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1. Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age is out on Switch on April 30 and if you’re a Star Wars fan (or love management sims) it might be for you  Final Fantasy 12 is coming out on Switch very soon, and it’s been compared to Star Wars (opens in new …

When we talk about upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusives, what’s the first games that comes to mind? It’s probably something like the The Last of Us Part 2 (opens in new tab), Ghost of Tsushima (opens in new tab), or Death Stranding (opens in new tab), right? Well, I’m here to …

Is it too late to return to Hearthstone? It’s a question worth asking, because video games aren’t these static things anymore; they’re not products, they’re seasons. In a bid to entirely consume an audience, developers and publishers are continually updating their games with new features, new systems, new content. Games …

Pretty much anything with character progression, stat-driven combat, or even the term “experience points” can trace its lineage back to Dungeons & Dragons. Red Dead Redemption 2, Anthem, Sekiro, and even Apex Legends (with its ever-filling XP bars) all have the echoing clatter of twenty-sided dice deep in their history. …

From the get-go, it’s no secret that The Division 2 (opens in new tab) is a game that takes itself much more seriously than its counterparts – like, say, Destiny 2 (opens in new tab). Even the setting, Washington D.C. plunged into chaos after a virus takes out most of …

Could dinosaurs really walk the earth again? If we believe our saucer-wide eyes in cinema, then (thanks to movie magic), yes. But is there any truth in the fantasies we watch on the silver screen? In a new regular series, we track down experts in various fields to ask them …

Google Stadia (opens in new tab) makes quite the promise: play AAA games on just about any device with a screen and an internet connection (opens in new tab), no high-power console or PC necessary. Cloud gaming platforms tend to set expectations extremely high, but their Achilles’ heel is latency, …

Stardew Valley (opens in new tab) chewed me up and spat me out, and My Time at Portia is going to do exactly the same thing. Yet when I was playing it happily on the Nintendo Switch, I soon discovered that despite its charming and painted loading screens, it’s a …

Google just revealed its vision for the future of gaming, and it’s called Google Stadia (opens in new tab). A games streaming platform that will allow you to tap the massive power and reach of Google’s global data centers, Stadia promises to deliver games on practically any device at resolutions …

Spare a thought for the audio designers on your favorite games. While everyone is praising the graphics and the writing and the guns, some poor person has spent three weeks composing the perfect “ting” noise for a menu without so much as a thank you. We’re here to change that, …