BioShock never realised its full potential. It couldn’t, not even with two, entirely different sequels. The reason, ironically, is that BioShock nailed it the first time. It’s one of those rare games that delivered everything it could be – contemporarily at least – in an utterly complete form, in terms …

During a special screening of the original preview version of Gremlins at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last summer, director Joe Dante explained why his madcap Christmastime horror comedy could never be made today. It’s not just that Hollywood, especially Warner Bros. who released Gremlins in the first place, is …

At their absolute best, Telltale’s adventure games impart an overwhelming feeling of consequence in games where most of your time is spent talking to people, picking things up, giving meaningful looks and often doing nothing at all. In The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead and others, the focus on …

It seems like free weekends are fast becoming the new demo disc. Just within the past month we had free weekends for Titanfall 2 (opens in new tab) and The Elder Scrolls Online (opens in new tab). Now Activision is joining the trend with a free weekend for Call of …

OK, we were already excited but Nintendo has revealed Super Nintendo World on Twitter (opens in new tab) and it might be time to start planning a 2020 trip to Universal Studios in Osaka. Thankfully it was confirmed last month that Nintendo sections will be coming to both Universal Studios …

The first Spider-Man: Homecoming (opens in new tab) trailer (opens in new tab) landed today and with it we got a first look at Michael Keaton’s villain, a sneak peek at Spidey’s suit upgrades, plus an Iron Man cameo (which is always good). That’s not the only thing the trailer …

Star Wars: Rogue One (opens in new tab) may look like the finished product now (just look at the trailers!) (opens in new tab), but the movie had to undergo extensive reshoots – a process which, according to director Gareth Edwards, meant the crew “never really came up for air …

There are few sorrier tales than that of the poor Baudelaire orphans in Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events. By “sorrier” in this instance, I mean depressing or utterly miserable. And if you haven’t read the books then that will make no sense but let’s carry on regardless.  If there’s …

Bet you, like GR+, figured that after expanding from football to basketball and hockey, there wasn’t anywhere else for Rocket League (opens in new tab) to go. Well, everyone figured wrong. Because it’s now headed to… outer space. No, this isn’t April 1st. A new update (opens in new tab) …

Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab)’s 10th multiplayer map will be released to the world (war) as free DLC on December 20. EA and DICE published a brief teaser trailer for Giant’s Shadow to illustrate the announcement; on top of a new environment inspired by the Battle of the Selle, …