Fade to Silence is an interesting post apocalyptic game full of icy landscapes and unpleasant eldritch creatures. I don’t rate your chances much to be honest. At the PC Gamer Weekender, developer Black Forrest Games explained a little more about Fade to Silence and its survival elements. It might look …
Read More »Forget PUBG: Mavericks has 400 player battle royales in a persistent world RPG (and sounds a bit Destiny)
In a PC Gamer Weekender livestream (opens in new tab) developer Automaton has talked more about Mavericks. A 400 player battle royal with persistent world RPG ambitions that have more than a little ring of Destiny (opens in new tab) to it. The game will be launching in two stages, …
Read More »“You can’t really think about it” – Black Panther newcomers talk about the pressures of joining the MCU
What must it be like coming in fresh to one of, if not the, biggest film franchises in the world? Black Panther (opens in new tab) stars Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o had to deal with not only joining a huge multi-connected universe, but also working alongside Chadwick Boseman’s established …
Read More »Red Sparrow review: “A solid espionage thriller that’s lifted by its charismatic leads”
When the Red Sparrow trailer first dropped, the general consensus was that it looked like the origin story for Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, the one that Marvel hasn’t yet got round to making yet. Let’s make something clear from the outset: Red Sparrow is absolutely not that film. Set in …
Read More »What universe or timeline is Star Trek Discovery in?
One of the biggest questions around Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) has been what universe it’s in? That’s actually not as easy as you might think to answer, despite what the showrunners and cast might say. Star Trek is a world where anything could happen because… physics. There’s …
Read More »Forget sex, violence, and loss – video games need to be better at romantic love to truly evolve
I think games are scared of love. Even the most heartwarming of moments in games are often shrouded in layers of humour, horror, or artistic license. Unlike in some of the most enduring movies of all time, love in games is often treated as a byproduct or narrative device used …
Read More »Humans have f*cked up the world, and in the RPG Werewolf: The Apocalypse, the werewolves are taking it back
Vampires are about as common in video games as zombies. It’s about time that their supernatural cousins, werewolves, finally made a comeback in their very own action RPG. And sure enough, White Wolf’s upcoming game Werewolf: The Apocalypse is a breath of fresh air (with just a hint of the …
Read More »These 6 changes coming to Fortnite Battle Royale already have us riding the hype bus
The good times have kept rolling for Fortnite (opens in new tab) Battle Royale since it launched in September 2017, and now the developers have laid out some enticing plans for the year ahead. A big “state of development” post (opens in new tab) on the game’s official site is …
Read More »8 things to watch out for this week
So long January. You were… actually, pretty OK. Capcom’s fabulous Monster Hunter World (opens in new tab) took the edge off winter’s longest month, and the next wave of big games, movies and TV releases are already upon us. In the week ahead, you can look forward to Mission: Impossible …
Read More »Until Dawn is the ultimate playable horror movie, but its success is all down to a killer, real-life plot-twist
Most of us are familiar with the ingredients by now. It all begins calmly enough, a happy group laughing and joking before the screw steadily, inexorably begins to tighten. There’s an agonisingly slow build, a gradual sense of creeping dread, and that awful sinking feeling as plans go horribly awry. …
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