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The 12 most innovative game features at E3 2016

Take a deep breath. After a whirlwind week at E3 2016 (opens in new tab) full of impressive trailers and invigorating demos, let’s take a moment to highlight some of the original ideas and innovative approaches on display – from bewildering, unusual locations, like the Death Stranding beach; to weapons …

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The E3 2016 awards

E3 2016 (opens in new tab) has been a blast. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve scratched our heads at naked Norman Reedus. But now the dust is settling on another massive gaming brawl, it’s time to hand out some awards. These virtual gongs are for the best, worst, funniest, and …

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How VR turned me into the eagle from Assassins Creed

You know the eagle that conveniently flaps away whenever you clamber to the top of a viewpoint in Assassin’s Creed? That’s me. Except I’m not perched on some church in the middle of Florence – I’m soaring over the buildings of Paris, zipping in and out of the (weirdly deserted) …

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GR+ Live: Join us for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-op

Platinum Games. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This combination of ridiculous ninja amphibians and the developer of Bayonetta sounds like some kind of impossibly beautiful dream. It’s real, though. Today on GR+ Live, we’re playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan on PlayStation 4. Is it another weaker effort like …

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GR+ Live: Naughty Dogs writer joins us for Uncharted 4

Turns out Uncharted 4 was worth the wait. After all the delays, Naughty Dog brought Nathan Drake’s story to a spectacular close. Writer and Naughty Dog veteran Josh Scherr joined us to talk about his journey with the series from animator to writer and the series conclusion.  Dig the show? …

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Game of Thrones has lost its most noble character

Warning: spoilers for this week’s episode ahead! Game of Thrones (opens in new tab) has lost its truest hero. The show and – to a greater extent – the books love to remind us that its characters are flawed, impure, deeply human. Even the noble knights in Sansa’s books turn …

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Such satisfying simplicity: You should be playing BBTAN

The perfect evolution of a basic, ubiquitous game  Format: iOS / Android Price: Free Release date: Out now I’d like to think that we’ve all played it at some point. Whether you know it as Breakout or Arkanoid, you’d recognize the gameplay on sight: a ball bounces between bricks at …

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