When October’s howling winds have blown away September’s sunshine, then folk long for horror. Nowadays we’re spoiled for choice when it comes to both games and films, with an indie resurgence across the board. But if you’re not a hardcore fan, or you don’t own a PC, it’s easy to …
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The Silent Hill series has long been a fan favourite for its disturbing monster design, but did you know that there’s some psychology behind each horrifying nightmare-incarnate you encounter? The monsters in Silent Hill all have reasons for looking the way they do. Typically manifestations of characters’ fears, faults, or …
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What is it? A modern successor to the beloved River City Ransom that also happens to be a remake of Renegade, its predecessor. Play it if you like… Classically style brawlers, sweet hair, stubby little gang members. Format: 3DS Price: $29.99 Release date: Out now The secret of River City …
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The Big Topic: The reveal of Switch, Nintendo’s upcoming console/handheld hybrid Further Discussion: Final Fantasy 15 is a real video game What we’re into: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Logan reveal trailers, and Rusty Lake Hotel After months of speculation and leaks, the Nintendo Switch (opens in new tab) is …
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Welcome to the new Nintendo. It might be hard to see beneath the surface of the trailer for its new gaming device, but the company that tried to sell the world Wii U – is it a console or a peripheral or a spelling error – is no longer tongue …
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UPDATE: Rockstar has confirmed Red Dead Redemption 2 (opens in new tab) and it’s coming Spring 2018. My love for John Marston is so deep that I could cry. Hell, I genuinely did, when that very upsetting thing happens to him, at the end of RDR. Yet while the charismatic …
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Nidhogg 2 (opens in new tab)’s new art direction seems to split opinion like a sword through its combatants’ pudgy stomachs. The original cult-favorite fighting game depicted its dueling fencers as nondescript, Atari-esque sprites – but besides retaining their yellow and orange complexions, those two opponents are unrecognizable in the …
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Heh, well, it’s a funny story actually. I’d intended to replay something a little more modern for this feature, and what Xbox One game is bigger, both in stature and in sheer size (70.4GB and counting), than Halo 5: Guardians? But the truth is, I couldn’t finish the fight. In …
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Is Lara Croft the most physically-competent character in videogames? At the risk of upsetting fans of literally anyone else, let’s just go ahead and say: yes, yes she is. Ezio might edge it at parkour and swan-diving, Kratos is slightly better at pushing giant rocks, Snake is fractionally more advanced …
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Welcome to virtual reality Release date: October 13 Price: £349.99/$399 Format: PS4 It’s finally time. The PlayStation VR release date of October 13 is fast approaching and we’ve been hands on with the headset for over a week. We’ve tested as many games as our eyesight would allow and discovered …
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