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For over 30 years, Street Fighter has been at the pinnacle of the fighting game genre. Like a crafty veteran prize fighter, Capcom has managed to not only keep up with its competition, but outfox it along the way. Rivalries with the likes of Mortal Kombat and The King Of …

Frostbite, Unity, Unreal… we’ve all heard of the world’s most popular game engines and seen their logos in front of games such as PUBG, Firewatch and Battlefield V (opens in new tab). You’ve probably seen their jaw-dropping tech demos (opens in new tab) that highlight advancements in lighting, animation, physics …

It looks like all those claims about apocalypses being cancelled were premature. The brave men, women and giant robots [aka Jaegers] of the Pan Pacific Defense League may have sealed the breach between dimensions that brought city- crushing Kaiju to planet Earth en masse, but it seems you can’t keep …

Burnout Paradise Remastered is out now on PS4 and Xbox One, so we’re taking a look back at the original racer 10 years on. Burnout Paradise was the first game I ever lovingly shoved into my first console’s disc slot. And in many ways, Burnout Paradise and I are actually …

Within 20 minutes of starting you understand the horror Dead Space (opens in new tab) has in store for you. You’re navigating down a corridor, and the lights are flickering. You hear this fleshy, thudding sound: thwack, thwack, thwack. Is it an enemy? Is it a threat? The  beams of …

To say that fans were confused by the announcement of a new Metal Gear game, Metal Gear Survive (opens in new tab), taking place in an alternative universe and featuring zombie-like creatures is something of an understatement. With the series’ visionary designer Hideo Kojima out of the picture, the news …

Few people have stayed with God Of War (opens in new tab) for as long as Cory Barlog, writer and director of Kratos’ return on PS4. After taking up the mantle of lead animator on the first game, he returned as director on its sequel before leaving early into the …

Last year was full of huge games, but Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (opens in new tab) managed to stand out thanks to its impressive shooting and insane story – there’s no doubt that it’s one of 2017’s biggest releases. But just what went into making it as bombastic as …

I remember the furtive chatter more than the experience of playing it: Braid (opens in new tab) was the game that redefined games. It was clever in ways that defied explanation, they said, and it was made by one enigmatic man who became the reluctant star of a movie about …

The Land of the Rising Sun has a long history of providing great video games to the West, and this can clearly be seen through the PlayStation generations. From road tripping buddies to rapping dogs, we’ve picked out our favourite quintessentially Japanese games to grace Sony’s consoles. 1. Hatsune Miku: …