Review

No Man’s Sky is the hardest game I’ve ever had to score. Not in the same sense that stonemasonry, eye surgery or creating a near-infinite universe is hard – all I have to do is put some stars at the end of some words, after all – but more that …

Song of the Deep is haunting like the fathomless, briny depths it takes inspiration from. You’ll initially have a whale of a time bobbing about in the undersea wonderland, soaking up the amphibious ambience. But as you explore the ocean, culling marine life with torpedoes and solving the occasional puzzle, …

Four hours into Battleborn I felt a migraine coming on. I’d toiled away with a handful of characters, trying desperately to help my teammates capture objectives, protect minions, and kill heroes – player characters – on the other team.  Time after time, I failed. I’d rush forward to try and …

When John Carpenter’s The Thing flopped at cinemas, Universal booted him off an adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter, about a father and his pyrotechnic daughter on the run from government types desiring to harness the child’s gift/curse. Now, 34 years on, writer/director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) at last allows …

Most sports games build their highest highs around the act of scoring points. In FIFA, there’s no better feeling than walloping one in the top corner from 30 yards. In Madden, a touchdown heave from the 50-yard line peaks all other achievements. And there are few moments anywhere in gaming …

I wanted Republique to be better. Designed by a team made up of industry veterans behind games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Halo 4, Republique gets so much right: a high-tech dystopia that borrows liberally from classic literature (notably George Orwell’s 1984), a unique control scheme blending surveillance camera …

Action Henk doesn’t have any ideas of its own, but at least it borrows from the best. Take the tracks from your childhood Hot Wheels playset and swap out the car for a figurine of a pot-bellied man named Henk. Now add in the ghost-racing, microsecond-shaving, leaderboard-chasing element of Trials …

***MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD*** “Please Carl, let me show you the new world,” Rick implores his injured son at the end of last week’s devastating mid-season opener “No Way Out” (opens in new tab) – rated the best The Walking Dead episode of all time by IMDB readers (opens in new …

Blood on a pink suit. You play hours of Far Cry 4, inventing increasingly ingenious ways to rid the Himalayas of despotic goons, but that’s what you remember. Blood on a pink suit. Since it settled down into a mechanical holding pattern in its third iteration, Far Cry’s ace in …

Hitting someone with your car is rarely much fun. The self-proclaimed ‘victim’ screams in agony, promises to sue, and whinges about his legs no longer working or being attached to his body. Meanwhile, the poor driver has go through the hassle of burying a body and lying to the police. …