The first Black Widow trailer (opens in new tab) dropped toward the end of last year, like its super spy namesake, without warning. And also like Natasha Romanoff, it seems to hold its fair share of secrets. By rule, MCU trailers hold secrets, and increasingly, they feature intentional misdirection such …
Read More »Pokemon Go home – can Niantic really make an outdoor game playable from lockdown?
Pokemon Go (opens in new tab) is one of the most successful games on any platform in recent years. Niantic’s augmented reality hit brought in a staggering $1.4bn in 2019, a thriving player community, and even holds a number or Guinness World Records to its name. Normally, that would be …
Read More »Better Call Saul has finally embraced its destiny as a Breaking Bad prequel
Read more (Image credit: AMC) Why Better Call Saul is better than Breaking Bad – and what other prequels can learn from it (opens in new tab) There’s a moment in Better Call Saul season 5 that, like many others, will only make sense to those well versed in Vince …
Read More »Watch Dogs Legion story primer: Get caught up with all things DedSec ahead of the new London-bound adventure
Watch Dogs Legion: The story so far Watch Dogs Legion will let you to play as anyone, including a granny wielding a shotgun in dystopian Camden. One question might be on your mind: how did we get here? From Aiden Pearce hacking his way through Chicago to Marcus Holloway’s stylish …
Read More »Resident Evil 3 feels just as good as Resi 2, except when the Nemesis shows up
I’m not sure I like the Nemesis in Resident Evil 3 (opens in new tab) Remake. Obviously that’s the point, but he seems to have learned a whole bunch of new tricks that makes Mr. X’s relentless stalking feel like a walk in the park. If Resident Evil 2 Remake …
Read More »If the Uncharted movie should learn anything from the games, its that it will never work with a young Nathan Drake
By the time the Uncharted movie gets made, Tom Holland will be old enough to actually play Nathan Drake. It’s the obvious joke, isn’t it? That Sony’s origin story has been delayed so many times, its sprightly star will be the grizzled 30-something of the games when shooting finally begins, …
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 »Games that defined the Decade: Rocket League transformed the way that we play
We’re celebrating the end of an incredible decade for games, movies, and TV shows. Rocket League is one of the games that defined the last 10 years of play, placing 18th in our 100 best games of the decade (opens in new tab) rankings. One of the biggest changes over the last …
Read More »Games that defined the Decade: The Last of Us pushed video games to be smarter, bolder, and greater
We’re celebrating the end of an incredible decade for games, movies, and TV shows. For GamesRadar, The Last of Us is the game that defined the last 10 years of play, placing 1st in our 100 best games of the decade rankings. I can pinpoint the exact moment I knew The Last …
Read More »Games that defined the Decade: Portal 2 is still one of the most successful comedies in gaming
Making a sequel to a surprise hit is always a challenge. Valve had even more to contend with when it made Portal 2. Not only was the first game a perfectly proportioned morsel of puzzle-solving action, it was a goddamn online sensation. Internet culture was still coalescing in 2007 (everything …
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