Gaming

By Dan Griliopoulos Introduction Update: Hop in your spaceship, throw on some headphones and get comfy because because the latest entry on our list would take you over 500 billion years to truly complete. Read onto number 11 to find out more! 2015 was the year of the open world game. Every game franchise iteration…

By Kane Fulton Introduction Often referred to as ‘the beautiful game’, football (or soccer – take your pick) offers up a seemingly never-ending supply of excitement, mystery and surprise. Leicester City winning England’s Premier League recently went down as one of the biggest shocks in sporting history, and who could’ve predicted the USA team’s coming…

By Parker Wilhelm What’s old is new again…again, as Nintendo announced another miniature version of its classic consoles – this time with the one that started it all: The Nintendo Family Computer. Originally released in Japan on July 15, 1983, the Family Computer – or Famicom – was the birthplace of such gaming standards as…

By Lewis Leong We still don’t know much about Nintendo’s mysterious NX console, but that’s not stopping Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot from praising Nintendo. “I believe Nintendo will be back in the race with the NX,” said Guillemot during a meeting with Ubisoft investors, according to French journalist Chloé Woitier. “The new Nintendo [console] is…

By Darren Allan Logitech has unleashed the C922 Pro Stream webcam, with which the company aims to cater for the needs of serious game streamers without breaking the bank. Of course, you want to look your best when streaming to your Twitch or YouTube audience, and we don’t mean making sure you’ve done your hair…

By Gabe Carey Introduction Update: Prefer to play the Halo maps you’ve designed yourself? Located at number 12 on our list, our latest entry, Halo 5: Forge, accomplishes just that. What’s the best shooter on the PC or consoles ever? That’s a good – but loaded – question, as there are a ton that we…

By Emma Boyle With only a couple of weeks left until the official launch of PlayStation VR, it’s time for Sony to start ramping up the hype. It’s starting off with an unboxing of the core bundle package. In a video posted to the official PlayStation blog, Sid Shuman is showing fans exactly what they’re…

By Nick Pino and Jon Porter Breakaway It seems like you can’t look anywhere these days without some company trying to replicate League of Legends or DOTA 2’s success. Character-based arena brawlers and shooters are everywhere. In 2016 year alone, we saw For Honor, Battleborn, Overwatch and will soon get another with Gigantic later this…

By Jon Porter Not content to be a leading online retailer, streaming service, ebook publisher, and grocery store, Amazon has finally unveiled its ambitious videogame publishing plans. The company announced the news on the eve of 2016’s TwitchCon, a convention surrounding the Amazon-owned livestreaming service. Three games were announced onstage: Crucible, a multiplayer first-person shooter;…

By Kevin Parrish Co-op gaming on the couch or over the coax Update: Want to team up with friends to break down walls and snipe random people on the Internet? Don’t we all. Rainbow Six Siege has been added as number 8 on our list! Sometimes, solo play just isn’t all that fun, and there…

By Andrew Williams Introduction Update: New to our list is Deux Ex: Mankind Divided at number 11! Sharpen your broadsword and start thinking about your favourite character stat because it is time to look at the PC RPG games you should all be playing. We’re not going to be looking back to the early 90s…

By Kevin Parrish Games that only a PC can provide Update: At number 8, we’ve added Total War: Warhammer to our list, the latest entry in a long-running tabletop franchise, perfected for the PC. Strategy games make you think. They’re not like most shooters that offer mindless gameplay, or the adventure game that has you…

By Emma Boyle Since its release, Sony’s PlayStation 4 has largely dominated the console market, continually revealing impressive sales figures that outstripped those of its closest competitor, Microsoft’s Xbox One. Now, however, it looks like there could be a reversal in fortune taking place as the companies release new slimmer versions of their consoles. According…

By Emma Boyle It was announced in 2013 that films based on the games Portal and Half-Life would eventually be coming to the big screen, but since then information has been fairly thin on the ground. But speaking to IGN recently, J.J. Abrams has reassured fans that both films are absolutely still in development and…

By Emma Boyle The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK has confirmed that after receiving “several complaints”, it’s launching an investigation into the game No Man’s Sky. The investigation is focusing in particular on how No Man’s Sky is being advertised on the Steam store, with the videos and screenshots being reported by players as…