Call of Duty: Warzone has changed the landscape of Call of Duty forever. What was once a franchise defined by distinct annual instalments is now a fluid ecosystem; multiple interconnected experiences all anchored around a single, unifying battle royale, free for everyone and continually evolving. Just a little over a …
Read More »Best Shots review: The Joker #1 is a gruesome detective story
The world’s most infamous supervillain gets his own series, or does he? Despite being named the Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime appears more as a demon in The Joker #1 (opens in new tab), as Tynion focuses the story on former police commissioner Jim Gordon. The Joker #1 credits …
Read More »WandaVision channels a classic comic book moment for heartbreaking effect
WandaVision has now concluded, and along with setting the stage for Wanda’s next MCU adventure, the season finale raises questions about what’s next for the Vision, while also tying into one of the character’s most iconic comic book moments in a way that makes the ending of the show even …
Read More »Four years on, Splatoon 2 is still the freshest shooter around
I’ve fallen back into the ink. With Splatoon 3 now confirmed and looking fresh as hell, I’m fully back on my squid-kid nonsense. But 2022 is a long time to wait – and if you’ve never dipped your toes in Nintendo’s ink-splattered shooter, now might seem like a strange time …
Read More »Best Shots review: Batman #106 has a neo-noir vibe that sells Gotham on the edge
Batman takes on the Scarecrow while Gotham adapts to the changes brought about by Master Wyze in Batman #106 (opens in new tab). Artists Jorge Jimenez and Tomeu Morey deliver a visually exciting issue as James Tynion IV sets up the various players in Gotham’s shifting landscape. And a backup …
Read More »Red Dead Online needs an in-game gold rush if it wants to bring new players to the frontier in 2021
From Oregon Trail emigrants to the infamous Forty-Niners, Expansion era America saw hundreds of thousands head westward in search of fortune. Their pilgrimage across miles of open country wasn’t undertaken just for the adventure of it, after all, but for the promise of more – more money and more opportunity. …
Read More »Master Rank, Apex monsters, and the Rampage: the Monster Hunter Rise team takes us inside the series stunning return to handheld
Somewhat paradoxically, Monster Hunter Rise is facing a bit of a second album scenario. It’s certainly not the second Monster Hunter game, but it is the game to follow Monster Hunter World, a massive mainstream success that got countless people into a series that has long gotten by with a …
Read More »PS5 and Xbox Series X shortage explained: why its so hard to find a console
By now you’ll have heard about how PS5 and Xbox Series X stock is like gold dust. In fact, it often feels as if you have a greater chance of winning the lottery than being able to buy PS5 deals. But why? What makes the next-gen PlayStation so difficult to …
Read More »Best Shots review – Black Widow: The Ties That Bind is emotionally devastating
Natasha Romanoff finds out first-hand if it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, as Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande’s emotionally devastating first arc on Black Widow ends with #5. Charting a course from tragedy to marital bliss and back again, Thompson and Casagrande …
Read More »Bendis Justice League will be the central piece of the DCU
As part of the ‘Infinite Frontier’ initiative, longtime partners Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez are reuniting to take over the ongoing Justice League title. (Image credit: David Marquez (DC)) (opens in new tab) The duo, who have worked on Miles Morales (opens in new tab), the Defenders (opens in …
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