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Red Dead Redemption 2 has a lot to live up to, not least because it includes people and places from the previous – and much beloved – game. It’s a strange beast, this one: enormous, glorious-looking, and boasting some of the best voice acting ever committed to the medium.
The weapon-wielding Soul Calibur series has existed in its own little corner of the fighting game genre ever since the original arrived on the Dreamcast in 1998 – a bit like that one kid at school who would spend every maths lesson stabbing his pencil case with a compass.
In years past, the heaving package that is Activision’s blockbuster yearly title has always felt like it had something for everyone, and while the time to kill (how many bullets you’re able to soak up before saying bye bye) for the multiplayer was seemingly getting smaller, making all but the...
Fancy a bit racing? Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a bona fide classic of the genre. Irrepressible urge to punch your mate square in the nose? Avoid the bloody consequences by roughing him up in Arms instead. Unwavering confidence in your digital sushi-plating prowess? Apron up and get everyone round...
Instead, you assume the role of Kassandra or her sibling Alexios, both mercenaries born long before the Brotherhood sharpened its first wrist-blade. Not too worry though, as you’ll still spend most of your time slitting throats and spilling innards with cinematic style to spare. Some things never change.
Crossing the finish line in a racing game has never felt as inconsequential as it does in Forza Horizon 4.
The franchise has been a standard bearer for the concept of “games as a service” – titles that offer regularly refreshed challenges and updated content in order to keep people playing regularly (and paying regularly) for a long period of time – and at times developer Bungie and publisher Activision...
Zidane’s Real Madrid might have won three Champions League titles in a row, but did they change the way people think about how football should be played? No.
Zidane’s Real Madrid might have won three Champions League titles in a row, but did they change the way people think about how football should be played? No.
I had memorised all eighteen of Silverstone’s iconic bends. I knew exactly how hard to push my race-prepped Bentley Continental GT3 into each corner – all 1300 kilos of it. The Stig? I’d have left him for dust.
You wouldn’t blame Lara Croft for turning her back on tomb raiding and opting for a less risky career.
Dangling outside Peter Parker’s New York City apartment, the arachnid looks menacing enough to be the radioactive bug that bites him, spawning his path to superhero stardom. The game immediately kicks this notion in the face, however, forgoing the origin story slog in favour of allowing players to feel like...
