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It’s a massive cliche to call anything “the next Dark Souls” because that usually just means “another popular, super-hard game”. So suppress your eye-rolling reflex when I say The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab) might have already proven itself as the next Dark Souls. …

It’s ironic that some are complaining that Total War: Warhammer 2 is being released ‘too soon’ after its predecessor, particularly given the claims that such a schedule makes the game feel more like a DLC expansion. Because while ‘expansion’ is absolutely the operative word in terms of TW: WH2’s overarching …

Ask a random gamer, PC owner or not, for opinions of Doom and you’ll be lucky if you get one. Ask them for memories and you’ll get a dozen. Even those who’ve never shot the barrel and turned the imp into pixel mush remember it as if they had, its …

How would Microsoft have fared in a Bungie-free world? A world where its masterful space opera hadn’t greased the Xbox slip road with high-grade Warthog engine oil? The system’s first and biggest star has flared brighter still since its appearance, two console generations ago, but on launch day it was …

Videogames are a realm of fantasy. They’re placed where your imagination can run wild, where you can pursue adventures you didn’t know existed – and where there are weapons on offer that would make a blacksmith cry. It’s up to you whether that’s from joy or sheer madness, but taking …

Predicting awards at the Cannes Film Festival never fails to prove that William Goldman’s famous quote “Nobody knows anything” applies as much to the artistic merits of world cinema as to the commercial chances of Hollywood movies.  There are too many factors at play to even make much of an …

You might remember that over recent weeks, talk of Ubisoft scouting the US for countryside locations (opens in new tab) had led many to assume a Wild West reimagining of the next Far Cry. That was a sensible deduction, given the suitability of the open-world shooter’s gameplay conceits for a …

Good old fashioned Southern hospital-i-tee gets a sinister and provocatively sexy spin in Sofia Coppola’s bewitching remake of overlooked Clint Eastwood gem The Beguiled. Playing in competition at Cannes, the film marks a triumphant return to the Croisette for Coppola after Marie Antoinette (opens in new tab) was greeted with …

Let’s get one thing straight: Uncharted is brilliant. Sure, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (opens in new tab), while not perfect, is a fitting end to Nathan Drake’s story and a thrilling 10+ hours of adventure. It’s predictably great. Now, with the news that Spider-Man: Homecoming (opens in new tab)’s …

Even if you’ve never heard the term ‘bottle episode’ you’ve seen one. More than one. And the chances are it was probably one of your favourite moments of [insert show you like here]. They’re the episodes that are made to save money, often through using a few well-used, familiar sets, …