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There’s nothing quite like a guilty pleasure underwater horror movie – and more often than not, the monster lurking in the deep is a big, dumb shark! Whether it’s been given super intelligence by a group of well-meaning scientists, or grown to epic prehistoric proportions through some unknown means, we’ve …

It’s been 45 minutes, and Hodge the cat still hasn’t licked his own bum. Nor did he even attempt to scratch the furniture while we were in Claude Monet’s house. And when I asked him to sit on a pressure switch to open a door, he actually did it. This …

1. With season 4, Better Call Saul is on track to becoming as perfect a TV show as Breaking Bad When Better Call Saul was first announced as the unexpected dram-com spinoff to Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan’s dark, neo-Western masterpiece of a TV show, I had nightmare flashbacks to equally …

Some consider Altered Beast to be one of the best games to emerge from a ‘golden age’ of arcade play. Others will readily decry it as an awful experience, riddled with bad mechanics, poor movement, and inconsistent combat. UK magazine ‘Mega’ included it in their top ten worst Mega Drive …

Ubisoft’s ‘make your own level’ Arcade game editor in Far Cry 5 (opens in new tab) has been used to make some cool things. But by far the most impressive creations are when people create something recognisably not Far Cry, like movies to whole other game franchise. The skill here …

“The Star Wars trailer is out!” my colleague shouts. Huddling around her desktop screen, we watch the first new images of the franchise to be released in years. It’s awe- inspiring. It’s shiny. It’s emotional.  Flash-forward six months. I sit at the cinema, gritting my teeth through ads: here are …

If any one, central failing can be seen as the root of Destiny 2 (opens in new tab)’s many, individual problems over the last year, then the blame lies with a lost sense of possibility. Whether we Guardians have bemoaned the reduced scope for personalised, RPG character-tinkering, or the severely …

Ubisoft has been talking about a desire to create games that do ‘not give finite experiences’ i.e. for the game to keep going after you’ve finished it, with unlimited gameplay. “We build a strong nemesis, and the goal of the game is to kill him or free the country, we’ve …

Let’s face it, Nier: Automata (opens in new tab) was never likely to offer the friendliest of welcomes. Marrying director Yoko Taro’s obstinacy with PlatinumGames’ fondness for dropping players in at the deep end, the sequel to Cavia’s 2010 cult favourite begins with half an hour of action during which …

Ever wanted to make your own video game? Chances are that if you’re serious about gaming, and it’s one of your main hobbies, you’ve considered the possibility. Or maybe you fancy a change of career, and you know heaps about games, but simply find the idea of diving into the …