Keep these Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (opens in new tab) tips in your mind in the same way Venom Snake keeps that shrapnel inches from his brain. MGSV is unlike any Metal Gear you’ve ever played before – there are massive open environments to explore and a …
Read More »How we chose the Ultimate Game of All Time shortlist for the Golden Joystick Awards 2021
This November 2021, the video-game industry turns 50 years old. To celebrate this landmark moment in gaming history, the Golden Joystick Awards – the world’s longest-running public-voted gaming awards show – has asked you to vote for your Ultimate Game of All Time. The winners will be revealed in our …
Read More »How to fix the “You do not have permission to play Fortnite” error
Oh no – the “You do not have permission to play Fortnite” error is back. Epic says they’re hard at work on a fix at this very moment, but for now it’s up to our own ingenuity to fix the error message and get back to Fortniting. Thankfully, this isn’t …
Read More »Obsessively taming the Wild West: How the quest to 100% Red Dead Redemption 2 became a full-time job
I’ve lost the run of myself. Again. Every time Rockstar releases a new open-world epic, I promise I won’t let it devour my life. That never really seems to work out, though. So here I am, 118 hours into my second playthrough of Red Dead Redemption 2 (opens in new …
Read More »Dying Light 2 is an open-world zombie adventure where your bad decisions will (almost) permanently change its world
Dying Light 2 (opens in new tab) is one of 2020’s most-wanted releases and gives you complete control over not only the game’s branching story, but the world around you. What you say and do – or don’t do – will alter character progression, dialogue options and reshape the game …
Read More »Beyond A Steel Sky proves the spirit of the point-and-click adventure is alive and well
It’s not often we’ve had to wait a quarter of a century for the sequel to a game, but then the last 25 years has just flown by. Back in 1994, Tarantino had a new film out, The Lion King was also in cinemas, Friends was on the telly and… …
Read More »The best Destiny merchandise you can buy right now
If you’ve braved a journey back to the Hellmouth for Destiny 2: Shadowkeep (opens in new tab) but still can’t get enough of Bungie’s shooter, the best Destiny merchandise should do the trick. There are Gold Chestfuls of real-life loot out there that celebrate everything from the Traveler to the …
Read More »Borderlands 3 blasts its way into this months Official Xbox Magazine
Shooter Special! Gears 5 (opens in new tab), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (opens in new tab) and Doom Eternal (opens in new tab) head up our Shooter Special, which includes all the new first and third person shooters coming to Xbox One, and celebrates the Xbox shooters that have …
Read More »Xbox Project Scarlett will “see a big upgrade in CPU,” says Xboxs Aaron Greenberg
Speaking with OXM (opens in new tab) at Gamescom 2019, Xbox general manager Aaron Greeberg said the next generation of consoles, especially Xbox Series X (opens in new tab), will likely see greater CPU gains as opposed to the GPU boosts of the previous generation. “We feel good about what …
Read More »Gears 5 release date, trailer, gameplay, story details, and everything else
You can’t stop the Cole train – or hype for Gears 5, for that matter. After taking centre stage at Xbox’s E3 2019 (opens in new tab) conference, the September 10 2019 release date (opens in new tab) creeps ever closer, and Gamescom 2019 gave us another look at the …
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