As we make our approach to the most wonderful time of the year, we pass a number of holidays, namely Thanksgiving, the precursor warmup round of family debate before Christmas knocks on the door. When, inevitably, your relatives erupt into furious debate about the state of the world, it’s good...

Greetings, budding students! Perhaps you’ve been paying attention to our monthly blog series which dwells on beginner game development for the curious gamers out there. Last month, we talked about the best game engines to start your journey. Alas, even if you figure those out, you’re probably...

It’s November! 2019 is winding down, and men across the world are refusing to shave – not out of some sort of vendetta for kemptness and hygiene, but to change the face of men’s health. November is now Movember, where not shaving has become a movement to help men talk about their mental...

After 12 years of relative silence, Valve is working on a piece of software! No, you're not dreaming, there's a new Half-Life game on the way and it's coming out next year.

It feels like it’s been an absolute epoch since we’ve seen a good single-player Star Wars game. The Force Unleashed 2 was the last ambitious fully focused narrative experience, and that arrived in 2010. Despite the drought, it seems like our prayers are finally being answered with Star Wars...

Stop the presses! Rockstar’s immaculate cowboy odyssey Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally coming to PC. On November 5th, you’ll be able to download it and play as Arthur Morgan, exploring a peerless open world full of activities, wildlife, and vicious outlaws ready to blast your brains out over...

Players enjoying Monster Hunter: World on PC will no doubt be waiting in absolute agony for the release of Iceborne, the tundra-themed critically-acclaimed expansion that brought greater depth, extra content and most importantly, more monsters to the base game on consoles earlier this year when it...

Ah, the humble Gameboy. As well as revolutionising portable gaming, Nintendo’s wonder device provided us with such classics as Pokemon Yellow and Tetris and is so sturdy it’s known to have survived a Gulf War barracks bombings. Gameboy Beginnings The original Gameboy persists in the...

As we’ve grown older and distanced ourselves from the ambitious costumes and desire to chap on a stranger’s door for out of date chocolate, Halloween has become more of a close-quarters affair. Low-key fancy dress house parties and last-minute bin bag cutout costumes have become all the rage....

A name synonymous with the franchise itself, Captain John Price is a man that needs no introduction if you’ve played a Modern Warfare game. A dangerously calculated military man with an endearing sense of humor, he brings welcome comic relief and some genuinely powerful moments to the series,...

WWE games are about as reliable as EA’s roster of sports franchises. They arrive every year with all the inevitability of the setting sun, with similar gameplay mechanics, graphics and incremental systemic improvements. This years instalment marks WWE 2K20, and it’s fast approaching its launch...

Playing video games is all well and good, but what about making them? It’s a lot trickier than you may think. Those mastered discs sitting on store shelves full of remarkable open-worlds, careful animations and well-written characters don’t just appear out of thin air: it takes a team of...