Betas are really meant to test network code and check things work rather than let people get a free go on something early. That often gets forgotten, so here’s a ton of changes posted (opens in new tab) by Black Ops 3 (opens in new tab)’s design director David Vonderhaar …

PT (opens in new tab), the “playable teaser” for Hideo Kojima’s planned-but-ultimately-cancelled Silent Hills project, took the Internet by storm back in fall of 2014. Though it was pulled soon thereafter, people loved it. Just one problem: if you opted for Xbox One over PS4, you couldn’t play it. That …

Bungie gives with one hand and nerfs with the other. While Destiny (opens in new tab) patch 2.0.1 will will mark the return of Tess Everis and the rise of ever more dance emotes (opens in new tab) next week, it will also mean the (temporary) departure of one of …

Speaking at the GeekWire 2015 summit, Xbox boss Phil Spencer admitted (opens in new tab) that he wasn’t sure about how the console wars would shake out this generation. “I don’t know,” Spencer said when asked bluntly if Xbox could beat PlayStation. “They have a huge lead and a great …

There’s a real temptation to don my cynical hat while booting up Disney’s latest contender in the behemoth toys-to-life genre. Its opening sequence (read: glorified advert), in particular, raises an eyebrow – highlighting game worlds you can’t access without shelling out for more playsets and figures. And yet, it’s hard …

Like a handsome stranger, Dragon Quest Heroes makes a great first impression. It’s beautiful, smooth and unbelievably charming. But the more time you spend with it the more you start to see its foibles, and the more it starts to grate. Like noticing that it’d be the type of person …

A Halo 5 (opens in new tab) infographic has shed new light on 343 Industries’ upcoming sci-fi shooter, breaking Master Chief and company down by the numbers. For starters, you’ll be able to dress your Spartan up in 175 sets of armor, equip 53 visors, and choose from 218 player …

Building a PC to do your Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) tour of duty in style will cost just about a grand. EA and DICE finally revealed the recommended specifications for the online battle game, and they’re pretty lofty. I hopped onto PC Part Picker to get a …

Machetes kill… Netflix’s first foray into feature film distribution is no easy sell: a lengthy, bloody chronicle of one child soldier’s dehumanisation, shot in Ghana with only one star name propping up a cast of novices and unknowns. Kudos to Cary Joji Fukunaga, then, for turning a 2005 novel by …

Don’t think of this GTA 5 (opens in new tab) ramp truck as a highway murder machine. Think of it as a free stunt jump generator, giving the commuters of San Andreas a chance to experience the same joy players feel when they launch into the horizon. Until they disappear, …