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After The Hobbit, but before Lord of the Rings: this is a fascinating place for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (opens in new tab) to be set. Now that a sequel has been announced (opens in new tab), this is the time to dig back into the game to search for …

In 2017 we expect value from games. Our time is precious, our money limited – so video games need to deliver hours, weeks, and even months of quality entertainment. Some – like Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab) – can fall back on excellent multiplayer, but more single-player focused franchises …

If there’s one thing Grand Theft Auto is known for it’s creativity and variety. Often imitated, never bettered, Rockstar’s series redefines the open-world genre every time a fresh game is released. Each location is packed full of stories to tell, toys to play with, and missions to accomplish. Although most …

If there’s a lesson to be learned from the multiple recent successes in Foxborough, Massachusetts – in addition to confirmation that, unlike in Star Wars, the evil empire always wins – it’s that a single good season is never good enough. Now for the New England Patriots, read John Madden …

This is an entirely true story. One dark winter evening in 1997, bullies chased me through the housing estate where I lived in south Dublin, their caustic chants echoing down the lanes and upsetting the many wild horses that occupied the suburbs at the time. At the end of a …

Seven months. What takes that amount of time? For starters, seven issues of Official PlayStation Magazine. Most of a baby. A one-way trip to Mars, for goodness’ sake. But for Overwatch players everywhere, the time-frame means something else. From the first tease to the final reveal, it took Blizzard seven …

In many ways, Let It Die is harder than Dark Souls. Yes, that comparison gets made so often these days that it borders on meaningless – but in this case, it just makes sense. Grasshopper Manufacture’s PS4-exclusive, free-to-play action RPG exclusive clearly mimics the basic framework of FromSoftware’s legendary Souls …

2013 was a great year for horror. We got The Conjuring (opens in new tab). We got the gleefully brutal Evil Dead (opens in new tab) remake. We got the slippery, seductively insidious charms of Stoker (opens in new tab), and the surprisingly good, refreshingly straight-laced Child’s Play sequel, Curse …

There are plenty of gaming moments that set out to scare us, but only a few of them actually strike enough fear into our hearts to leave a lasting impression. From chainsaw-wielding pigs to murderous mutant babies, these are the tensest, creepiest and most terrifying scenes you’ll ever experience on …

The karambit duel in The Raid 2 is the best movie fight (opens in new tab) of all time. It has to be. In a film stuffed with incredible combat and martial art scenes, it’s the grand finale; the violent end to the movie’s violent delights. Director Gareth Evans starts …