JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been granted a PG-13 audience rating in the US, as cited on FilmRatings.com (opens in new tab), describing Episode VII to involve “sci-fi action violence”. It’s only the second in the franchise to get the higher classification – the last (and only …

Making progress is a lot like making moonshine: damned difficult to see exactly what’s going to happen while you’re actually doing it. Simply, it often takes hindsight to truly appreciate progress. When it comes to video game design, few single developments have been considered quite such major shifts as that …

Funny story: Most RPGs are a lie. I often forget this, as I potter around, slaying beasts, taking on side-quests – or mocking the pitiful plight of the peasants because I’m far too busy to deal with them until I get bored in the end-game – and selecting illusory dialogue …

Today we can reveal the full lineup of sessions for our forthcoming game conference, Hype, which takes place on January 14 at London’s Ham Yard Hotel, and will see us joined onstage by some of the videogame industry’s most renowned talents, including Phil Harrison (Alloy Platform Industries), David Braben (Frontier …

Since its first outing in the early 90s, the Tremors franchise has puttered along nicely with a slew of straight-to-video titles satiating those desperate for more earth-dwelling worm action. All of those sequels were lacking one key component, however: original star Kevin Bacon. After ditching the series following the 1990 …

It used to be that you had your toys and you had your video games, and that was that. But now those worlds have combined, thanks to the stratospheric rise of what video game publishers refer to as the ‘toys-to-life’ genre. It sounds like a bunch of marketing speak, but …

Just when we thought JJ Abrams and co weren’t about to give us any more Star Wars: The Force Awakens-related goodies to sink our teeth into, along comes a never-before-seen extended clip, starring Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s Finn. Check it out below… Sure, the setting may appear familiar …

Okay, this is it. Forget the Wilhelm scream or any other nod to the films, lore or cast – this is the greatest Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) Easter egg. It’s a reference to this famous moment from the film: You’re looking at the Stormtrooper on the right …

If the art to winning a battle is biding your time, For Honor’s creative director Jason Vandenberghe should be considered the master of war. “This game has actually been in my head for about 12 years now,” he confesses to us. “I pitched it to anyone who would listen, and …

This week The Hunger Games series concludes with the release of Mockingjay – Part 2 (read our verdict on the film here (opens in new tab)), but long before the uber successful dystopian franchise was conceived, there was William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson’s 1967 novel Logan’s Run. An …