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A lot of people laughed at Gears of War 4 (opens in new tab)’s E3 gameplay reveal. I can understand why. They were expecting bombast. They were expecting spectacle. They were expecting next-level chainsaw guttings, flecking lurid, red garnish over a meaty maelstrom of elevated cover-shooting and elaborate, but distinctly …

In a small art gallery near the Staples Convention Center in downtown LA, Minority Media (Papo & Yo, Spirit of Spring) demoed their new game, simply called “Time Machine VR,” to me. After strapping on the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and having a DualShock 4 placed in my hand, …

Star Wars Battlefront is almost arcadey, with quick weapons, abilities, power-ups and movement all designed to keep you running and shooting. Despite the assumptions it would just play like a reskinned version of Battlefield, it really doesn’t feel like DICE’s shooter at all. I played a co-op survival mission and …

Build it and they will come Its hard to overstate the popularity of Minecraft on YouTube. The video-sharing platform is a home to tens of thousands of gamers who upload their escapades to be enjoyed by a wider community. Around the middle of 2014, those videos had been viewed agrand …

What does your Fallout 4 (opens in new tab) character say about you? Sophia, Ludwig, Ashley and Susan ponder this question inadvertently as they discuss the weird complexity of Bethesda RPGs, usually with bad examples involving vast stockpiles of pots and pans. On the other end of the clutter spectrum, …

Which is best? WHICH IS BEEEESSSST? With the official announcement of Fallout 4 (opens in new tab), the internet has been split into three camps. The first cannot wait for Fallout 4. The second wishes it was was a successor to Skyrim (opens in new tab), Bethesda’s other massively successful, …

A chance to own a piece of movie magic is on the horizon, with $750,000 worth of prop masks, puppets and costumes from legendary makeup effects artist Rick Baker set to go under auction tomorrow. Collectors and fans will be able to bid at no reserve on 417 lots from …

Rami Ismail bids us “good morning” in a voice that betrays his jetlagged state. It’s little wonder he’s tired: three weeks earlier, he left his studio in Utrecht, flying to Chicago to take part in a game jam during the 52-hour train journey from the Windy City to GDC in …

This animated adaptation is visually impressive, but falls short when it comes to story. Here’s Jordan Farley’s reaction… Since its publication in 1943 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s illustrated novella The Little Prince has become one of the best-selling books ever made, with nearly two million copies bought every year. It’s beloved, …

Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin) directs an unlikely siege movie starring Patrick Stewart as a neo-Nazi. Here’s Jordan Farley’s reaction… Almost every year a film screening out of competition in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes becomes the talking point of the festival, with whispered hyperbole (or justified praise) spreading along the …