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The Nintendo Switch has only been around for a month and we’ve already fallen in love with the little, idiosyncratic console/handheld hybrid. Not only does the system switch (I’m sorry) between your TV and the device as well as advertised, it has a hell of a launch game in The …

Gordon Freeman has nothing to say. Well, not verbally anyway. As one of gaming’s best-known silent protagonists, he has no syllables to utter and no quips to dispense. Freeman’s lack of chat is a deliberate black hole of meaning. And yet that’s exactly what Valve needed to craft an FPS …

I didn’t think Battle Chef Brigade would be fun. A game about cooking? Meh. But I was wrong. I was so very wrong. Battle Chef Brigade is an upcoming PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch game that blends side-scrolling beat-em-up combat with Legend of Korra-inspired visuals and a match-three puzzle …

Deleted scenes It’s impossible to imagine certain movies being any different from how they are. Once a film becomes beloved enough, iconic enough, its form and essence get locked-in in the minds of the audience. The idea of an alternative version feels like a fantasy from a parallel universe at …

Real life can be pretty rough sometimes (opens in new tab). The past year in particular has been a struggle for many, and for all the good in the world, it can often feel like there’s just as much strife, oppression, and disillusionment. Trying to make sense of it all …

Shots fired Guns! They’re great, aren’t they? In games, we mean. The look and feel of a good gun can single-handedly transform a by-the-numbers shooter into something a bit special. And it helps if it looks badass too, since you spend 99% of your in-game time staring at the back …

Ever since Netflix went digital and allowed subscribers the opportunity to instantly gorge on thousands of films and TV shows, I’ve been wondering if gaming would ever get to the point where it could offer a similar service. Sony’s attempt with PlayStation Now (opens in new tab) was a move …

As explained in our Horizon: Zero Dawn review (opens in new tab), the PS4’s latest exclusive is a spectacular achievement for Guerrilla Games. For a studio that has focussed for over a decade on making largely linear shooters, the shift to a wide open action role-playing game with an emphasis …

Of all the captains in Star Trek, Benjamin Sisko of Deep Space Nine is the one carrying the heaviest weight. Kirk is a charming explorer who loses friends and family. Picard is a charismatic, fearless scholar whose very humanity is stolen away. Their losses come well after we know them, …

For every Ken, Ryu, or Skullomania that makes it into a Street Fighter roster, many more potential characters don’t progress beyond their initial design stage. We sat down with game director Takayuki Nakayama to review some official concepts for Street Fighter 5 that didn’t make the cut… Elizabeth If a …