Review

With the launch of Skyrim VR and Doom VFR, along with a brilliant tech demo for the Last Guardian where you can actually pat the dog, it’s clear that Sony is pushing to make PlayStation VR really work. There are plenty of PSVR titles coming along that should make it …

Battle Chef Brigade is not for the careful, by-the-book type of cook. It is for the kitchen-curious, the creatively inclined, the culinary improvisers who look at a pan of sizzling meat or veggies and say “I wonder what this would taste like if I added…” You’ve got to be willing …

There’s something strange yet familiar about coming back to the Nintendo 3DS after almost of year of Nintendo Switch. It feels like the 3DS should be reclining in a deck chair somewhere with a gin and tonic, enjoying its retirement, but here it is still working away, bringing us new …

In 1934, Agatha Christie stoked up a standard locked-room mystery by setting it on the titular steam locomotive as it hurtles from Istanbul to Calais. Four decades on, Kenneth Branagh finds interesting ways to grease the wheels of this new take on the oft-filmed novel. The plot, though, essentially remains …

It’s both amusing and ironic that a key scene in The Lego Ninjago Movie, the third film in as many years to showcase Denmark’s expansive line in children’s construction toys, should take place in ‘The Temple of Fragile Foundations’. Because this latest attempt to cash in on the minifigures, interlocking …

This week, Mojang has officially begun to roll out its Better Together update for Minecraft, which unifies the console, mobile and Windows 10 versions of the game into “one lovely shiny edition of Minecraft”, complete with cross-platform play, infinite worlds, dedicated servers, and 4K HDR graphics. It’s the biggest update …

Street Fighter may have the most esteemed legacy and tightest controls, Tekken may be the best at depicting close-up brawls, but few fighting games rival the mayhem and excitement inherent in the Marvel vs Capcom series. Larger-than-life heroes and villains alike toss out punches that can shatter buildings, flaming swords, …

With Destiny 2 (opens in new tab) now almost upon us, and the original Destiny having evolved a long, long way since its original 2014 release, we felt that it was time to update our review into a final, definitive retrospective of just what the last three years have given …

The name’s Broughton. Lorraine Broughton. While the name might sound more like someone who works in accounts than an international superspy, don’t let the unshowy moniker deceive you. In star (and producer) Charlize Theron’s hands, Lorraine Broughton is one of the most arresting new characters you’ll meet on the big …

Sofia Coppola’s sixth film may exhibit her signature languid style, but it’s as tightly crafted as the corsets of the women at the centre of her accomplished study of repression and gender dynamics. That she’s succinct at exploring the female experience is a given considering her CV, but that she’s …