Halo 5's campaign has one enemy in particular most agree is at best hard as nails - at worst a scumbag unfair.SPOILERS AHEAD.Players run up against the Warden, a Promethean AI who really doesn't want anyone bothering poor Cortana at all, at multiple points throughout the campaign … | Continue reading
Ratchet and Clank comes to PS4 in what can only be described as an epic, wholesale reimagining of the PS2 original. Taking advantage of the latest rendering… | Continue reading
At Digital Foundry we often talk about hardware upgrades that can dramatically improve the gameplay experience, but there's a fundamental component that is often overlooked: the controller. As the primary input device for console gamers, this is the core component in how we inter … | Continue reading
From Software has come a long way since its first Dark Souls port to PC. Back then, it was a timid dipping of the toe for the studio, and one that drew ire for its sub-720p, 30fps delivery. Fast track to 2016 and it's quite a different story. Dark Souls 3 is replete with options … | Continue reading
Resident Evil has a long and sometimes proud history. I think it's fair to say that the first couple of Resident Evil games were genre defining, which makes it all the more tragic to contemplate the state in which the series currently exists. I say all this, but I'm by no means a … | Continue reading
I read a great theory once arguing that the universe is elegantly wasteful. Is it even possible to be both wasteful and elegant? Whatever: when the universe wants to do something, according to this theory, it gets the job done, but it gets it done in the way that will use up the … | Continue reading
DayZ creator Dean Hall has launched an HTC Vive-exclusive strategy game called Out of Ammo on Steam Early Access for £10.99.The debut of Hall's new studio RocketWerkz, Out of Ammo tasks players with overseeing a battlefield where you can issue orders to soldiers, build defenses, … | Continue reading
One year ago Spotify launched its streaming music service on PlayStation and now it's revealed the most streamed artists and songs in that time.Globally, the most streamed artists have been:The most streamed individual tracks have been:Read more… | Continue reading
We grabbed Total War's Andre Arsenault after his talk at last week's EGX Rezzed to discuss what makes Warhammer's sieges "remarkably different" to previous titles in the series.Aside from the obvious changes that come with switching from historical to fantasy, Total War: Warhamme … | Continue reading
If you're a fan of Eurogamer live streams, you may have seen Ian try to play Dark Souls 3 recently. You might even have described the attempt as an unmitigated disaster. Believe me, you ain't seen nothing yet. For the latest episode of Late to the Party (which we recorded before … | Continue reading
"No matter how tender, how exquisite, a lie will remain a lie." - Lord AldiaKarl Popper wrote a short-but-sweet essay called "The Conspiracy Theory of Society," in which he pours scorn on various ideas about one group or the other secretly running the world. The piece suggests th … | Continue reading
I love Borderlands and I like the idea of MOBAs. The reality of MOBAs, however, generally scares me half to death. Now listen: if I'm not describing someone who sounds a bit like you, stop reading now because the following will be a waste of your time. (Well, even more a waste of … | Continue reading
Since yesterday's preview embargo lifted, there's been a lot of talk online about the unlock system in Mirror's Edge Catalyst. NeoGAF user A-V-B posted an image of the movement skill tree, replying to a comment from another user who said: "If rolling, and swinging from poles, and … | Continue reading
Elite Dangerous players have been waiting for this one for a while: The Engineers expansion, aka Elite Dangerous 2.1, comes out to those with beta access du… | Continue reading
There's a new Ghostbusters movie coming out, and, surprise! There's a new Ghostbusters video game coming out, too.This one isn't like the last one. This one's a more arcadey affair. It's a top-down action game where you work together to capture ghosts. It's published by Activisio … | Continue reading
Insomniac Games has made a lot of Ratchet & Clank games. From Going Commando to Into the Nexus, the Burbank studio has spent years reiterating its formula, perfecting the art of adventure. In fact, this game (based on the movie, based on the game) marks Insomniac's eleventh Ratch … | Continue reading
