Watch Dogs 2 was quietly a success, mostly overlooked because of the average-ness of its predecessor, it didn't do enough to convince gamers that it was that much of an improvement, as well as coming out alongside some heavy hitters like FFXV, Dishonored 2 and Harvest Moon: Skytree Village....

Let's face it, nothing beats the feeling of sending your favourite squad out to complete a mission, take out some aliens and miss at point-blank range. It always happens. But with the expansion coming soon and The Long War mod out right now, there's no better time than to start a new run of XCOM....

With the announcement of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and the hype train slowly ramping up for Wolfenstein once again. We thought we would delve into the background of the series and protagonist B.J Blazkowicz. As you can imagine, Wolfenstein: The New Order was not his first outing, so here is...

RPGs are great, aren't they? A lot of games these days have taken the best parts of RPGs, like levelling, tech trees, branching stories, inventory management, literally all the best parts. Sometimes though you find a proper RPG that nails all the right things, and you feel as excited as someone...

There have been a few games that have tried to capture the essence of what made the original Dungeon Keeper great. There's the black humour, the mining out your dungeon, the training of your myriad evil forces and the crushing of the foolish overworld dwellers. None have really come close and...

Aporia: Beyond the Valley the puzzle adventure game from Investigate North and Green Man Gaming Publishing has now launched! The game has been backed by Ole Søndberg, the producer of Wallander and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Aporia has a unique approach to storytelling, by visually...

When I was a young lad growing up in the English countryside, there wasn't a place to buy games for many miles around. The (high-speed) internet had yet to be invented, and so one of the biggest sources of PC entertainment outside of the actual full-price games that I would occasionally receive,...

I strap on my VR headset, my mate places headphones over my ears and threads my hands through the strings of the controls. They clear the area, anticipating my lunging, bending, throwing, running? I step into a bunker and walk slowly around getting used to the controls, easing myself through...

Today is, of course, World Emoji Day. These little symbols are fast becoming a substitute for the written word and deep human interaction. So, before our civilisation descends into a handful of smileys and pixelated culinary items, and an entire breadth of culture and literature is lost forever and...