Missed all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday (opens in new tab) PS4 discounts? Sony’s rolling out a second round of substantial savings for last-minute holiday shoppers, cutting $50 off the US price tags for its Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (opens …
Read More »Drop the mic. In video games we can communicate better without words
Verbal communication isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Just ask anyone who’s endured the rancid stench of a stranger’s halitosis – also known as ‘paying the iron price’ for the last free seat on the bus. In keeping with our species’ tendency to ruin every innovative idea – from …
Read More »The most unappreciated Zelda game is secretly its most innovative
If you’ve ever sat there angrily stabbing the A button while trying to skip the obligatory tutorial section of a modern Zelda game, spare a thought for those who didn’t have the luxury of such mentoring back in the day.I was one of those poor souls, a mere six years …
Read More »Mirrors Edge Catalyst is fixing the combat one kick at a time
Back in 2009 (when all this was forests as far as the eye can see), Mirror’s Edge did a lot of things really, really well. Free-flowing movement. Actual parkour. A bright and colourful future. But there was one thing it didn’t quite pull off – guns. Sadly, when it came …
Read More »Everybodys Gone to the Rapture review
There is a run button in The Chinese Room’s cerebral Shropshire-based exploratory story. You won’t need it. The idea here is that you’ll take the time to drink in the world you’re exploring, actively reading the clues ushering you towards always-tempting answers. How did the quaint English village of Yaughton …
Read More »The Vanishing of Ethan Carter follows the trail to PS4 next week
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter will appear on PS4 next week, according to the UK PlayStation Store (opens in new tab). The supernatural crime thriller, which first hit PC in September, is set to release on PlayStation Network on July 15. The game lets players explore the unfamiliar countryside of …
Read More »Lego Jurassic World cheats
Use these Lego Jurassic World cheats to get instant access to the main characters in the game, and use our guides to find all of the different types of collectibles scattered around the park. Lego Jurassic World guides Lego Jurassic World Minikit And Amber Fossil Brick Locations Guide Lego Jurassic …
Read More »Tales from the Borderlands Episode 2 coming in March, new trailer
You ever get into an interesting story right as the person telling it drops off the face of the Earth for a few months? Tales from the Borderlands (opens in new tab) is kind of like that. Fortunately, Telltale Games has revealed that the second episode of its hectic Pandoran …
Read More »The man who earned a job by playing LittleBigPlanet
“We’ve hired four people from the LBP community” reveals Alex Evans, co-founder of UK studio Media Molecule and creator of LittleBigPlanet (opens in new tab). Including one lucky soul who dodged death to get a job on LBP2. Enter John Beech, or ‘johnee’ to his PSN friends. Two years ago …
Read More »Top 100: Generation-spanning glee makes Wind Waker a true classic
If there’s one moment that symbolises what Wind Waker means to me, and to the Zelda series, it’s when Link descends to the bottom of the vast ocean to find the ancient ruins of Hyrule Castle, suspended in time. Moblins and knights stalk the halls, frozen in their patrol routes. …
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