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For my sins I love a good old-fashioned shoot-’em-up, so I was secretly a little excited when a download code for Project Root popped up in my inbox – a game I knew little about, other than it was vaguely reminiscent of EA’s old Desert Strike series. That I immediately …

Playing with Call Of Duty’s multiplayer component must be a nightmare, given the zealous nature of the players. It’s something Black Ops 3 (opens in new tab) dev Treyarch knows only too well after design director David Vonderhaar received death threats following gun tweaks to Black Ops 2. So obviously …

By design director Niklas Fegraeus’ own words Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) is “first and foremost a multiplayer game”. It’s what the series is known for, but what about the single player side of it? The ‘Missions’ mentioned when the game was announced? Fegraeus describes these as “crafted …

Reaction to the first costumed ensemble shot from Suicide Squad has been universally positive, with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn one of the undoubted high points. It’s a view shared by the character’s co-creator, Bruce Timm, who has revealed he was pleasantly surprised by Harley’s big screen look. “I’m actually really …

Bungie gave players a look at Destiny (opens in new tab)’s new (and evidently pretty tough) Prison of Elders mode in a live stream earlier today. The short explanation is “yep, it’s definitely a three-player horde mode” – but with all the flourishes and quirks you expect from high-level Destiny …

With so many militaristic shooters on the market these days (we’re looking at you Battlefield and Call of Duty), there’s a worry that upcoming tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege will be lost amid the ‘ooo-rahs’ and bro-tastic fist-bumps. But Tom Clancy fans shouldn’t be worried as the team at Ubisoft …

Bungie is raising funds for the Nepal Earthquake disaster with the sale of an exclusive Guardians to the aid of Nepal T-shirt on its online store (opens in new tab). All profits from the shirt will go straight to charities in direct relief efforts in Nepal. Purchasing the T-shirt also …

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a loose alliance of developers and pundits pooled their intellectual resources, struck dramatic poses and declared that single player gaming as we knew it was at death’s door. This was and remains a bloody stupid idea, but the evidence back …

Deus Ex director Warren Spector is a bit concerned about the reveal trailer for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (opens in new tab). The video, which premiered along with the game’s official debut earlier this month, introduces Adam Jensen’s new occupation as a cyborg terrorist hunter, and shows off his expanded …

Doctor Who producer Brian Minchin has spoken exclusively to SFX about what’s in store for the Doctor and Clara in the new series. “This series we’re telling the next stage of the adventure,” he tells us in SFX 261, on sale now. “It’s the glory years of Peter Capaldi’s Doctor …