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Like the nation it’s named for, Americana has no singular origin. It can mean many things to many people, drawn from all kinds of provenances – classic Westerns, Route 66 road trips, 1950s Hollywood, aging chotchkies. For Hidetaka ‘Swery’ Suehiro, director of such eclectic cult classic games as Deadly Premonition …

Following suit with Nintendo and its bite-sized mini-consoles, Sony has announced the PlayStation Classic (opens in new tab) – a miniature version of its first console containing 20 games from its vast library on a single interior hard drive, designed to work with modern televisions. So far, Sony has announced …

Destiny 2 is one of those games where it takes weeks to properly analyse, and appreciate, its various systems, quirks, upgrade paths and more. But with Destiny 2: Forsaken, it’s immediately apparent how much has changed, and how intently Bungie has listened, and learned, from its community and its game …

It’s been 45 minutes, and Hodge the cat still hasn’t licked his own bum. Nor did he even attempt to scratch the furniture while we were in Claude Monet’s house. And when I asked him to sit on a pressure switch to open a door, he actually did it. This …

The Black Ops 4 (opens in new tab) beta is back, on PS4 and XBox One this time. We’ve got some vital Black Ops 4 beta tips, both from our own experience playing, and Call of Duty senior producer Yale Miller. This weekend’s beta runs from August 10 through August …

Even though Fortnite (opens in new tab) only exploded in popularity at the start of season 3, Epic’s Battle Royale game has in fact had five lengthy seasons so far. While the game launched in September, season 1 didn’t kick off until October 25 and it wasn’t anywhere near as …

What’s your fastest tower build? Can you prep a jump pad launch zone quick enough before the storm closes in? A Fortnite face-off is measured by the nimbleness of the fingers in charge of pulling together a hasty fortress or swapping to sturdier materials. Out-building your opponent, much like a …

Some consider Altered Beast to be one of the best games to emerge from a ‘golden age’ of arcade play. Others will readily decry it as an awful experience, riddled with bad mechanics, poor movement, and inconsistent combat. UK magazine ‘Mega’ included it in their top ten worst Mega Drive …

Ubisoft’s ‘make your own level’ Arcade game editor in Far Cry 5 (opens in new tab) has been used to make some cool things. But by far the most impressive creations are when people create something recognisably not Far Cry, like movies to whole other game franchise. The skill here …

Ubisoft has been talking about a desire to create games that do ‘not give finite experiences’ i.e. for the game to keep going after you’ve finished it, with unlimited gameplay. “We build a strong nemesis, and the goal of the game is to kill him or free the country, we’ve …