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I need a quick word about 2017. Because while 2016 was a stand-out year for games, if anything, this year looks like it could be even better. Whatever your tastes, whatever your platform, there’s already a honking great train of incoming good stuff, of every scale, looking set to make …

Since the dawn of gaming, players have found themselves intrinsically drawn to exploring holes in the ground, and Sony’s consoles have provided plenty of opportunities to embark on subterranean adventures. So strap on your head torch and join us, as we delve deep inside the best caves and coolest caverns …

I love The Last Guardian (opens in new tab). Specifically, I really love its dirty great cat/dog/eagle thingie. Trico is one of the most believable AI lifeforms I’ve ever seen; at once unflappably loyal, completely distractible, and incredibly prone to random bouts of adorable ear-scratching. PS4’s badass griffin is also …

Final Fantasy 15 is a stylish, smart reminder of an era when Japanese games  dominated the industry, but sweeping JRPGs aren’t new to Xbox. As proof, here’s a fond look back over the best Japanese role-playing games ever to grace Microsoft consoles. 01: Blue Dragon When Final Fantasy‘s creator, Hironobu …

How did Xbox do in 2016? Pretty damn well, actually. With a decent raft of exclusives, some great upcoming Xbox One games (opens in new tab), and a new piece of hardware on the horizon, Xbox One is in great shape. But was it all sunshine and kittens for Microsoft …

One of the few Christmas movies (opens in new tab) I’ll happily watch on repeat, The Nightmare Before Christmas captures the wonder of the festive season without making it saccharine sweet. Granted, that is because the majority of the film is set in the grimy town of Halloween. Making its …

Before Spelunky arrived on the scene four years ago to kick all my free time down a dark, black pit, I have to admit I’d always kinda turned my nose up at games that used random level generation. The concept of levels that rearrange their layouts dynamically on each playthrough …

It’s fair to say that anyone who’s read Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently novels would be unlikely to picture the man now playing the holistic detective on TV in the role. “When I was auditioning for the part and reading the books, I was thinking, ‘I look nothing like how I …

By now, you’ve seen the Rotten Tomatoes score, you’ve eyed the one star reviews, and you’ve flicked the Assassin’s Creed movie (opens in new tab) off your own private sync point. And that’s fine. You’re allowed to write if off completely. Everything is permitted, after all.  But then there’s the …

Hollywood has a tendency to leap on any vaguely popular phenomenon and shove it in the meat-grinder that is the modern movie industry. Yet there’s one niche they haven’t quite cornered. I’d pay good money to see a dark movie about Pokemon Go where twee creatures threaten to rip your …