Clever clogses have found a way to play Oculus Rift-exclusive games on competing virtual reality headset HTC Vive.The games are Lucky's Tale, a platformer, and Oculus Dreamdeck, a collection of otherworldly VR experiences. You still have to legitimately own the games but they're … | Continue reading
A five day closed beta for Mirror's Edge Catalyst will begin on the 22nd of April, (free) running until the 26th.A handful of story and side missions are on offer, along with a limited section of the skill tree, a good chunk of the open world and access to Social Play features. E … | Continue reading
I love seeing how open worlds fit together. Done right, they become hugely empowering spaces - you can go anywhere, interact with anyone and do pretty much… | Continue reading
A big (4GB) fan-made modification for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, that overhauls cities and even adds new settlements, has arrived after nearly three-and-a-half years' work.Holds: The City Overhaul rebuilds Falkreath, Winterhold and Dawnstar from scratch, fleshing out the cities … | Continue reading
Last year a Fallout 4 version of the 1956 Ford F100 was sent to Forza 6 players. Today, it's the Chryslus Rocket '69's turn.The video, below, shows off the fictional car in action in Microsoft's Xbox One racing game. The '69 was built for cruising the highways and byways of the p … | Continue reading
Random battles in Japanese role-playing games can get really tedious, but in today's Steam release of old game Final Fantasy 9 you can turn them off! Yes that's right: turn them off! 'No encounter' mode is one of seven 'game boosters' included in the Steam release. The only othe … | Continue reading
I had a chance to play Gears of War 4 multiplayer on Xbox One (Microsoft has yet to announce a PC version but it seems like a safe bet) at a recent event, and it's pretty good. It's familiar in that it feels very much like Gears of War multiplayer - Gears of War 3 multiplayer, th … | Continue reading
A new and improved GoldenEye 007 mod for Doom is in the works, and a demo is expected by the end of the month.The mod, Goldeneye007 Tc Gzdoom, was announced on ModDB. It will be similar to the GoldenEye 007 Doom 2 mod but make use of the new and improved GZDoom source port, which … | Continue reading
Pre-launch, PS4's Remote Play feature looked like a genuine game-changer, offering off-screen gameplay that would allow you to take your PS4 library anywhere in the home - as long as you had the required PS Vita hardware. In the wake of unofficial hacks, it's now possible to enjo … | Continue reading
Fable Legends, Lionhead's free-to-play multiplayer-based spin on its fantasy world that sadly never saw release, has come to its end with the closed beta winding down for good. Its closure comes as Lionhead itself is set to close, the Guildford-based developer not quite being abl … | Continue reading
I was hoping to write a nice big impressions piece today of what it's like to play Falcon Lost, The Division's first Incursion that was added as part of its most significant update yet. What a lovely excuse to return to New York I thought as I not-so-selflessly set an evening asi … | Continue reading
I don't know about you, but I absolutely adore the mad side of Nintendo. The one that announces the localisation of a game with a 10-minute mix of surreal salesmanship and cut-glass cuteness. The one that pauses halfway through another conference to contemplate an unpeeled bunch … | Continue reading
UPDATE 19/04/2016 5.56pm Zen Studios has released a trailer showing how its Alien: Isolation table looks in action. "In Alien: Isolation pinball, players mu… | Continue reading
Roguelike shmup Enter the Gungeon has shifted 200k copies in its first week on sale, developer Dodge Roll has announced.That's pretty good for a game made by a five-person studio. The game costs £10.99 / $14.99 on Steam and PS4, so that means it grossed upwards of $3m. Of course … | Continue reading
The latest Humble Bundle is Telltale themed and it's a good one, offering 12 games for only $12 (about £8.40). If that's too rich for your blood, you need only pay $1 to receive Back to the Future, Sam & Max: Devil's Playhouse, Poker Night at the Inventory, Puzzle Agent 1 & 2, an … | Continue reading
