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The Watch Dogs series has always been hamstrung by its tonal inconsistencies. It’s something that Ubisoft Montreal has struggled to balance since it first let Aiden Pearce loose on the streets of Chicago back in 2014. It’s a trap the studio would once again careen into as Marcus Holloway stomped …

The sea is a fierce and fickle thing – so too, it seems, are living games in 2019. Sea of Thieves (opens in new tab)’ launch last year garnered a mixed reaction: some were content to make their own fun in a watery playground with the creative tools Rare’s multiplayer …

I haven’t felt nauseous in VR for a long, long time. The last time I felt properly awful was playing Driveclub VR, and before that it was an early Oculus Rift DK1 experience attempting to play Dying Light in virtual reality. But with Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild …

1. Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age is out on Switch on April 30 and if you’re a Star Wars fan (or love management sims) it might be for you  Final Fantasy 12 is coming out on Switch very soon, and it’s been compared to Star Wars (opens in new …

When we talk about upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusives, what’s the first games that comes to mind? It’s probably something like the The Last of Us Part 2 (opens in new tab), Ghost of Tsushima (opens in new tab), or Death Stranding (opens in new tab), right? Well, I’m here to …

Is it too late to return to Hearthstone? It’s a question worth asking, because video games aren’t these static things anymore; they’re not products, they’re seasons. In a bid to entirely consume an audience, developers and publishers are continually updating their games with new features, new systems, new content. Games …

Pretty much anything with character progression, stat-driven combat, or even the term “experience points” can trace its lineage back to Dungeons & Dragons. Red Dead Redemption 2, Anthem, Sekiro, and even Apex Legends (with its ever-filling XP bars) all have the echoing clatter of twenty-sided dice deep in their history. …

From the get-go, it’s no secret that The Division 2 (opens in new tab) is a game that takes itself much more seriously than its counterparts – like, say, Destiny 2 (opens in new tab). Even the setting, Washington D.C. plunged into chaos after a virus takes out most of …

Could dinosaurs really walk the earth again? If we believe our saucer-wide eyes in cinema, then (thanks to movie magic), yes. But is there any truth in the fantasies we watch on the silver screen? In a new regular series, we track down experts in various fields to ask them …

Google Stadia (opens in new tab) makes quite the promise: play AAA games on just about any device with a screen and an internet connection (opens in new tab), no high-power console or PC necessary. Cloud gaming platforms tend to set expectations extremely high, but their Achilles’ heel is latency, …