Tag Archives: Action

Assassin’s Creed: Origins (opens in new tab) finally went official at Microsoft’s E3 2017 press conference (opens in new tab) after possibly the leakiest development of all time. The game debuted with a trailer introducing the Egyptian setting and progress, then moved into some stealth-assassination gameplay, and it made a …

For the most part, E3 press-conferences are crowd pleasing carnivals of great spectacle and grandeur, packed with memorable moments designed to surprise and entertain with the production value of a broadway show. They are also, however, public events streamed live to every corner of the globe; a feat of technical …

If you see anybody getting up to leave when the credits roll on Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (opens in new tab), you go ahead and advise them to sit back down. Director James Gunn has confirmed that the upcoming film will have a grand total of five extra scenes …

Paramount  just dropped a new trailer for Transformers: The Last Knight, and it looks like things aren’t exactly chummy between our favorite Autobots, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. I mean, look at this: Is that an Optimus Prime clone, or perhaps an evil version of our beloved eighteen-wheeled hero? Or is …

Multiplayer games – the big ones, the seemingly-every-person-on-earth-is-playing games – have a much smaller window of entry today than they did before online play overtook in-person play. When Rocket League (opens in new tab) hit in 2015, it went from fun little PS4 curiosity to big money competition juggernaut almost …

What would it look like if Charlize Theron was cast as the new James Bond? I imagine it would look a lot like this new red-band trailer for her new spy thriller Atomic Blonde. Theron appears to be back in full-on Furiosa mode here, and if the movie lives up …

In games, nothing can be said to be certain except death and well, mostly that. Death as a consequence of failure has been a part of games since the days of Spacewar!, and what came after has stayed pretty much the same: a Game Over screen, a Continue? prompt (maybe …

In 2017 we expect value from games. Our time is precious, our money limited – so video games need to deliver hours, weeks, and even months of quality entertainment. Some – like Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab) – can fall back on excellent multiplayer, but more single-player focused franchises …

If there’s one thing Grand Theft Auto is known for it’s creativity and variety. Often imitated, never bettered, Rockstar’s series redefines the open-world genre every time a fresh game is released. Each location is packed full of stories to tell, toys to play with, and missions to accomplish. Although most …

How good is Iron Fist (opens in new tab) at kung fu? He’s so good at kung fu that he doesn’t even need to stand up for you to know that you definitely shouldn’t mess with him, as this new promotional image from Netflix proves. Do you think Danny Rand’s …