Let’s be candid for one second; we’ve all wanted a little R2-D2 droid to call our own. He’s basically your friendly neighbourhood robot butler, and nowhere near as annoying as C-3PO, so it’s a win-win for any Star Wars fan.  While there are dozens of variants of R2-D2 toys out …

How many games allow two, very burly men to wade into a small stream and splash each other for fun? Go on – take your time. The answer is one: A Way Out. Ok, time for some context. I’m sat with Josef Fares, creator of the game, and the guy …

Avengers: Infinity War (opens in new tab) is oh-so-nearly here and, so far, Marvel has done a pretty good job of keeping the major moments under wraps. Until now. Entertainment Weekly (opens in new tab) has pulled back the curtain on Marvel’s endgame – and what’s behind it will entertain, …

While The Legend of Zelda hero Link has never a rippling mountain of muscle and chest hair, a trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab) from 2014 depicted him a bit more androgynous than what we’d seen in previous games. This, plus producer …

Tuesday has just about come and gone – and with it, a host of news tidbits you ought to know about. Fortunately for you, we’ve gathered them all right here!  Overwatch adds Sarah Kerrigan (as a skin)  In honor of StarCraft’s 20th anniversary, Blizzard is rolling out gifts across all …

If you’ve pored over the list of Bafta 2018 winners (opens in new tab), you may be left with the nagging feeling that something’s missing. Namely, most of Marvel and DC’s recent output, alongside Star Wars: The Last Jedi (opens in new tab), and Denis Villeneuve’s critically acclaimed sci-fi sequel, …

There’s a reason most people don’t bother to watch the entire Oscars ceremony each year, and that’s because – unless you’re up for an award yourself (like this weekend’s list of potential Oscar winners 2018) – they can be a pretty dry affair. The jokes are naff, the speeches are …

From Captain Marvel (opens in new tab) to Star Wars 9 (opens in new tab)’s Rey, female action heroes are on the rise. However, no matter how female positive the characters and the stories are, they still fall victim to a handful of unrealistic and frankly ridiculous female movie action …

At approximately 9:00 UTC, February 28 2018, Atlus pulled the plug on Demon’s Souls’ online servers (opens in new tab), after nearly a decade of players fighting with and against each other in the kingdom of Boletaria.  Given that its unique multiplayer angle was such a key, compelling part of …

The Destiny (opens in new tab) series is a bit of an anomaly in the games market. Its unique blend of first-person shooting and large-scale multiplayer exists in very few games, so Bungie’s behemoth stands in a genre relatively unopposed (though Warframe and The Division do come to mind). But …