There’s comfort to be found in exploring virtual worlds when we can’t explore our own. Here in the United Kingdom, we are just weeks into a lockdown that could last for months. We have been instructed to practise social distancing and have been asked to isolate ourselves from the outside …
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Shazam’s best stories prove that he isn’t the Superman knock-off some non-comic book readers portray him to be. To those unfamiliar with DC’s Captain Marvel, aka Shazam (opens in new tab), he’s successful in his own right, even enjoying a time in the sun when sales of his comic book …
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Time travel is having something of a moment in current superhero media, and that’s not just because Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab) used time travel as a key plot device. But none of that would be possible without the help of the best time-travelling superheroes of all time. So what …
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The Avengers are one of the greatest superhero line-ups of all time, and although there are plenty of superheroes who have joined their ranks, they’re all united by one common phrase: “Avengers Assemble.” As seen in the climatic moments of Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab), those words have long …
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Welcome to episode two of Challenge Radar, our brand new weekly series where you – yes, you – can challenge the GamesRadar team to put their gaming skills to the test! You pick the game, the challenge and we’ll attempt to do it. It can be time limit based, lives-lost …
Read More »How well do you know Call of Duty Warzone?
How well do you know Call of Duty Warzone? The free-to-play battle royale extension to Call of Duty Modern Warfare (opens in new tab) has been available for a week now and we’ve been playing it non-stop. Whether you’ve picked up countless Warzone victories or failed to break the top …
Read More »How The Last of Us HBO series can improve upon one of the game’s most overlooked characters
Depending on who you ask, The Last of Us (opens in new tab) is either one of the greatest games of all time or simply the best. Period. So news that HBO is adapting Naughty Dog’s classic (opens in new tab) – with the game’s writer Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl’s …
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Read more (Image credit: Bungie) The secret sauce behind Destiny 2’s brilliance? Menus, maps and inventory management (opens in new tab) Anyone who’s ever been on a date or interviewed for a job doesn’t need reminding about the importance of first impressions, but they hold even more purchase over human …
Read More »How Ubisoft designed its Division 2 Clans to create a new social system for all players
Speaking at the Interactive Futures 2020 conference in Leamington Spa, Ubisoft game designer Lara Coulson opens with a question: “So, why did we want to add clans to The Division?” As with many online games, the social aspect of playing with others is one of its biggest draws, and giving …
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Support long-form games journalism (Image credit: Future) This feature first appeared in Edge Magazine. If you want more great long-form games journalism like this every month, delivered straight to your doorstop or your inbox, why not subscribe to Edge here. (opens in new tab) Three months in to 2020 and news …
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