The Black Ops 4 (opens in new tab) beta is back, on PS4 and XBox One this time. We’ve got some vital Black Ops 4 beta tips, both from our own experience playing, and Call of Duty senior producer Yale Miller. This weekend’s beta runs from August 10 through August …

Follow the treasure map found in Snobby Shores is this week’s chance to grab some free Battle Stars from the Fortnite Battle Pass Challenges (opens in new tab). This time, while it’s technically called the Fortnite Snobby Shores treasure map, the reward is as ever, elsewhere: in Haunted Hills.  Fortnite …

Even though Fortnite (opens in new tab) only exploded in popularity at the start of season 3, Epic’s Battle Royale game has in fact had five lengthy seasons so far. While the game launched in September, season 1 didn’t kick off until October 25 and it wasn’t anywhere near as …

There are few debates within the gaming community as longstanding and intense as whether you pronounce Nintendo’s first stateside home console, the Nintendo Entertainment System, as “N-E-S” or “Ness” (or, in some circles, “Nez”). While clamor over this bit of minutiae had died down in recent years, the argument has …

1. With season 4, Better Call Saul is on track to becoming as perfect a TV show as Breaking Bad When Better Call Saul was first announced as the unexpected dram-com spinoff to Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan’s dark, neo-Western masterpiece of a TV show, I had nightmare flashbacks to equally …

The Batman has faced many foes over his career as a caped crusader, but perhaps none have given him so much trouble as Hollywood, post-Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. Though he’s co-starred in blockbusters like Batman v Superman (opens in new tab) and Justice League (opens in new tab), it’s …

What’s your fastest tower build? Can you prep a jump pad launch zone quick enough before the storm closes in? A Fortnite face-off is measured by the nimbleness of the fingers in charge of pulling together a hasty fortress or swapping to sturdier materials. Out-building your opponent, much like a …

Some consider Altered Beast to be one of the best games to emerge from a ‘golden age’ of arcade play. Others will readily decry it as an awful experience, riddled with bad mechanics, poor movement, and inconsistent combat. UK magazine ‘Mega’ included it in their top ten worst Mega Drive …

Ubisoft’s ‘make your own level’ Arcade game editor in Far Cry 5 (opens in new tab) has been used to make some cool things. But by far the most impressive creations are when people create something recognisably not Far Cry, like movies to whole other game franchise. The skill here …

“The Star Wars trailer is out!” my colleague shouts. Huddling around her desktop screen, we watch the first new images of the franchise to be released in years. It’s awe- inspiring. It’s shiny. It’s emotional.  Flash-forward six months. I sit at the cinema, gritting my teeth through ads: here are …