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It took a 2012 Mini Cooper for me to fall in love with 70km of plastic track. Specifically, it took a punchy Mini Cooper travelling vertically up a stretch of this toy road, after being propelled by a thundering, belching treadmill in perfect concert with ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’ by the …

As suspected (opens in new tab), Junkertown will indeed be the next map in Overwatch (opens in new tab). A new animated short, starring the Aussie duo Junkrat and Roadhog, has confirmed the locale and even given us a bit of lore behind why players will be escorting a particularly …

Ubi’s latest take on Far Cry 5 (opens in new tab) brings its familiar open world town liberating to the USA. There are cults to kill, towns to save and, while you might think it looks a bit like the previous games, there’s loads of new little details you might …

Madden 18 will divide opinion among fans of the long-running football franchise. Longshot mode, essentially a fully-stocked story mode, is a much-needed welcome addition – with a genuinely interesting narrative to boot – but, away from the flagship feature, the changes are mostly skin-deep. EA has wheeled out its rinse-and-repeat …

Hidetaka Suehiro, known to fans as Swery65 or Swery, is quite the eclectic game designer. He’s responsible for the creative direction of Deadly Premonition (opens in new tab) – the best terrible game with a Twin Peaks vibe ever made – as well as D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die (opens …

Assassin’s Creed walks an odd line between historical and science fiction, and the giant snake at the end of the Assassin’s Creed Origins (opens in new tab) gameplay reveal trailer seems poised to scuff that line up even more. But creative director Ashraf Ismail wants to assure fans that the …

One thing is for sure: Chloe is not Max. In contrast to the shy, wary photographer from the first Life is Strange (opens in new tab) game, Chloe is a confrontational, sharp-tongued asshole. Her hair might not be blue yet, but she’s every inch the rebel that we shot bottles …

What is it that you seek in life? Perhaps you desire recognition for a job well done. Maybe you crave honour and prestige above all else. You might be desperate to increase your standing among friends, peers and the global academic community. Or perhaps you really want definitive proof that …

The Evil Within (opens in new tab) was supposedly a horror game where you could approach situations however you want. I say “supposedly” because really, it usually just ended up with you either going full Rambo or running away from an invincible chainsaw man. But Bethesda (opens in new tab) …

Just a few short weeks after his debut (opens in new tab) on the Overwatch (opens in new tab) public test realm (and in a slickly-animated trailer), Doomfist has arrived in full force. The villain is now live across all versions of Overwatch, and is available in all modes. The …