You’re making your way through the gaming world of your choice, and suddenly hear an overenthusiastic war cry. Turning around, there’s a handful of those generic enemies sprinting towards you with some obviously lethal intentions: they could be bandits, soldiers, roving post-apocalyptic fiends, or just some hostile bipedal humanoids – …
Read More »Hearthstone has outdone itself with The Dalaran Heist, its best single-player roguelike yet
Tracking in Hearthstone isn’t just a staple Hunter class card (opens in new tab) anymore – it’s also a huge part of what makes the next Solo Adventures mode so exciting. Blizzard is finally incorporating ways to track all kinds of personal achievements in The Dalaran Heist, the single-player portion …
Read More »“Female spies are really interesting” – Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett wants to reboot the cult-classic No One Lives Forever
Rhianna Pratchett is an inspiring figure in the games industry, an acclaimed video game writer who has worked in some of the most popular franchises of the generation. While Pratchett has taken a step back from triple-A game development of late, opting to instead spend her time working on Lost …
Read More »5 things you need to know about Madden 20 franchise mode
At long, long last, Madden 20 franchise mode is getting a complete overhaul. Once the most revered feature in all of sports gaming, the NFL series’ traditional long-player has been de-prioritised in recent times thanks to Ultimate Team – but this season developer EA Tiburon says we’ll experience an altogether …
Read More »You’re not prepared for Borderlands 3’s sadistic influencer villains and how they’re part of its strangely relatable world
Handsome Jack is a very hard act to follow. The charismatic douche carried players through Borderlands 2, somehow managing to tread that thin line between all of us thinking ‘oh my god, he’s such an ass’ but still barely able to wait for the next time he spoke to us. …
Read More »Madden 20 cover vote: the 9 players Patrick Mahomes beat to win
The Madden 20 cover vote is unlike anything else in sports gaming. While fans are largely content to accept whomever they’re given for series such as FIFA, NHL and NBA 2K, fronting the official game of the NFL is a different story. With the Madden curse (opens in new tab) …
Read More »I ate like a Dragonborn for one week, and honestly I’m glad it’s over
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably gorged yourself on cheese wheels mid-fight in Skyrim (opens in new tab) to regenerate that precious HP, or heard guards mock you for the thousandth time about someone stealing your Sweet Roll (and hopefully resisted the urge to quicksave your game and punish them …
Read More »“We wanted to add our own spin to it” – How Avalanche is building a better open world wasteland in Rage 2
Bethesda has one hell of a vision for the end of the world. In Rage 2 (opens in new tab), an open world wasteland is being constructed that’s full of vibrant colours, huge explosions, and a host of gaudy characters to meet, greet, and eviscerate. It’s a far cry from …
Read More »The Sinking City is a supernatural open-world for fans of lateral thought
Developer Frogwares has an impressive track record, but what the studio is doing in The Sinking City (opens in new tab) is more ambitious than anything it’s done to date. Their upcoming PS4 detective RPG is set in the fictional 1920s city of Oakmont where supernatural floods are driving the …
Read More »Why Battlefield Bad Company 2 made us feel more like heroes than Battlefield 5s cannon-fodder
If there’s one thing we can learn from the last two Battlefield outings, set in their particularly crisp and atmospheric renditions of World War 1 (Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab)) and World War 2 (Battlefield 5 (opens in new tab)), it’s that war back then was carnage. These were …
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