Fallout 76 (opens in new tab) will be the first game in the post-nuclear role-playing series to let players launch their own full-scale nuclear weapons at will… but what does that mean for when you’re actually in the game? Will high-level players monopolize missile silos to continually blow the hell …
Read More »Mario Tennis Aces review: “Experimental, tactical and downright kooky matches every time”
Mario gets about, doesn’t he? In the past year, he’s been on a globetrotting Odyssey, joined forces with some Rabbids to save the world (again), and now he’s donning his sneakers in time to surf the astroturf in Mario Tennis Aces. It’s been three years since we last had a …
Read More »Video game addiction is now a disorder. But what does that mean and why does it matter?
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 …
Read More »Remedy’s Control offers a supernatural take on 1984, with Metroidvania elements and shape-shifting buildings
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 …
Read More »Fallout 76 PvP explained: challenging other players, getting revenge, and avoiding grief
Fallout 76 (opens in new tab) is new online territory for the post-apocalyptic role-playing series and developer Bethesda alike, which is leaving fans with many questions about how it will all work. The seven minutes of Fallout 76 gameplay footage (opens in new tab) that Bethesda showed off at E3 …
Read More »Overkills The Walking Dead E3 2018 gameplay is channeling Left 4 Dead and Payday hard
Here’s your first look at Overkill’s The Walking Dead E3 2018 gameplay. It’s a four player co-op zombie killing (re-killing?) game, so it’s hard not to think of the classic Left 4 Dead 2 (opens in new tab). E3 2018 games (opens in new tab) The winners and losers of …
Read More »Captain Spirit is a new Life is Strange spin-off that you can play for free later this month
In something that nobody expected – and definitely with a price no-one expected – Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is an all-new Life is Strange spin-off featuring a young boy with a big imagination. Launching for free on June 26 on PS4, Xbox One and PC, the Awesome Adventures of …
Read More »Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am: How and when to watch the star-studded tournament
It’s always nice to see people blasting guns and demolishing buildings in the name of charity. Epic Games’ Fortnite (opens in new tab) is currently dominating the gaming world, and even though it’s a known quantity, it’ll surely have a big presence as one of the leading E3 2018 games …
Read More »Just Cause 4 has been leaked by a Steam advert, just in time for E3 2018
This is why we can’t have nice things anymore. E3 is no longer one week of unexpected surprises and show-stopping announcements, but two weeks, with the first completely undermining the second by leaking every new game reveal possible. After Rage 2 (opens in new tab), Hitman 2, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey …
Read More »Nintendo E3 rumors: Super Smash Bros, Pokemon, and the hopeful dreams of Animal Crossing
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 …
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