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What is Hideo Kojima’s new game? Update: Kojima Productions have unveiled an official Twitter account (opens in new tab) ahead of the E3 games show, plus teased a new image of their mascot Ludens (opens in new tab), with his face partially revealed. Sleuths are suggesting the character’s eyes resemble …

Game of Thrones (opens in new tab) thrives on its bad guys. Without them everything would be lovely and wonderful in the land of Westeros. We all thought we’d seen the worse villain to ever grace our TV screens when Thrones invited evil King Joffrey to make our skin crawl …

Out on Friday 20 May The X-Men take on Apocalypse. Tom Hanks is a desert worrier. John Carney does it once again. Yes, here’s this week’s new releases. Click on for our reviews of X-Men: Apocalypse, A Hologram for the King, Sing Street, Heart of a Dog, Journey to the …

By Marshall Lemon Stop me if you’ve heard about this fantasy world before: Elves live in kingdoms among the wilds and are aloof compared to humanity. Dwarves life in mining communities beneath ancient mountains, and frequently bang heads with the elves. Humans are the relatively new race that nobody really …

If you’re playing one of the latest crop of shooters, your character is more likely to be dressed in a neon jumpsuit than army fatigues. Your battle arena probably isn’t a dystopian hellscape, but a sun-drenched city or a jewel-toned forest. The modern shooter is embracing more than the grim …

Very few video games are entirely original. However much the average press release might like to talk about ‘innovative gameplay’, that is ‘built from the ground up’, to deliver ‘never before seen experiences’, all any of that actually means is ‘we made a new video game and we hope it’s …

By Marshall Lemon What do you think of when you picture eSports? MOBA leagues? First-person shooter tournaments? Studio Wildcard has a completely different image in mind – that of vulnerable humans fleeing velociraptors or a giant T-Rex. After the huge early access success of its dinosaur-based Ark: Survival Evolved, Studio …

Out on Friday 29 April Cap and Iron Man go head to head. László Nemes’ harrowing debut will make your blood run cold. Jake Gyllenhaal brings down the house. Yes, here’s this week’s new releases. Click on for our reviews of Captain America: Civil War, Son of Saul, Demolition, Heaven …

Sometimes the best ideas need space to grow. Titanfall (opens in new tab) was one of the first genuinely strong console exclusives of this generation: a game built on a platform of fresh ideas and polished gameplay that really hooked players… for about a month. After that initial rush of …

Naughty Dog has made two thing’s clear with Uncharted 4 (opens in new tab): it’s not making anymore after this, and a number 5 will be tricky following A Thief’s End’s conclusion. More specifically director Neil Druckmann said: “at the end of this story, it will be really hard to …