Gaming

By Hugh Langley The first trailer for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens has touched down, along with information about the game’s story. The trailer mimics the first Force Awakens teaser we ever saw, but with a dash of the humour the Lego video game franchise is known for. The game, which is being developed…

By Hugh Langley Nintendo’s third-quarter results are in and they’re a mixed bag. Net profit tumbled by 36% compared to the same period last year, but sales were pretty stable, falling just 3.9%. Fine. Whatever. We hardly expected to discover that the Wii U had made a surprise overnight surge and outpaced PS4 sales. But…

By Parker Wilhelm Bethesda is returning to the stage at E3 2016, announcing via Twitter its second-ever solo showcase in Los Angeles before the massive gaming expo. Just like last year, Bethesda’s conference will be sort of a pre-show, airing two days before E3’s doors officially open. The festivities will begin at 7pm PST on…

By TechRadar Deals Our friends at PC Gamer have just awarded XCOM 2 a high score of 94 on the grounds that it’s an “absolutely masterful reworking of the already-excellent XCOM formula”. Baiscally if you played the first game and liked it, you’ll absolutely love the sequel. The game comes out on February 5 and…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln Sony PlayStation Vita Oh PS Vita, what did you do deserve this? Once a powerful, robust bit of handheld kit, you could have co-ruled the world as a herald and trusty companion to PlayStation 4. Sony even began marketing it that way in 2014, but it was too little, too late by…

By Kate Gray Page 1 Hideo Kojima is finally free. Not free in the way America is free, or free in the way “Buy Five, Get One Free” is free – he’s broken loose from the shackles of Konami like the dogs in Homeward Bound, and now he’s running around the globe like a very…

By Parker Wilhelm Poor PS Vita. Despite its impressive hardware and fair share of standout games, the handheld Sony sent to die may have hit another snag. After updating to the latest firmware, multiple Vita owners have been experiencing issues connecting to the PlayStation Store and/or being unable to put the device in sleep mode,…

By Dave James State of the Gaming Union Address – PC Our gaming experts all agree on one thing – 2016 is going to be one hell of a year to be a gamer. But which platform is going to have the best year? We’ve given our PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC gaming experts a…

By TechRadar Deals When our buddies at PC Gamer spent a couple of hours with XCOM 2 back in December they described it as “XCOM: Enemy Unknown, but better in every possible way… they took everything that you would love about the first game and made it better”. The game comes out on February 5…

By Nick Pino For the first time in 20 years, EA won’t take part in E3. In a statement released by the company today, EA says it will opt out of the crowded show floor experience at E3 2016 to host its own event in Los Angeles and London two days before the start of…

By Nick Pino For the first time in 20 years, EA won’t take part in E3. In a statement released by the company today, EA says it will opt out of the crowded show floor experience at E3 2016 to host its own event in Los Angeles and London two days before the start of…

By Chris Hoffman State of the Gaming Union Address – Nintendo Our gaming experts all agree on one thing – 2016 is going to be one hell of a year to be a gamer. But which platform is going to have the best year? We’ve given our PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC gaming experts a…

By Chris Hoffman State of the Gaming Union Address – Nintendo Our gaming experts all agree on one thing – 2016 is going to be one hell of a year to be a gamer. But which platform is going to have the best year? We’ve given our PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC gaming experts a…

By Hugh Langley Earlier this week we got a first look at the Pokémon Super Bowl TV spot, which commemorates 20 years of the Pocket Monster franchise. The Pokémon Company clearly sunk a lot of money and effort into making the minute-long video, which features a group of youngsters inspired to go out and be…

By Hugh Langley Earlier this week we got a first look at the Pokémon Super Bowl TV spot, which commemorates 20 years of the Pocket Monster franchise. The Pokémon Company clearly sunk a lot of money and effort into making the minute-long video, which features a group of youngsters inspired to go out and be…