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The sheer dominance of Rocket League is pretty insane. The game has probably been the breakout title of the summer, providing fun and competition to all.

When XCOM 2 was announced just before E3, I was surprised to hear it was coming out this year. With such little build up for a sequel to a beloved

Ever since the Vive was announced, it was under the impression that it would hit in 2015, making it the first consumer headset out of the door. With

On Wednesday, Boss Key and Cliff Bleszinski announced their new IP LawBreakers. The announcement trailer didn't give us a great idea of what to expect out

Horror's been a tricky proposition for games in recent years, especially in the AAA space, where the incentive to create games in this genre has dropped

Until Dawn doesn't pull any punches when it comes to representing gore. It can get down right grizzly at some points, never shying away too much from the

I've been hearing rumors of a Shovel Knight amiibo for a while now, and the mere idea has had me buzzing. I'm a big fan of Shovel Knight, and if you

Yesterday, I wrote that Twitch wasn't archiving streams of Until Dawn, being a thorn in the side of some video content creators. Well, it turns out this

The Battle of Jakku is going to be a a real interesting bit of content for Star Wars: Battlefront. If you don't know, the map is going to be added to the

After a rather unfortunate series of events, the last few episodes have been lost to the wind, which is a bit rubbish, but hey, Category: Video Games is back, and we are swinging. If you are joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where me, Laura Kate Dale and Andre Miller sit down to talk about the video[...]

Ubisoft have a pretty dire record with the PC. From Assassin's Creed: Unity, to Watch Dogs and more, the publisher has just had a hard time pleasing fans

Yesterday, as promised, Bungie hosted a stream surrounding the new playable area in Destiny: The Taken King. The Dreadnaught will be the place where we

A few weeks ago, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 pulled a bit of a weird one by totally changing its art style on a dime. Now it had faint whiff of cell-shading,

Shovel Knight really was one of the very best games of last year. I recently went back to play through it again, and loved it just as much. I highly

I'm sure quite a lot of online content creators were planning on making videos of them playing Until Dawn. Horror games are big in the streaming and lets

I had feared that Transformers: Devastation was going to be a visual mess. A fast paced Transformer game inspired by a G1 artstyle...it could have been a

So here we go. We'd been teased about the reveal of Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski's new game all week, and finally it has been revealed. The game

I wrote about Twitch plays Dark Souls a few days ago, talking about the unorganised madness the whole thing was. The game was just too complex to really

Ever since Hideo Kojima and Konami have had their rift, the creator has more or less kept his mouth shut, instead keeping his head down to finish off

Dying Light's new DLC The Following is looking like a pretty big new addition to the game. It takes place in a brand new area, which is as big as all the

Mad Max is out next week, and soon, we will all be running through the wastes, tearing up cars and enemies in equal measure. One of the main focuses of

Assassin's Creed sure does love crowbarring in famous historical figures into the series. It almost never feels completely natural, but hey, why not use

By Jared Cornelius Welcome back to Sweet Release! Bleeding Cool's look at the new video games hitting store shelves and digital platforms.  With summer coming to a close and August only a few days away from being over it seems like it all went so fast.  After what amounted to a pretty dry summer here we are in[...]

Ever since Bungie announced the fall of 'Dinklebot', one of the big questions surrounding Destiny has been 'what will Nolan North sounds like taking over

It's coming up to the end of the month, and that means it's free games time. Yesterday, we learnt Grow Home was going to headline PlayStation Plusnext

Dishonored was one of the very best games of 2012. In my estimation, it remains one of the most fascinating new IPs of the last five years. If you haven't

Well, as stunt PR things go, here is one worth a headline. Square Enix are offering players of Just Cause 3 the chance to win an island. Yeah, you’re very

Hideo Kojima does love doing his own trailers. These montages of his stories are usually epic and incomprehensible in equal measures, but they are always

I'd almost forgot that Sony was having a press conference at the Tokyo Game Show next month. That means we still have three major conference to come from

PAX is happening this week, which means we can expect another influx of news to hot up around the gaming industry. (Is anyone feeling convention fatigue