meaty villain for fans to sink their …

The Power Rangers movie (opens in new tab) is evoking a mixed bag of responses based on its early images and trailer. Prepare for more, folks, as the first glimpse of the Rangers’ and Zordon’s robotic assistant Alpha 5 is here! Here’s a batch of concept art of the character, …