It’s almost time to bust out the sandals and sharpen your spears, because Assassin’s Creed Odyssey looms large on the horizon. It’s bringing refined RPG systems, revamped combat and returning naval battles along with it - plenty to be excited about. But which of the games many editions is...

Once again it's time to travel thousands of years into the past and stab people to death while wearing sandals - but despite surface-level similarities between Assassin's Creed Odyssey and its 2017 predecessor, Origins, a lot more has changed within the franchise blueprint than first meets the...

For over a decade, Assassin’s Creed has been taking players to historical locations realised with depth and accuracy rarely seen in the medium. After ancient Egypt got the Animus treatment in 2017, it’s ancient Greece’s turn with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. But what can we expect from the...

Only a year after taking gamers to a beautifully realised ancient Egypt, Assassin’s Creed returns. And it’s keeping its sandals on. Odyssey takes place during the year 431 BCE in ancient Greece where a fictional civil war between Athens and Sparta rages. With revamped combat, the return of...

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but that's not always a good thing. Recently it came to our attention that someone had set up a website that was pretending to be us. How flattering! Except it was a scam, it was set up to look like us, sound like us, and trick gamers...

Monster Hunter World is almost upon us. It represents the long-running and celebrated series’ debut on PC, and the critical acclaim it was met with earlier in 2018 sets it in fine stead for taking the platform by storm with its first attempt. But what a mysterious beast it is. A hybrid of...

Most racing games have a roster of licensed cars - you know, everyday hatchbacks to exotic hypercars, with a few retro classics and oddities thrown in for good measure. But how many of them also have a boat list, or a plane list? This is The Crew 2’s raison d'être: to provide an open world...

Everyone loves a road trip. The horizon beckoning you forwards, the wind in your face, a sub-standard burger you paid more than double the usual price for sitting uneasily in your stomach… Actually, real-life road trips are a mixed bag. The Crew 2’s virtual road trip does away with the grim...