If you’re reading this, you’ve probably gorged yourself on cheese wheels mid-fight in Skyrim (opens in new tab) to regenerate that precious HP, or heard guards mock you for the thousandth time about someone stealing your Sweet Roll (and hopefully resisted the urge to quicksave your game and punish them …
Read More »“We wanted to add our own spin to it” – How Avalanche is building a better open world wasteland in Rage 2
Bethesda has one hell of a vision for the end of the world. In Rage 2 (opens in new tab), an open world wasteland is being constructed that’s full of vibrant colours, huge explosions, and a host of gaudy characters to meet, greet, and eviscerate. It’s a far cry from …
Read More »The Sinking City is a supernatural open-world for fans of lateral thought
Developer Frogwares has an impressive track record, but what the studio is doing in The Sinking City (opens in new tab) is more ambitious than anything it’s done to date. Their upcoming PS4 detective RPG is set in the fictional 1920s city of Oakmont where supernatural floods are driving the …
Read More »A show “no woman alive would watch” – heres what critics originally thought of Game of Thrones
With Game of Thrones season 8 (opens in new tab) very nearly here, it’s easy to forget that not everyone loved the fantasy epic to begin with. It feels like the hit HBO show has always been a TV force to be reckoned with, but it’s not like everyone saw …
Read More »20 cool facts you never knew about Game of Thrones
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 …
Read More »Why Battlefield Bad Company 2 made us feel more like heroes than Battlefield 5s cannon-fodder
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 …
Read More »“You’re like an NPC in Skyrim. The way they reacted to dragons, that’s you”: How ESO: Elsweyr is making dragons scary again
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 …
Read More »Team Sonic Racing: why teamwork, not rivalry, is the key to success in Sonics upcoming kart racer on PS4, Xbox, Switch and PC
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 …
Read More »Theres never been a better time for a Pokemon Snap revival
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 …
Read More »The making of Red Dead Redemption 2s incredible Mrs Adler
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 …
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