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 …
Read More »You’re not prepared for Borderlands 3’s sadistic influencer villains and how they’re part of its strangely relatable world
Handsome Jack is a very hard act to follow. The charismatic douche carried players through Borderlands 2, somehow managing to tread that thin line between all of us thinking ‘oh my god, he’s such an ass’ but still barely able to wait for the next time he spoke to us. …
Read More »5 moments in Avengers: Endgame that made us punch the air… and 5 more that made us cry
It’s no longer enough for blockbuster movies to show us action set pieces of a scale we’ve never seen before. Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab) has now proved that they can also be a rollercoaster of emotions, making us laugh one moment and cry the next – anyone who …
Read More »Ice, Fire, and Arya: The evidence proving Game of Thrones’ big Night King twist wasn’t a twist at all
This week’s Game of Thrones season 8 (opens in new tab) episode, The Long Night, represented the first real time that HBO’s insatiable fantasy drama became a victim of its own expectations. The Battle of Winterfell did, technically speaking, live up to its promise as the longest battle in entertainment …
Read More »Where will the MCU go next after Avengers: Endgame?
The Infinity Saga has come to a close with Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab), which means we now have big questions for just how Marvel Phase Four will play out. After watching Marvel’s latest big adventure, there are some clues that will let us predict what’s coming with Marvel …
Read More »Avengers: Endgame deaths revealed: Who died and how they were killed
Despite the fact that we knew some Avengers: Endgame deaths were coming – no-one could totally escape all that drama, could they? – we didn’t realise they would hit so hard. Sure, it wasn’t half the entire Marvel cast being wiped out like Avengers: Infinity War (opens in new tab), …
Read More »Madden 20 cover vote: the 9 players Patrick Mahomes beat to win
The Madden 20 cover vote is unlike anything else in sports gaming. While fans are largely content to accept whomever they’re given for series such as FIFA, NHL and NBA 2K, fronting the official game of the NFL is a different story. With the Madden curse (opens in new tab) …
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