Save for online games, arcade games and Dark Souls, just about every game that’s ever existed has included a truly brilliant feature that we all take for granted every single day. The ability to freeze the action in place seems like a given at this point, but do most gamers …

(opens in new tab) We didn’t complain about the ability delay issues in The Old Republic when we reviewed the game because, in the grand sceme of things, we didn’t really see it as a huge problem. Sure, we noticed a slight delay when casting abilities, but our enemies had …

A world that’s gone to hell… with a Disney Pixar look.” That’s how Cliff Bleszinski describes Fortnite (opens in new tab), the upcoming release from Epic Games. The guys who invented the roadie run, the Hammer of Dawn, and the chainsaw bayonet want you to say, “Epic made that?” when …

Yeah, it seems that in a recent interview (opens in new tab) with Game Informer, Microsoft Studios President Phil Spencer has been bandying about the platform holder’s apparent strength in fresh new IP for the hardcore player, while simultaneously giving Sony a bit of a kicking in that area. Also, …

Following last year’s in-principle agreement between Australian censorship ministers that a new R18+ rating should be introduced, comes news that the bill will be introduced in parliament next month. The new Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Jason Clare, has confirmed with Gamespot AU that the timeline set in place by …

Minecrafters have spent the last couple of years bricking music videos, The Simpsons intros, Game Boy recreations, and video game trailers. These have all been impressive in their own right, but now the new block-it-yourself project to beat is this epic reconstruction of Hyrule from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina …

Total Film rocked up at the super stylish Bing Bar on Main Street earlier today for a chat with Rodrigo Cortés, director of starry supernatural thriller Red Lights . The film stars Cillian Murphy and Sigourney Weaver as college professors who make a living out of debunking claims of paranormal …

There’s something uneasy about Roman Polanski, a man still wanted for statutory rape in the US, making a film about the apportioning of guilt in absentia. So perhaps it’s fitting that discomfort is the animating force in Carnage , an excruciating chamber comedy adapted from Yasmina Reza’s play. Set in …

Yes, we know, “Chicklit”, terrible term isn’t it? We’ve already spanked ourselves very hard for using it. Anyhow, Jenny Colgan is writing an 11th Doctor book! Judging by the roaring chap clutching an axe and flaming longboat on the cover we’re guessing that it will be a historical tale (at …

At first glance, Crush3D just looks like a platformer with a gimmick, but at its heart it’s a brain twisting puzzler. Collecting 20 marbles to move on to the next level doesn’t necessarily sound like a lot of fun, but using the game’s Crush power to unveil unseen paths through …