Tag Archives: Action

Real violence hurts and has consequences, so winners don’t do punch-ups. Yet in even the weediest noob some ancient brain-part still finds fights exciting. Which is why videogames have, over the years, provided us with countless fantasy worlds revolving around a man punching another man. Few are as divine as …

First Just Cause 3 (opens in new tab), and now the upcoming Mad Max (opens in new tab) game; Avalanche Studios is on a roll with these interactive trailers (opens in new tab). Rather than forcing viewers to sit through one minute after another in succession, these videos break norms …

We really shouldn’t be surprised that our generation are constantly berated for being the selfish ones, obsessed with instant gratification and more vain than that guy who probably thought that song was about him: we’ve grown up around games that are forever placing us in the shoes of The Most …

You know that moment when you finished the last Tomb Raider and realized that raiding tombs just wasn’t really a core concern anymore? Crystal Dynamics’ new approach led them to some exciting new areas – Resi 4-indebted over-the-shoulder gunplay, set-piece heavy virtual cinema and Japanese demonology – but those areas …

So, Crackdown 3 (opens in new tab) might be the most impressive demo I’ve ever seen. We’ll have a full preview up later today, but suffice it to say that all that bluster about “leveraging the Cloud” to bring hitherto unseen levels of physics-based destruction is totally accurate. That moment …

The Frye twins of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (opens in new tab) share a deep bond, thicker than the gallons of blood pooling at their feet.The latest trailer for the game establishes the relationship between the ambitious gang boss Jacob and the more measured Evie, and how they’ll work together to …

Lurching mysteriously from Bandai Namco’s churning seas, the inexplicable arrival of the game simply known as Godzilla provokes the same befuddled panic as if an actual kaiju showed up. Where did it come from? Why is it here? What did we do to deserve it? And most importantly, why is …

Getting wasted in a good way Mad Max (opens in new tab) is all about the Wasteland. An expansive open world of faded brown that makes you positively thirsty just looking at it. Whether youre on foot or have your pedal to the metal in the Magnum Opus, theres always …

Batgirl: A Matter Of Family is the first chunk of DLC landing from Batman Arkham Knight’s season pass (opens in new tab) and Warner Bros Montreal has revealed a little more information on what to expect from Barbara Gordon’s adventures next week. A whole new area for Batgirl to explore …

It’s only been gliding around Gotham for just over a week but Batman Arkham Knight (opens in new tab) is dropping the first DLC of its season pass on July 14th. Batgirl: A Matter Of Family is a prequel to the events of Arkham Knight, following Barbara Gordon prior to …