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I’ve never played a Gears of War game. Any of them. Ever. So going into the updated Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (opens in new tab) with a fresh pair of eyes brings a lot of expectations. For years, other gamers and friends have been telling me how great Gears …

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (opens in new tab) is the most connected Metal Gear ever made, so you may not be surprised that it’s encountered some of the standard launch day difficulties. Unexpected “server connection issues” have led Konami to deactivate or pare down some of the …

Fallout 4 (opens in new tab) isn’t out until November, but you can start building your character right now this work-in-progress Fallout 4 character creator. Go ahead, meticulously plot out (opens in new tab) your ideal build of stats and perks, I won’t judge (because I’m too busy doing the …

In my experience, Kerbal Space Program is a game in which a race of huggable space people who look like the zombified children of Beaker from the Muppets die in horribly preventable explosions. It’s consistently harrowing, a bleak look at the perils of scientific experimentation and the negative effects of …

Press Play, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Xbox One games Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (opens in new tab) and Kalimba (opens in new tab), is crowdsourcing the direction of its next game – but not in the way you might think. Instead of money, Press Play wants your ideas. To …

This is the first moment of the rest of your witching life: The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab)’s New Game + DLC is out now across all platforms, letting you begin Geralt’s journey anew with more experience, your old gear, and tougher enemies. You will have to start over …

One of Xbox’s most iconic series also got its most iconic trailer – it had to return, really. And return it does, although in a new shape. While Gears of War: Ultimate Edition’s ‘Mad World’ opens with the same plaintive puddle-pondering of the original, this version quickly swaps the CGI …

The best moment of Raiders of the Lost Ark is the rolling boulder scene. That perfect pacing, the sudden escape ratcheted up to drumming heart fervour in its final moments, a near miss, the comic touch of rescuing the whip. The best moment of a losing match of Titanfall (opens …

That fine pink mist you see up there is a no-doubt furious player on the wrong end of Black Ops 3 (opens in new tab)’s new grenade launcher. No second chances, just POP, and bits everywhere. I suspect, like most of the Specialist moves here, it’s likely to provoke incendiary …

The Elite Knight armor set is one of the most iconic outfits in Dark Souls 2 (opens in new tab), and it turns out all you need to make your own is some scrap metal, a hammer, some tools, and a stupendous degree of talent. It took Japanese creator nanonanonanonano …