Tag Archives: Action

After years of existing as an amorphous, inky blob, Death Stranding is finally taking shape before our eyes: first with actual cargo-hauling gameplay at E3 2018 and now with what looks very much like the intro cinematic to a boss battle. Game director Hideo Kojima shared two versions of the …

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the final game in the rebooted trilogy that refreshed the Lara Croft mythos, taking us back to her first adventures. Now Eidos Montreal studio head David Anfossi has spoken to our own Official Xbox Magazine (opens in new tab) about how the story marks …

One of the big surprises of E3 2018 was FromSoftware’s appearance at the Xbox press conference (opens in new tab), showing off new game Sekiro (opens in new tab): Shadows Die Twice. Firmly focused on action, the hero is a ninja warrior slashing and slicing his way through 16th century …

The big ol’ list of Xbox One backwards compatible games (opens in new tab) will soon include Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and, well, I probably don’t have to explain why that’s exciting. Two other Rockstar games of yesteryear joined the selection in the same stroke on Thursday, June 7; …

Death Stranding (opens in new tab) actor Norman Reedus recently claimed that Hideo Kojima’s mysterious PS4 exclusive has ‘elements of social media (opens in new tab)’, and now co-star Mads Mikkelsen has confirmed that the gameplay ‘needs collaboration from different people from different parts of the world’. Mikkelsen shared this …

You may have seen that Hideo Kojima recently tweeted a picture of some in-game moss from Death Stranding (opens in new tab), teasing its upcoming appearance as one of the most-anticipated E3 2018 games (opens in new tab). But did you know that it was likely a very specific kind …

Sea of Thieves (opens in new tab) broadened its sartorial horizons in a new update, and you’ll have to do a little bit of traveling if you want to pick up all the new looks. Update 1.06 (opens in new tab) is all about new customization options, whether you want …

There’s a bit at the end of the original God of War (opens in new tab) that, while it even seemed a bit grimly comic at the time, I’d probably find completely unplayable now. The plot, in case you need a refresher is that Ares, the OG God of War, …

My PAX East 2018 demo for Scum, the upcoming online survival game from Gamepires, Croteam, and Devolver Digital, did not go to plan. It started with me fleeing the lobby area where the rest of the players were murderously passing time while waiting for a competitive mode to begin, and …

Ratchet and Clank’s creators shared the highs and lows of their 15-year-history in one of the warmest and most insightful talks we saw at GDC 2018. Their one-hour presentation was a candid insight into how to build a (mostly) successful franchise; from the game’s beginnings as the ‘girl with the …