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The end of the world is nigh. Again. Humanity is under attack once more, and unfortunately Orphan doesn’t put you in the boots of a muscular gunman, or even a wise-cracking idiot with a baseball bat. Instead you’re tasked with looking after a young boy who might just be the …

IO had a very controlled message for the new Hitman (opens in new tab) game revealed at E3: “We had a chance to look at, and discuss: what is the best possible Hitman experience we can build?” studio creative director Christian Elverdam told me at the show. I later found …

Everyone owns a PS4 or Xbox One now, right? The previous generation feels old and stuffy, like penny farthings and people who call each other ‘old bean’. Haha, can you actually believe we used to play games on DVDs instead of Blu-rays, like savages? Who can even remember what an …

A lot of people laughed at Gears of War 4 (opens in new tab)’s E3 gameplay reveal. I can understand why. They were expecting bombast. They were expecting spectacle. They were expecting next-level chainsaw guttings, flecking lurid, red garnish over a meaty maelstrom of elevated cover-shooting and elaborate, but distinctly …

In a small art gallery near the Staples Convention Center in downtown LA, Minority Media (Papo & Yo, Spirit of Spring) demoed their new game, simply called “Time Machine VR,” to me. After strapping on the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and having a DualShock 4 placed in my hand, …

Star Wars Battlefront is almost arcadey, with quick weapons, abilities, power-ups and movement all designed to keep you running and shooting. Despite the assumptions it would just play like a reskinned version of Battlefield, it really doesn’t feel like DICE’s shooter at all. I played a co-op survival mission and …

Build it and they will come Its hard to overstate the popularity of Minecraft on YouTube. The video-sharing platform is a home to tens of thousands of gamers who upload their escapades to be enjoyed by a wider community. Around the middle of 2014, those videos had been viewed agrand …

What does your Fallout 4 (opens in new tab) character say about you? Sophia, Ludwig, Ashley and Susan ponder this question inadvertently as they discuss the weird complexity of Bethesda RPGs, usually with bad examples involving vast stockpiles of pots and pans. On the other end of the clutter spectrum, …

Which is best? WHICH IS BEEEESSSST? With the official announcement of Fallout 4 (opens in new tab), the internet has been split into three camps. The first cannot wait for Fallout 4. The second wishes it was was a successor to Skyrim (opens in new tab), Bethesda’s other massively successful, …

A chance to own a piece of movie magic is on the horizon, with $750,000 worth of prop masks, puppets and costumes from legendary makeup effects artist Rick Baker set to go under auction tomorrow. Collectors and fans will be able to bid at no reserve on 417 lots from …