The familiar brown, blighted wastelands of the apocalypse have graced far too many video games over the years – and it looks as though someone at Ubisoft said “enough”. New Dawn returns players to Hope County,
Metro Exodus abandons the titular subway setting of the series’ previous two games, instead sending players into the irradiated Russia above the surface. It turns out a little sun, fresh air, and nuclear fallout is good
Crackdown 3 seems as though it’s been in development for decades. It was announced five years ago, at E3 2014, pitched as one of Xbox One’s biggest first-party exclusives. However, delay after delay followed, and now
What if… everyone had an Iron Man suit? What if… you could fly in Destiny? What if… James Cameron had made Avatar without the blue cat people? Anthem‘s influences are many and easy to spot, but combine into
How do you solve a problem like Marie Rose? The (officially) 18-year-old Swedish fighter, kitted out in a ‘sexy’ maid outfit, is emblematic of Dead Or Alive’s longest-running problem – it’s all a bit, well,
Barely three months in, and 2019 has proven to be a nostalgia-fuelled year for Capcom. First came the re-release of PS2 classic Onimusha, then the bells-and-whistles remake of Resident Evil 2, and now comes the return of
Set in the Sengoku period – think samurai and swordfights aplenty – Sekiro sees you guiding the eponymous shinobi around a beautifully rendered take on historical Japan, using expert swordsmanship and a curiously advanced prosthetic arm to
One of the most interesting aspects of Yoshi’s standalone games is how they’ve diverged from Mario’s, despite the shared roots. It’s not just that Yoshi’s games have remained scrolling platformers while his plumber pal has
Back in the mid-2000s, the Phoenix Wright series became an unlikely international success on the Nintendo DS. Despite the sedate pacing of the games – part visual novel, part point-and-click style adventures – the quirky
The Mortal Kombat series continues its streak of being the most narratively convoluted – as well as most violent – fighting game on the stands with this eleventh chapter, picking up the battle for Earthrealm