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Spoiler warning: This article contains detailed discussion of the entirety of Spider-Man: Homecoming’s story. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, you might want to steer away.  It was often espoused before the film’s release – not least by myself – that one of the most exciting elements of Spider-Man: …

By now you’ve probably heard The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab) is massive, but it’s difficult to put into words the game’s sheer scale. Glancing at that gargantuan map dotted with question marks is incredibly overwhelming, especially if you’re the kind of person who has to seek out and …

A fierce lion, a howling direwolf, a kraken whose tentacles clutch at ships that pass – most of the Houses’ sigils (or coat of arms) in Game of Thrones season 7 (opens in new tab) are easy to interpret. Bluntly put, they’re meant to intimidate and brag at the same …

PlayStation has its fair share of iconic heroes – Lara Croft, Nathan Drake, Kratos to name but a few – but it has also served up plenty of dynamic duos. Here, we embrace the double trouble and pick out the best double acts to appear on Sony’s console. Jak and …

You can get jump scares out of just about anything if you suddenly thrust it into players’ faces alongside a stab of carefully selected music. It’s a relatively easy technique, but a really effective one. When used sparingly, at least. Long-term, this dependable psychological trick is barely enough to stretch …

Overwatch is a truly dynamic game, which means there’s always something new going on behind the scenes or in the community. Each week, we’ll have a round-up of the latest game news. That might be balance notes, character rumors, esports announcements, or just unmissably funny gifs. Here’s what Overwatch fans …

In case the name didn’t give it away 98DEMAKE, demakes modern games to look like they came out in 1998. It’s a homage to the PS1 era of low poly models, postage stamp-sized textures and bushes that look like two pieces of cardboard slotted into each other.  You can see …

The summer of 1987 marked the start of an enduring romance between teenagers and vampires. Before The Lost Boys the main vamp, Dracula, was a middle-aged man in a suit, cape and bow tie prone to misting up windows and nibbling the necks of starched Victorian ladies. Director Joel Schumacher took …

Summer is officially here. It’s not the singing birds in the trees that’s alerted us to the fact, nor the blistering heat, nor even the fact that at last the chime of the ice-cream truck is like a beacon of hope. No, it’s the fact that the Steam Summer Sale …

As soon as we saw Spider-Man’s new look in the Captain America: Civil War (opens in new tab) trailer, it’s all we can talk about. The eyes! The webbing! The gadgets! Tony Stark has given Spidey one hell of an update, which looks massively different from previous movie iterations (and …