Madden 18 will divide opinion among fans of the long-running football franchise. Longshot mode, essentially a fully-stocked story mode, is a much-needed welcome addition – with a genuinely interesting narrative to boot – but, away from the flagship [...]
At a time when so many of the best games excel primarily as exercising in immersive world-building, you would think that more major publishers would be trying to port games into virtual reality. Fallout 4 VR, one of the few ports coming to VR, gives us [...]
In terms of pure gameplay, I’ll be surprised if there’s a better FPS than LawBreakers this year. I’ll be surprised if there’s a better pure action game of any variety, in fact. Forget that it’s a mid-scale project from a new studio. Forget that it’s a [...]
Agents of Mayhem is the M-rated comedy equivalent of watching GI Joe, playing with action figures, and joking around with friends. Its neon-bright world is established by animated cutscenes that evoke the low-budget vibe of merchandised-to-hell cartoons, [...]
This is how we roll in my corner of the Mushroom Kingdom. First Mario gets into position, popping out from behind hard cover to take a potshot at the rabbids who’ve been messing up the manor. Once he’s done a little damage, I activate his Hero Sight. Some [...]
Real-world Formula One is often criticised for being too complicated. Like it or loathe it, the fuel-saving, tyre-managing, pit stop strategising tomfoolery is simply part of the modern sport, and isn’t going away any time soon. F1 2017 doesn’t even [...]
Absolver is the type of game to make me wonder if I need to take anger management therapy. I nearly broke my hand playing this game; and I’m not being cute or funny here, I literally pounded my clenched fist into my chair’s armrests so hard [...]
I doubt you’ll find many people who played the original Life is Strange who didn’t shed a little tear at the end (or least wanted to, but were too manly to actually cry). Its powerful relationships, strong characters, and attention to the little human [...]
