Though my many detractors – namely Sharon, the most critical of my aunts – accuse me of writing this column from a position of ignorance of the game development process, in truth my long career spent fixing gaming’s worst tropes is rooted in a firm understanding of the underlying science …

What happens when a series suddenly, belatedly goes supernova? Shadows of Valentia presents Nintendo with a rare opportunity to capitalise on Fire Emblem’s unexpected recent rise by probing its past. This remake of the Japanese-only Fire Emblem: Gaiden isn’t so much a new beginning for the series as a look …

This week is all about the unexpected. Who’d guess that Mercy could ruin everyone’s day in such convincing fashion? How on earth did Pharah lose a mid-air face-off? Check out the answers to those questions and more in our latest batch of favorite Overwatch finds. 1. The party don’t start …

It’s all in the hair. We’ve seen disappointingly little about the upcoming Han Solo movie (opens in new tab), outside of casting news and a few sneaky glimpses at concept art (opens in new tab), but we now have one very concrete image to go on: Alden Ehrenreich’s quiffy Han …

A cut-down version of Gran Turismo Sport (opens in new tab) has been made available as a Closed Beta. Available to a select group of gamers, it lets Sony test the game’s defining aspect – its online racing. Offering three race events at set times every day, it’s a taster …

Ever since graphics could render more than a dark smudge on the skin, developers have been adding increasingly intricate tatts to their gaming characters. Join us as we ink ourselves up with the trendiest tattoos on PlayStation. Grand Theft Auto 5 ‘Cut here’. Talk about a deliciously dark tatt. Of …

Where one Stark goes, another must follow. Fresh off the news that Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) will be starring in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (opens in new tab), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) will be donning the mutant garb in spinoff New Mutants – and her role has a Game of Thrones …

Five brothers founded Ubi Soft Entertainment Software in a small town in Brittany in 1986. A modest beginning for a company that’s now a household name. Today, the company (now called Ubisoft) employs thousands of people across the globe, and its gargantuan workforce produces some of the biggest franchises in …

Judge Dredd is coming to a TV screen near you some time in the near-future, but it’s not what some may have been hoping for. The show, titled Judge Dredd: Mega City One, will focus on an ensemble cast of Judges being judge, jury and executioner in the crime-ridden cesspit …

We’ve written about Absolver before on GR+, but I was kinda “sleeping on it” as the kids say until I watched this trailer. My love for cinematic kung fu action alone couldn’t explain the stirrings of hype I felt within my bosom. I searched for answers in our Absolver preview …