Generously awash with all manner of traditional fantasy settings, glossy sci-fi backdrops and the Dark Souls-inspired grimdark worlds, increasingly it seems that the sense of a truly unique setting is becoming harder and harder to realise in the RPG genre. Enter The Thaumaturge. The latest title...
Yes it’s true! The music world and video games have crossed over many-a-time before. With Drake being a player of Fortnite and now Travis Scott performing an awesome virtual concert within the game. Video games have always been a prominent part of a modern day artists’ life growing up and this...
World Book Day lets us come together on the first Thursday of every March to celebrate the best fiction medium that’s ever existed. That’s right, the video game tie-in novel.
Many games contain a novel's worth of text and fiction, but strangely the video game tie-in novel is still...
Update: The Elder Scrolls is 25 today, so to celebrate here's a look back at all the Elder Scrolls games in order of goodness. Enjoy!
The Elder Scrolls: Arena came out in 1994 and since then we've seen a lot of sequels, spin offs, expansions, horse armour, and even an MMO. BUT you ask, what's the...
In 2018 EA made 5.15 billion dollars in net revenue (up from 4.84 billion in 2017). Despite this, the company still remains one of the most hated companies in the world. Known most widely as the purveyor of numerous sport games - like FIFA or Madden – EA has a lot on its shoulders with plenty of...
I don't go to Subway very often.
I go through the door and queue up. Eventually I reach the counter and the staff ask me what sandwich I want. I indicate my choice, and asked what size sandwich. Then I'm asked what bread I want. How about cheese. Do I want it toasted? Now salad. Lettuce?...
The evolution of how we watch gameplay video has been a back and forth battle between the goliaths of YouTube and Twitch for a few years. Lately this has been heating up and just as Twitch's video scheduling services is bedding in another contender enters the fray; YouTube has announced their new...
I've been spending my evenings in Tamriel lately, just listening to the breeze and the music on the air. Life in the Elder Scrolls Online moves at a brisk pace, but there's a peace to be found if you stop and smell the roses. Until, of course, you're beset by some wild beast and find yourself...
It has been (lazily glances at a nearby calendar) nearly nine years since Left 4 Dead 2 hit PCs everywhere and showed how us all how you should do the whole cooperative, first-person shooting thing with flair and verve. Left 4 Dead 2 was simply superb and other than its immediate predecessor, there...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is fast approaching, with the pre-patch dropping in the US tonight and in Europe tomorrow. Filled with more battles, fights, and adventures, it's going to expand upon one of the most continually popular games in the world and build upon the huge success of the...
If you've even a passing interest in videogames you'll have probably heard the term 'roguelike' bandied about a lot recently. What was something that was mainly kept to the sidelines has been incorporated into mainstream gaming, and you'll often see a big game from a huge publisher be toted as...
Update: Far Cry 5 is available for preload today, so get it downloaded as soon as you can and then let us know where it fits in the series!
Far Cry 5 is approaching with deadly momentum, so before we look forwards to the future of the Far Cry series it's time to first look back, back over where...