Fear Effect Sedna, the officially licensed sequel to Fear Effect 2, has launched its Kickstarter campaign today.As we covered last week, Fear Effect Sedna is being developed by the 10-person independent French studio Sushee. This is part of the Square Enix Collective, which means … | Continue reading
Bandai Namco has filed a trademark for something called Amazing Katamari Damacy through the European Union Intellectual Property Office. As… | Continue reading
Dark Souls 3 has finally launched in english. Hurray! But there's a problem: numerous PC players are finding that the game is crashing upon reaching the gam… | Continue reading
Dark Souls 3 was released in Japan a few weeks before the rest of the world, offering an early glimpse at the game on both PS4 and Xbox One. We took advantage of this, testing the performance level of the earlier, spoiler-free parts of the game. Since then, many players have reac … | Continue reading
We've all heard the expression 'the long arm of the law', but it's not often one sees an idiom quite so literally represented as in Giant Cop. If you've not heard of it before, Giant Cop is a game that turns you into a gargantuan police officer; you're tasked with judging the pop … | Continue reading
Former president of Rockstar North Leslie Benzies is suing Take-Two Interactive for $150m.According to Benzies' legal team, the company deceived him by terminating his contract while he was on sabbatical without telling him, and owes him $150m in unpaid royalties.As you may recal … | Continue reading
In February 2013, Bungie invited the world's press into its Bellevue, Washington studio to show Destiny for the first time. Except the studio didn't show Destiny. Rather, it talked about Destiny.In its in-house theatre press were treated to multiple presentations, each focusing o … | Continue reading
Creative Assembly has revealed the different kinds of DLC coming to Total War: Warhammer post-launch.There will be free DLC and there will be paid DLC, which will be split into Lord Packs and Race Packs, and the beefier Campaign Packs.The free DLC will go as far as offering a who … | Continue reading
Beehives, honey farms, spaceships, powder kegs. Beacons, toads, pinwheels, crosses. These are all elements of a strange game that tore a path through the hacking community in the early 1970s: LIFE, also known as Conway's Game of Life. John Conway is a British mathematician, and L … | Continue reading
I've never seen World of Warcraft servers as packed as the two Nostalrius pirate servers on Sunday night - moments before they were closed for good.Thousands gathered for the pre-announced End, which took place just after 11pm server time, and recorded numerous videos in differen … | Continue reading
Facepunch Studios, the team behind Garry's Mod and Rust, has released an HTC Vive virtual reality game called Chunks into Steam Early Access.It's a sandbox world building game that resembles Minecraft in Creative mode, and there's a bizarre emphasis on building and riding rollerc … | Continue reading
There continue to be hold-ups fulfilling pre-orders of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality headsets.Oculus Rift customers were told to wait for a shipp… | Continue reading
We all got a little carried away with Kickstarter back in 2012, but there were a few things we got really, really right. Giving Stoic a bunch of money to create The Banner Saga, for example, turned out to be a fantastic idea. The combat may not have been to everyone's taste, but … | Continue reading
Papers, Please developer Lucas Pope has released a new playable demo for his upcoming first-person adventure game Return of the Obra Dinn. T… | Continue reading
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter will launch on 27th May for PC, PS4 and Xbox One and its first gameplay footage has just now been released. The following 17-minute video - cut together from B-roll footage by AllGamesDelta - takes us through the basics of Sherlock's day-to-d … | Continue reading
Back in 2014 Killer 7 and No More Heroes director Suda 51 announced a PS4-exclusive free-to-play third-person brawler called Let it Die. Little has been seen of the game since, but publisher GungHo Online Entertainment has revealed that the project is still on track for a 2016 re … | Continue reading
Drinkbox Studios proved the Vita a viable platform with the wonderful launch title Mutant Blobs Attack, then followed it up with the stylish cross-platform metroidvania Guacamelee, and now it's returning to Vita exclusivity with its latest game Severed, a first-person dungeon cra … | Continue reading