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In 2017 we expect value from games. Our time is precious, our money limited – so video games need to deliver hours, weeks, and even months of quality entertainment. Some – like Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab) – can fall back on excellent multiplayer, but more single-player focused franchises …

If there’s a lesson to be learned from the multiple recent successes in Foxborough, Massachusetts – in addition to confirmation that, unlike in Star Wars, the evil empire always wins – it’s that a single good season is never good enough. Now for the New England Patriots, read John Madden …

Resident Evil 7 (opens in new tab)’s first DLC dropped last week and the stand out star was the Bedroom mission – a two room puzzle where you had to escape Marguerite while trying not to be caught out of bed (and you can get some Resi 7 Bedroom tips …

Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab) may be leaving behind the Milky Way and Paragon / Renegade system, but not everything from the original trilogy is being tossed out the airlock. In fact, Mass Effect 2 (opens in new tab)’s loyalty missions will be making a return in the …

This is an entirely true story. One dark winter evening in 1997, bullies chased me through the housing estate where I lived in south Dublin, their caustic chants echoing down the lanes and upsetting the many wild horses that occupied the suburbs at the time. At the end of a …

Playdead, the studio behind Limbo (opens in new tab) and Inside (opens in new tab), is already hard at work on its next game. The studio took to Twitter today to share a picture from the project, and … well, it certainly looks like a Playdead game. Take a look …

So just what will the Knights, Samurai, and Vikings of Ubisoft’s For Honor (opens in new tab) be doing when the closed beta (opens in new tab) begins later this month? Quite a bit of fighting, to no one’s surprise. According a press release sent out today, beta participants can …

There are plenty of gaming moments that set out to scare us, but only a few of them actually strike enough fear into our hearts to leave a lasting impression. From chainsaw-wielding pigs to murderous mutant babies, these are the tensest, creepiest and most terrifying scenes you’ll ever experience on …

In a recent interview with Official Xbox Magazine Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab)’s creative director Mac Walters has suggested a Project Scorpio (Microsoft’s upgraded console expected later this year) version of the game could well be a possibility.  When asked if Mass Effect: Andromeda could expect a similar …

Xbox boss Phil Spencer took to Twitter yesterday in wake of Scalebound’s cancellation (opens in new tab), offering some words of encouragement to Xbox fans disappointed by the news. Spencer told The Inner Circle podcast it was a “difficult decision,” adding “we believe result is better [for] Xbox gamers, still …