​Almost in the Machine PlayStation brings VR into the real world

Published Nov 14, 2016

I'm in the bat cave. Like really in the bat cave. It's wetter than I imagined down here below Wayne Manor, with a pair of waterfalls tumblin...

Paper Mario: Color Splash Wii U

Published Nov 01, 2016

Are there any game franchises as meta as Paper Mario? The Super Mario spinoff launched back in 2000 by literally splitting the difference be...

Forza Horizon 3 Xbox One, Windows

Published Oct 05, 2016

Tracks are the racing genre's primary game design feature, but whether playing an unrealistic "arcade" racer like Mario Kart or a simulator...

​Zen and the Art of Procedural Generation

Published Oct 03, 2016

No Man's Sky was supposed to be the game of the summer. The rabidly anticipated outer-space sandbox from British indie Hello Games promised...

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided PS4, XB1, PC

Published Sep 19, 2016

The Deus Ex cyberpunk stealth-meets-action series has been digging into the topic of transhumanism since Y2K, but this fifth entry set in th...

Batman: The Telltale Series (Episode One: Realm of Shadows) Multiplatform

Published Sep 11, 2016

Batman V Superman may have sucked at the cinema, and Gotham grinds away on the small screen, but videogames are proving once again to be whe...

2D Gaming Adds Depth

Published Sep 06, 2016

Gaming has always been an unpredictable beast, but that's especially true this summer. Everyone wrote off Nintendo (again) right up until Po...

Monster Hunter Generations 3DS

Published Aug 10, 2016

Though massively popular in its Japanese homeland — Uniqlo has a whole line of Monster Hunter T-shirts and hoodies alongside its Pixar and S...

I Am Setsuna PS4, PS Vita, PC

Published Aug 09, 2016

For the longest time, gaming was the rare pop cultural medium that always seemed to move forward. Even when mining nostalgic franchises, tec...

Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens All consoles

Published Jul 19, 2016

Lego returns to its gaming roots with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a predictable and predictably fun romp that sends mini-figures of Finn,...

​A New Hope Can The NX Reclaim Nintendo's Throne?

Published Jul 12, 2016

You wouldn't know it from all the people hunting Pikachus and Jigglypuffs around your neighbourhood with Nintendo's augmented-reality smartp...

The Technomancer PS4, XB1, PC

Published Jul 06, 2016

Set on Mars several hundred years post-colonization during the War of Water, Spiders' cyberpunk space story melds Mass Effect-y sci-fi with...

Prison Architect (Console Edition) Xbox One, PS4

Published Jun 30, 2016

Prison Architect is a strategic top-down builder simulator, but rather than managing a city of Sims or rollercoaster theme park, your sandbo...

​Game Within A Game Time

Published Jun 10, 2016

The late, great Garry Shandling didn't invent meta humour, but he did perfect its two primary forms. In his '80s sitcom It's Garry Shandling...

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End PS4

Published Jun 03, 2016

In the fourth chapter of A Thief's End, Naughty Dog's final Uncharted adventure, our treasure-hunting hero Nathan Drake sits down on the cou...

Ratchet & Clank PS4

Published Apr 26, 2016

Yes, Ratchet & Clank is a game based on a movie based on a game. But don't let that ridiculous sentence dissuade you from playing this fanta...

Tap, Tap Coalition 'Loud on Planet X' Merges Indie Music and Indie Gaming

Published Mar 28, 2016

You may've seen Fucked Up's Damian Abraham rip his shirt off and jump into the crowd, but did he ever land on a three-eyed blobby green alie...

Mortal Kombat XL PS4/XB1

Published Mar 18, 2016

Like the pop cultural mashups of Disney Infinity and Lego Dimensions, but wish they were, uh, gorier? Then Mortal Kombat XL is the fighting...

Far Cry Primal PS4, XB1, PC

Published Mar 02, 2016

Far Cry has become one of the most interesting franchises of the modern era. Free from the trappings of a convoluted continuing narrative li...

Street Fighter V PS4, PC, Mac

Published Mar 02, 2016

Fighting games are for purists, which is why they tend to refine mechanics rather than add extras. Street Fighter V takes this approach a bi...