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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 …

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 …

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 …

It used to be that you couldn’t make a living playing video games, and Lord, did a certain generation of gamers hear that point emphasised a lot, as they (we) frittered away yet another afternoon in the Green Hill Zone. But times have changed. Sonic’s most successful work today involves …

I’m doing things a little differently on Caught Up! this week. Obviously, the internet is going nuts over Fallout 4, so I’m going to dive deep into one of my favorite aspects of the game: character creation. There’s already been some great freak shows and celebrity impersonations making the rounds …

Monday’s can be stressful. To help you relax, we want you to take a deep breath and imagine yourself in a frozen forest. And be “frozen forest” we mean “wacky futuristic battleground” because this week on Caught Up! we’re playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. See how it stacks …

Verbal communication isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Just ask anyone who’s endured the rancid stench of a stranger’s halitosis – also known as ‘paying the iron price’ for the last free seat on the bus. In keeping with our species’ tendency to ruin every innovative idea – from …

Science has mostly usurped the supernatural in our collective consciousness, but the concept of magic is too old and too meaningful to just fade away. The inexplicable continues to slip through the chinks in reason, taking the form of ghostly presences, statistical flukes, and psychedelic experiences. But the kind of …

Michel Ancel has some interesting ambitions for Wild on PS4. He want to create an open world game without anything as mundane as ‘an end goal’, ditching even obvious touch points like mission markers and maps. Instead he want to create a place for players to explore and find their …