Should you buy the PS4 Slim or the PS4 Pro during the Cyber Monday 2019 sales? Do you want to go for the small, cheap, proven PS4 that will happily play every PS4 game ever released, and a load more too through backwards compatibility? Or do you go for the …
Read More »The making of Half-Life 2: Valve takes us behind the scenes of its narrative masterpiece
It’s difficult to get anyone at Valve to tell you that Half-Life 2 was a great game. Its staff are quick to credit their competitors with a similar will for innovation, and are reticent to posit themselves as sole pioneers. Though they acknowledge the pile of awards the game has …
Read More »What game do you want to see on Google Stadia and why?
Google Stadia (opens in new tab) has officially stumbled out of the starting gate, and while it’s a tiny miracle when it works, it often struggles (opens in new tab) to justify its price and indeed its very existence. Like all new platforms, it’s in need of games, so we …
Read More »How Life is Strange 2 and youth homelessness charity Centrepoint are collaborating to raise awareness
Life is Strange (opens in new tab) as a series has never been afraid to explore difficult subjects and portray issues that affect people in the real world. From cyber-bullying and racism to discrimination, the many different social issues explored throughout the series are, as lead writer Jean-Luc Cano tells …
Read More »Google Stadia review in progress: “When it works, its a minor miracle”
When Google Stadia (opens in new tab) works as advertised or as otherwise intended, it feels like I’m bearing witness to some kind of minor miracle. I’ve had Stadia in my life for five days now, and I haven’t once had an evening derailed by an untimely “It’s time to …
Read More »The Outer Worlds small zones are like a warm hug for an obsessive quest completer
Right up there in the list of life’s greatest pleasures, next to meeting your infant child for the first time and winning an Olympic medal, is clearing out a zone in an RPG. I mean filling out that map with every point of interest, emptying that quest log, making every …
Read More »From Ghosts to Modern Warfare: how Infinity Ward evolved Call of Duty this generation
Call of Duty: Ghosts is rooted in a military fairy tale – a spec ops Battle of Thermopylae in which 14 men stay behind to defend a civilian hospital against overwhelming odds. They win, of course, and the victors become the Ghosts, unseen and unstoppable. I wonder if that’s how …
Read More »Release Radar: Our pick of the weeks best TV, movies, and games (November 11-17)
1. Celebrate the games you love with the 37th Golden Joystick Awards The winners of this year’s Golden Joystick Awards (opens in new tab) will all be revealed at the event on 15 November 2019 in London, with comedian and Assassin’s Creed star Danny Wallace presenting the coveted shiny sticks. …
Read More »Release Radar: Our pick of the weeks best TV, movies, and games (November 4-10)
1. Star power and a second chance for His Dark Materials Here we go again. Another attempt to adapt His Dark Materials, the epic fantasy novels by Philip Pullman in which two teenagers must traverse multiple universes while being accompanied by their personalized dæmons. So, what’s different about HBO and …
Read More »Stadia, Brexit, Pokemon, and more: Miles Jacobson talks about everything Football Manager 2020
Every Football Manager story starts somewhere. How will yours end? #FM20 #CreateTheFuture Find out now: https://t.co/iwmpHojNV5 pic.twitter.com/WCSVs9cs94October 29, 2019 See more The Sports Interactive office in Stratford, East London, is an absolute haven for a football fan like myself. Historic shirts signed by legendary players are framed across almost every …
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