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Though my many detractors – namely Sharon, the most critical of my aunts – accuse me of writing this column from a position of ignorance of the game development process, in truth my long career spent fixing gaming’s worst tropes is rooted in a firm understanding of the underlying science …

This week is all about the unexpected. Who’d guess that Mercy could ruin everyone’s day in such convincing fashion? How on earth did Pharah lose a mid-air face-off? Check out the answers to those questions and more in our latest batch of favorite Overwatch finds. 1. The party don’t start …

A cut-down version of Gran Turismo Sport (opens in new tab) has been made available as a Closed Beta. Available to a select group of gamers, it lets Sony test the game’s defining aspect – its online racing. Offering three race events at set times every day, it’s a taster …

Ever since graphics could render more than a dark smudge on the skin, developers have been adding increasingly intricate tatts to their gaming characters. Join us as we ink ourselves up with the trendiest tattoos on PlayStation. Grand Theft Auto 5 ‘Cut here’. Talk about a deliciously dark tatt. Of …

Five brothers founded Ubi Soft Entertainment Software in a small town in Brittany in 1986. A modest beginning for a company that’s now a household name. Today, the company (now called Ubisoft) employs thousands of people across the globe, and its gargantuan workforce produces some of the biggest franchises in …

Making a web series on YouTube is no easy task. It may look simple, but the successful ones that you actually see take a hell of a lot of work and skill. And it depends on the type of show too. Perhaps you’re a fan of a particular video game …

Prey (opens in new tab) is out now on PS4, Xbox One and PC. That may sound like a simple, matter-of-fact statement, but it isn’t. This is only the second entry in a series that has spanned three decades, multiple developers and publishers, and many generations of gaming technology. The …

Modern Warfare’s mission briefings might be pornography for hardcore military fetishists – all bristling gun barrels and intimate exhaust port close-ups – but there’s really only one vehicle that makes an impact deserving of Infinity Ward’s near-reverential treatment. For a game that’s in constant, unabashed thrall to military hardware, the …

Alien: Covenant (opens in new tab) has Aliens in it. It has the word ‘Alien’ in the title – which to be fair, is a big improvement over its in-denial precursor, Prometheus (opens in new tab). But does that make it an Alien film? Not necessarily. And I currently find …

Second chances are great. They let you be late for work every now and then. Give you a free pass to be a drunken pillock at least once. Oh yeah, and they’re terrific when you bugger up a hairpin in a Koenigsegg CCXR while racing the Le Mans 24 Hours. …