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The strongest reminder that GTA 4 (opens in new tab) is now an old game is that Niko Bellic’s phone has buttons on it. Somehow that one detail – and the fact his mobile can’t access the internet – makes this game feel like it came out 10,000 years ago.  …

How do you make a big-budget video game movie that doesn’t suck? That question is on our minds as both Rampage and Tomb Raider (opens in new tab) make their way to theaters within the next month, and Dwayne Johnson – who’s already lived through the experience of starring in …

It never gets arduous killing demons. They truly are the guilt-free hack and slash targets of choice when it comes to satisfying a digital bloodlust. That said, it wasn’t until Bayonetta (opens in new tab) that I discovered equal satisfaction in button-mashing angels and deities back up into the heavens. …

For years now the Codemasters Formula One games have let the player begin their career in any car they like, and for years I’ve donned the caps of the sport’s slowest teams. That says a lot about what I want out of the game: a rags to riches story told …

Since the early 1990s, the film industry has “treated” us to a steady stream of motion pictures based on video games. And they’ve been critical disasters. But it could all be so different, and the precedent’s already set. When Netflix’s Castlevania premiered in July, a four-episode precursor to a fuller …

Pity the poor engineers at Sony. They’re labouring to make ever-better gaming technology – PS4 Pro (opens in new tab), PS VR (opens in new tab) – and what do the gaming public do? Wet their collective knickers over retro returns of Sonic The Hedgehog (opens in new tab) and …

When you talk about No Man’s Sky (opens in new tab), it’s hard not to feel compelled to address it in the context of the reactions people had in the days and weeks following its release. That was over a year ago now (absurd, I know – the passage of …

With mildly depressing certainty, I can say I’ve been playing video games for longer than some GamesRadar readers have been alive. In my distant youth, games really were as difficult as you’ve heard. Back then, though, I had a ludicrous amount of free time – in addition to the game-playing …

Role-playing games are a true staple of the gaming landscape – from epic fantasy tales to violent shooters, so many games out there embody aspects of this industry stalwart. Even big games such as Destiny 2 (opens in new tab) owe a lot to the humble RPG, its addictive levelling …