Good news, fellow Witcher (opens in new tab) addicts. While there’s no word on when we’ll get to roam the lands of the Continent again, we can at least be reunited with Geralt of Rivia in Soul Calibur 6 (opens in new tab). Namco and CD Projekt Red have confirmed …
Read More »For Honor Tips – 17 things I wish I knew before starting For Honor
For Honor (opens in new tab) centres around medieval melee combat between warriors harking from three different martial traditions: knights, samurai, and vikings. Its core combat system has the depth of a fighting game, allowing for free-roaming duels between characters whose approach to combat varies but whose approach is always …
Read More »Clumsy Cutie, Fighting President, and Lobster Hands – meet Street Fighter 5s culled warriors
For every Ken, Ryu, or Skullomania that makes it into a Street Fighter roster, many more potential characters don’t progress beyond their initial design stage. We sat down with game director Takayuki Nakayama to review some official concepts for Street Fighter 5 that didn’t make the cut… Elizabeth If a …
Read More »Street Fighter 5 adds Guile for its second DLC character
Hold on, before you start reading this story I kindly request you put on Guile’s Theme in the background. Ok, all set. Capcom has announced (opens in new tab) that Guile, the sonic-boom throwing, flat-top rocking, proud-to-serve United States Air Force major is the second DLC character for Street Fighter …
Read More »Street Fighter 5s six secret DLC characters may have already leaked
We already know Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab) will get six DLC characters in its first year after release, but you can stop trying to identify those silhouettes now. Members of the Shoryuken (opens in new tab) forums have extracted a bounty of details from datamining the latest …
Read More »That Console Feeling: What defines console gaming in 2015?
For the old school console fan, 2015 is a paradise of fresh delights. Axiom Verge oozes that classic console feeling when it starts up on PlayStation 4. The grinding wub-wub-wub of the distortion field weapon and its glitchy effects warping the blocky environment seem like they were lifted right out …
Read More »Top 100: Why Ultra Street Fighter 4 is a mechanical masterclass
Street Fighter 4 may only be number 29 in our list of the best 100 games of all time (opens in new tab), but if this were a list of the greatest individual video game mechanics of all time it’d be jostling for top spot. To my mind, the best …
Read More »22 games that would be even better on New 3DS
In with the New Now that the New 3DS (opens in new tab) is at hand, it’s time to think about what we’re actually going to play on the thing. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (opens in new tab) seems great, and Monster Hunter Ultimate 4 is definitely …
Read More »19 of the best unlockable characters
A new challenger approaches! There’s nothing better than adding a new face to your ranks. Whether you’ve recruited a new knight or unlocked some special character mode, it’s a great feeling knowing there’s more to a game than the starting roster. Nothing spices up a skating game like a Sith …
Read More »The biggest games of 2014, reviewed by H.P. Lovecraft
Wait dreaming no longer! Hallowe’en is a special time of year. So special, in fact, that we couldn’t let our celebratory Halloweek go by without making a very special effort to do a very special thing indeed. To that end, we’ve resurrected the ghost of H.P. Lovecraft, master of fevered …
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