Four Mass Effect Andromeda (opens in new tab) novelisations are on the way promising to be canonical to the main game and “answer the many questions fans have been asking”. The first book will be out in August and is called either Initiative or Initiation depending on whether you believe …
Read More »God of War devs talk about old Kratos and levelling up your son in demo walkthrough
If you’re still dissecting the God of War reveal trailer (opens in new tab) for details and insights (we certainly are (opens in new tab)) then Sony has a handy new video for you. Combat designer Mihir Sheth and gameplay engineering lead Jeet Shroff from Sony Santa Monica Studio have …
Read More »Heres what to expect from the new Star Trek TV shows first season
We’ve finally got some solid details about the new Star Trek TV show (opens in new tab) beyond a logo, and they sound very promising for old-school fans. Showrunner Bryan Fuller (best known for heading up the well-received Hannibal series) gave Collider (opens in new tab) a rundown of the …
Read More »The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has legit voice acting, but not for Link
As you may have noticed from that woman telling you to “open your eyes” in the E3 trailer (opens in new tab) for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab), it will be the first Zelda game to feature voice acting – voice acting beyond …
Read More »GTA Online Power Play adversary mode points a middle finger at realism
GTA Online (opens in new tab)’s latest Adversary Mode finally abandons all pretext of realism in favor of raw, arcadey carnage. It’s about damn time, too. The Power Play mode sets two teams against in each other across three maps, where their trigger fingers are secondary to their power-up collecting …
Read More »Check out Overwatchs golden guns, coming in Competitive Mode
Whether you unlock them by show of skill or microtransaction, golden guns have become a staple of online shooters. Blizzard has decided on the former option for Overwatch (opens in new tab): the only way to get special golden guns for all your favorite heroes will be to take names …
Read More »Death Stranding trailer has “a lot of hints” and Kojimas having a great time not telling
We’ll likely have to wait years to play Death Stranding (opens in new tab), but you can already enjoy Hideo Kojima toying with you relentlessly. The newly independent Metal Gear creator told Eurogamer (opens in new tab) that he’s quite enjoying this part of the game development cycle. “The [Death …
Read More »Madness, Velocipedes, and Tigers: You should be playing Fallen London
Plenty of mobile games rely on the energy model, where each turn costs you a certain amount of stamina or whatever; once you’ve used it up, you have to wait (or pay) to take another turn. It’s what turns most folks off of mobile games, because just as you’re getting …
Read More »Preacher Season 1 Episode 4 recap
Odin Quincannon is a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in Elvis Costello glasses. He is played with such beguiling, lowkey menace by Jackie Earle Hayley that I momentarily forgot that I was watching Preacher this week, believing that it had been replaced by some southern fried homage to Twin …
Read More »Game of Thrones just redefined poetic justice and fans cant get enough of it (SPOILERS)
Warning: This feature contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones S6.09. This week’s Game of Thrones (opens in new tab) is already being hailed as the best hour of TV EVER – read our review here (opens in new tab) – and a big part of that is down to …
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