This July, Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will reach its endgame in Spider-Man: Far From Home. The long-awaited Spidey sequel will be our first real opportunity to see how the fallout of Avengers: Endgame will affect the wider MCU. It’s also expected to contain the first tease as …
Read More »“Tentacle physics are tough” – Even something as ridiculous as Rage 2 has its limits
Rage 2 (opens in new tab) is best described as a wild fusion of id Software’s best-in-class FPS mechanics with Avalanche Studio’s mastery of open-world chaos. This is the development outfit behind such industry mainstays as Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake jumping into bed with the studio responsible for the likes …
Read More »Which fictional robot do you wish you owned?
Games, movies and TVs love to throw in a robot, either to be a merciless killing machine or as some comic relief. Which one would our writers actually want to buy from Robots Are Us though? This is the latest in a series of big questions we’ll be interrogating our …
Read More »How Modern Warfare 4 can be the very best Call of Duty game: Pro players give us their thoughts
It may not have been officially announced just yet, but, thanks to a (opens in new tab) few (opens in new tab) leaks (opens in new tab), it seems increasingly likely that Call of Duty 2019 will be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (opens in new tab) – not to …
Read More »If Watch Dogs 3 really is coming to London, Ubisoft will need to make bold creative decisions
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 …
Read More »Sea of Thieves found its niche by leaving enough space for the imaginative to create something unique
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 …
Read More »Dont play Mario and Zelda in VR, youll only make yourself feel sick
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 …
Read More »The next wave of awesome PS4 exclusives are coming and theyre all from China
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 …
Read More »Five years in, how easy is it to return to Hearthstone?
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 …
Read More »D&D and back again: Two ex-BioWare directors talk about going back to their roots
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. …
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