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Rise of the Tomb Raider is out next week, bringing the titular tomb raider Lara Croft out exploring...well, the tombs of the world. Crystal Dynamics have

I was a little worried that Halo was dropping off in the public innocuousness as Halo 5, in my experience, had received a more muted release compared to

Call of Duty has been on a slow decline ever since the franchise high of Black Ops II. Which makes the upcoming Black Ops III interesting. Will it

The Konami and Hideo Kojima debacle seems to have come to an end for the moment, but Metal Gear Solid V has done very well, selling over 5 million copies

It's pretty insane that World of Warcraft still commands several million subscribers. The game is well over ten years old now, and it exists in a time

Jakku is the mysterious planet from all The Force Awakens trailers, where the remnants of a massive battle remain. Well, Star Wars: Battlefront is adding

I've never been a huge fan of Metroid, the series missing my circulations when I was younger, but its cultural significance is not lost on me. The reveal

We really don't know a lot about The Last Guardian. Despite the incredibly long development time, all we really know is it is about a boy and Trico the

Fallout 4 is going to be with us in a week's time. Many gamer's are battening down the hatches, getting ready for a several hundred hours of gameplay.

N7 day is the Bioware lead community celebration day that happens each year on November 7th. I don't remember when it started, but as a huge fan of Mass

The idea of player agency is an interesting one. How much each game has varies from game to game, but how much is a developer pushing you through an

King have been one of the dominating forces in the mobile market for a long time. Candy Crush has been a mainstay on a lot of people's mobile devices for

It's easy to say, this is just a 'shooty, shooty' bang bang game for MTN DEW chugging bros!", but really we all know video games are played by a huge variety of people and that these mainstream titles are the ones most people see Honestly, I think 343 are doing creatively interesting things with their[...]

Activision is a big fan of the live action trailer. Almost all of their major games feature one, and Call of Duty consistently makes the most exaggerated

Five Night's at Freddy's has been a very odd success. The game, has just exploded ever since the first game came out last year, already with four games to

Call of Duty seems to bring along the Nuketown map all the time. It's been that classic that the team can always reach to when it wants to please fans.

Oh boy. When Batman: Arkham Knight got pulled from Steam in June due to a bad port, you'd assume that it wouldn't turn up again until the game was

  One of my big complaints with LEGO Dimensions was that the game too often felt like it was trying to remind you how much you didn't own. Right in

I have an odd relationship with the Assassin's Creed franchise. I don't give it much thought throughout the year, unless I'm covering it in the news

It's coming to the end of the month, which means one thing in the games calendar. Free games are on the horizon. PlayStation have finally revealed their

Cortana is a very interesting case study when it comes to character design. Her evolution throughout the series has certainly become more sexualised. If

When I asked what exactly this meant, I'm told she takes inspiration from video games and anime, and these have resulted in a series of looks inspired by them. Nintendo's work has always had a very profound impact on me, especially Super Mario and the Pokemon games Magical girl anime series have also inspired me a[...]

NieR is one of Square Enix's lesser known properties, but it certainly has it's own niche audience. Every few months or so, I'll meet someone who swears

Mirror's Edge Catalyst will see the series make what some might call an 'unlikely return'. The divisive first game had passionate fans, but it was thought

While I understand why Until Dawn came out in August rather than around Halloween, with so many huge franchise titles hitting, it absolutely would still

Outlast was a remarkably good looking indie game when it came out. The game used it's night vision camera gimmick to great affect, and it was one of the

One of the most requested features on PlayStation, ever since the launch of the PlayStation 3, has been the ability to change your username on PSN.

The fact that Snake in Metal Gear Solid is based of Snake Plissken from Escape From New York isn't exactly a close guarded secret. It's a little trivia

Quantic Dream are one of Sony's most recognisable developers. Their narrative heavy content is quite controversial, but seeing what they do next will

Michel Ancel's WiLD was announced at Gamescom last year, but it has remained quiet ever since. We knew it had something to do with animals and tribalism,