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As a reporter for a large part of my career, news is my lifeblood. The perpetual news cycle is a beast that always needs feeding, giving an illusion of a fast-paced industry that is more dynamic than the business day allows. There would always be something – even during quiet …

Read more (Image credit: CDPR) Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox Series X version free to Xbox One owners of the game “when available” (opens in new tab) We just got a much clearer idea of how powerful the Xbox Series X (opens in new tab)will be, as head honcho Phil Spencer has …

Patapon 2 Remastered (opens in new tab) couldn’t have come at a better time. For one, the start of the year is barren when it comes to new releases, with the mega releases of Animal Crossing: New Horizons (opens in new tab), Final Fantasy 7 Remake (opens in new tab), …

Usually, when games stir emotion it’s because of writing or events. Things happen, people talk and, honestly, the experience isn’t that much different from a film. The interactive element invests you in things more than passively viewing a movie, but the big payoff’s usually via dialogue or a cut scene. …

“We want you to feel like a vampire in everything that you’re doing,” says Hardsuit Labs’ narrative lead, Brian Mitsoda. He admits, “[The first Bloodlines felt] kind of more like an FPS where you occasionally drink blood for fuel.” This time, he says, “The violence of the vampire is more …

It’s difficult to get anyone at Valve to tell you that Half-Life 2 was a great game. Its staff are quick to credit their competitors with a similar will for innovation, and are reticent to posit themselves as sole pioneers. Though they acknowledge the pile of awards the game has …

Google Stadia (opens in new tab) has officially stumbled out of the starting gate, and while it’s a tiny miracle when it works, it often struggles (opens in new tab) to justify its price and indeed its very existence. Like all new platforms, it’s in need of games, so we …

Life is Strange (opens in new tab) as a series has never been afraid to explore difficult subjects and portray issues that affect people in the real world. From cyber-bullying and racism to discrimination, the many different social issues explored throughout the series are, as lead writer Jean-Luc Cano tells …

When Google Stadia (opens in new tab) works as advertised or as otherwise intended, it feels like I’m bearing witness to some kind of minor miracle. I’ve had Stadia in my life for five days now, and I haven’t once had an evening derailed by an untimely “It’s time to …

Right up there in the list of life’s greatest pleasures, next to meeting your infant child for the first time and winning an Olympic medal, is clearing out a zone in an RPG. I mean filling out that map with every point of interest, emptying that quest log, making every …