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Change can be scary, especially when it comes to core game mechanics that’ve been in place for over a decade. Regenerating health has been a staple of the Call of Duty series since its second entry, and players have ingrained the ‘hide and heal’ playstyle into their minds and muscle …

Start playing Warframe now – maybe you’re still whistling that Fortuna musical number (opens in new tab), or you have stars in your eyes from the dazzling space combat of Railjack (opens in new tab) – and you’ll be escorted through a slick, cohesive series of tutorial missions. Then the …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has added ‘gaming disorder’ to the latest edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). This comes after the American Psychiatric Association listed ‘internet gaming disorder’ as a ‘condition for further study’ in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) in …

For a long time, Remedy’s new game has been known only as P7, but what’s now known as Control is shaping up to be quite the intriguing third-person shooter. It turns out that actually the word shape has quite a lot to do with what makes Control look quite so …

Nintendo has already revealed a pair of games that will fall under the spotlight during the Nintendo E3 press conference – Super Smash Bros for Switch and Pokemon Let’s Go (opens in new tab), the latter offering a Pikachu and an Eevee variety. Interestingly, we know there are probably a …

2018’s NFL Draft is over. Free agency is complete too, at least where the major movers and shakers are concerned, meaning it’s now possible to predict how all 32 NFL teams will line up next season – and, as a result, who’ll be the most exciting to play as on …

With God of War (opens in new tab) moving away from the Greek mythology of the original trilogy, firmly into the realms of the Norse gods, there were quickly questions about how huge icons like Thor and Loki could fit into Kratos’ story. The MCU has made both characters huge …

I used to think that achieving 100% completion of a game was the surest way to know I loved it. If I was truly enamored with a game’s world, aesthetic, and mechanics, why would I ever leave any extra content on the table? This was at an age when most …

Resident Evil, Call of Duty, Dead Rising, Dying Light, Left 4 Dead, State of Decay, Dead Island, Plants vs. Zombies… it can often seem as though zombie games are as much of an epidemic as the creatures they so often portray. Not just that, but cast out the net into …

I definitely cried. Maybe you even cried. Who can blame us? Seven years ago one of the most talked-about trailers for a little-known game called Dead Island (opens in new tab) emerged, presenting gamers everywhere with a tragic tale of a family vacation gone wrong. Featuring sections that played in …