Sony is betting big on PS VR this year with over 60 new games promised in 2018. The PS4 headset sold almost twice as much as expected last year, which means even more games are on the way. It’s a mixed though (isn’t it always) which is why we’ve picked …
Read More »How did E3’s first big public opening go? Here’s what the gamers and industry thought
This year E3 changed. For (almost) the first time it threw open the doors to the paying public (having previously let 5000 people in by invite only in 2015). 15,000 people paid $250 to gain access to the event this year and, for the most part, loved it. One person …
Read More »This Evil Within 2 story trailer will make you say Oh NOW I get it
I don’t think anyone would disagree that the glimpse of The Evil Within 2 we got during Bethesda’s E3 2017 (opens in new tab) press conference was stylish, but it certainly could’ve been clearer about what the hell was going on. What’s with the white goo? What happened to Sebastian’s …
Read More »Why get a Far Cry 5 pre-order? So you can impress your friends with a giant deer skull
Far Cry 5 (opens in new tab) showed up in a big way at E3 2017, and Ubisoft is looking to sweeten the deal by releasing an… interesting collector’s edition for the game, due to launch in February next year. If you’re a fan of dead animal trophies, the Hope …
Read More »God of War director explains why Kratos lost his blades and got an axe – its kinda deep
As far as ass-kicking goes in God of War (opens in new tab), Kratos clearly hasn’t lost a step from the last time we saw him. But the gameplay footage shown at the PlayStation E3 2017 press conference (opens in new tab) re-confirmed that he has lost his trademark ass-kicking …
Read More »Days Gones apocalypse mixes The Last Of Us violence with the random potential of Fallout
It’s hard not to see The Last of Us (opens in new tab) all through Days Gone (opens in new tab). Central character Deacon’s weary mercenary charm makes him a murderous soulmate to Joel’s callous world view. The world too, ravaged by zombies called freakers, and filled with desperate survivors …
Read More »Rocket League on Nintendo Switch is a match made in heaven
Nintendo and Psyonix Studios today revealed at E3 2017 (opens in new tab) that Rocket League – the award-winning vehicular soccer title which stole our summers in 2015 – will be coming to Nintendo Switch this holiday season. The game will arrive already packed with all of the updates and …
Read More »By cherry-picking brilliant PC games, Xbox One is making seriously smart moves
Alongside the big hardware reveal, Microsoft’s Xbox conference E3 2017 (opens in new tab) was basically a massive slate of games unveiled in rapid-fire succession, often with barely enough time to absorb the details of one game before another was shown. But tucked away in that dense cluster were quite …
Read More »Battlefield 1 DLC In The Name of The Tsar arrives in September, bringing 6 maps and the Russian Womens Battalion of Death
EA announced at E3 2017 (opens in new tab) that Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab) will be heading to the eastern front of WW1 this September with its upcoming expansion, In The Name of The Tsar. If you’re a history buff, you may know what this means: the infamous …
Read More »A Way Out is like the Uncharted 4 co-op experience we never got to play
Imagine if you could play the early chapters of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (opens in new tab)’s campaign – where Nathan Drake and his brother Sam have to bust out of prison – in two-player co-op. In fact, imagine if you could only play it in co-op. That’s the …
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