April, 2015

• 24 April

  Even with no mods GTA 5 can look amazing on PC

  

  If all the GTA 5 PC mods (opens in new tab) fun hadn’t convinced you already, perhaps these astonishing images from Reddit user InterventX (opens in new tab) will have you throwing your console over your shoulder in disgust. Created in Director Mode with no mods, these screens were taken …

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• 23 April

  Batman Arkham Knight PC specs revealed

  

  Rocksteady has announced the PC requirements for Batman Arkham Knight (opens in new tab)and while you won’t need Waynetech to run the game on the 23rd of June, you will need at least 6GB of RAM and 45GB of storage space. Recommended system requirements include an i7 3770 processor, last …

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• 23 April

  The 10 best video game plushies you can buy

  

  Soft to the touch If you like scaring off potential lovers by turning your bed into a sea full of stuffed animals, then have I got the list for you. Video game land is filled to the brim with critters ripe for shrinking down into huggable plushie form, so Ive …

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• 21 April

  8 creative alternatives to the video game life bar

  

  Check the meter For as long as there have been video games there have been systems in place to ensure that those video games do not continue on unabated. After all, what good is a truly endless experience, an interaction without incentive? Once the initial novelty wears off, what then? …

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• 18 April

  Stephen Kings A Good Marriage DVD review

  

  Based on the riveting novella in his Full Dark, No Stars collection, this is Stephen King’s first self-adapted feature screenplay since 1989’s Pet Sematary. But King going to the movies is not always a good thing – he adapted and directed Maximum Overdrive from his short story ‘Trucks’, after all. …

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• 16 April

  Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones review

  

  The previous Stealth Inc. – or, to give its original, better title, Stealth Bastard – was a simple game about sneaking, Splinter Cell-style, around a facility full of robots, lasers, laser-wielding robots, and other things put there to make you dead. The difference, compared to most stealth games, is that …

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• 14 April

  Putting the Rock Band back together

  

  Harmonix Music Systems is not your average developer. Ever since its founding in 1995, the Boston-based studio has specialised in the dazzling crossover between music and interaction – from early and largely unknown projects such as CamJam, which used body movements to trigger audio sequences, to the globe-conquering phenomena of …

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• 14 April

  Star Ocean 5 coming to PS3 and PS4

  

  Update So the not-so-cryptic teaser from Square Enix last week was indeed a tease for the announcement of a brand new Star Ocean title. Revealed in the new issue of Famitsu, Star Ocean 5: Integrity And Faithlessness is being developed by Tri-Ace and will be released on both PS3 and …

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• 14 April

  Olivia Munn is Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse

  

  Another day, another addition to X-Men: Apocalypse’s mammoth cast! Olivia Munn is the latest star to join the ensemble, with Bryan Singer confirming that the actress will play Psylocke. Also known by her more prosaic moniker Betsy Braddock, the character is a born warrior with a host of psychic abilities. …

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• 14 April

  This new wave of rhythm games needs to remember the hardcore fans

  

  Rock Band 4 (opens in new tab) and Guitar Hero Live (opens in new tab) are hoping to recapture the boom of last-gen’s plastic instrument peripherals on the latest consoles. Though it’s still early days, it seems like both games are aiming to play up the fantasy of being a …

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