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If you’re busy trying to figure out just what’s going to go down in Game of Thrones season 7 (opens in new tab) then it might be comforting to know that most of the actors don’t even know what’s in store for Westeros in this summer’s season – but the …

Haven’t picked up Watch Dogs 2 (opens in new tab) yet? Ubisoft’s giving you three hours to explore its smart-phone dystopic vision of San Francisco via a free demo, available now on PS4 and coming on January 24 to Xbox One. The trial version is nearly identical to the full …

Nintendo’s expansion into the world of smartphones isn’t stopping at Pokemon and Super Mario. On February 2, Fire Emblem will arrive on Android devices in the form of Fire Emblem Heroes, a small-scale take on the tactical RPG series. There are, as you might expect, some changes made to make …

We did it. We’ve had a year off from Assassin’s Creed. Yes there was the side-scrolling Chronicles trilogy and the Assassin’s Creed movie (opens in new tab) but for the first time in seven years we didn’t get to climb, leap or stab our way through a new part of …

Where many fighting games insert a token story experience, it looks like Injustice 2 (opens in new tab) dev NetherRealm is going all out. Big-name DC villians and heroes are all set to appear in the studio’s follow-up to the 2013 original, and a new story trailer teases us with …

The Big Topic: Our thoughts on the Nintendo Switch’s price, tech, and launch lineup. After a surprisingly strong teaser back in October, all eyes have been on Nintendo and it’s upcoming console/handheld hybrid Switch. Nintendo revealed the price ($299!), the release date (March 3!) and the launch games (Zelda and… …

Conventional wisdom would have it that the 1997 Star Wars Special Editions are abominations; patchwork monstrosities that add a render farm’s worth of ropey CGI, unnecessary extra dialogue and the indescribably rubbish ‘Jedi Rocks’ musical number.  But there is one major change Lucas got right when ‘correcting’ the perceived ills …

The Wii U is deader than dead. This is a fact. Some would say it was dead on arrival: despite having quite a few games worth playing, the system was an obtuse bit of aging, expensive tech. But that doesn’t matter now. The Nintendo Switch (opens in new tab) is …

Where’s Half-Life 3? When is Half-Life 3 coming out? Ever since Half-Life 2: Episode 2 left us all hanging, fans have been asking when and where we’ll get to see the next chapter of Gordon Freeman’s story. But according to a Game Informer (opens in new tab) interview with an …

I need a quick word about 2017. Because while 2016 was a stand-out year for games, if anything, this year looks like it could be even better. Whatever your tastes, whatever your platform, there’s already a honking great train of incoming good stuff, of every scale, looking set to make …