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When Capcom announced Monster Hunter World at E3, it was clear this series entry is doing things a bit differently. It’s the first proper console game since Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 2013 and it’s actually offering you a semi-open world to explore, full of beasties to hunt that exist within …

The studio behind South Park: The Stick of Truth (opens in new tab) and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 could have had another big pop culture game adaptation to its name: Game of Thrones. Or technically, A Song of Ice and Fire, since the offer from Electronic …

Let’s just skip past that unfortunate Crackdown 3 2018 delay (opens in new tab) and get straight to what the Xbox One X (opens in new tab) game is all about: Power. It’s a game that has always been interested in exploring the pursuit of power. This isn’t something that it …

We’ll probably never get another Half-Life game (opens in new tab), but where official Valve canon fails us, series writer Marc Laidlaw does not. The former Valve employee who wrote Half-Life, Half-Life 2, and both of Half-Life 2’s episodes has shared a fictional letter on his personal site (opens in …

Assassin’s Creed Origins (opens in new tab) is going big on Xbox One X (opens in new tab), pushing its ‘enhanced’ capabilities as the definitive version of the game. But what does that really mean? We spoke to director Ashraf Ismail to find out more.         “It’s a wonderful thing …

Minecraft fans can already have a good time on Xbox One, but just in case they want something a bit blockier, there’s a special new console design on the way. The 1TB Xbox One S included in the Minecraft Limited Edition Bundle has a grassy dirt design on the front …

Xur, Destiny (opens in new tab)’s travelling weekend Exotic trader, artisanal fudge sculptor (his Arc De Triomphe won awards, and in the case of one judge, invoked tears), and legally certified rake, is back. This week he’s in the Reef, with a generally solid selection of armour (you can smell …

It is, by now, a very familiar story. A studio spends years beavering away on a game, staging carefully-managed demos and releasing beautifully-edited videos that highlight their work-in-progress project in the best possible light. And then this game finally launches, and the world realises that this isn’t the choreographed experience …

Xbox One X (opens in new tab) (formerly known as Project Scorpio) will go on sale November 7 for $499. But you can get one two months early for just $5 if you’re lucky. Microsoft has partnered with Taco Bell for an Xbox One X giveaway, and all you need …

Need for Speed Payback (opens in new tab) is focusing pretty heavily on letting you customize your ride, from the hubcaps to the transmission and everything between. Of course, you won’t be able to just cover your sweet supercar in flame decals and custom paint from the start, so a …