Gaming

By techradar All together now: der der der, der der der der der derrrrrrr! Yes, there’s only one thing people are talking about this week, and that’s Star Trek. We kid! It’s Star Wars, of course! With techradar continuing to embrace the dark side as techvadar, we’ve been waving kitchen roll tubes around like they’re…

By Dave James Best LEGO Star Wars sets When two of the most powerful forces in the galaxy come together you can be sure for explosive results. No, we’re not talking about the Sith facing off against the Jedi in an epic battle of Dark versus Light sides of the Force. We’re talking about the…

By Hugh Langley We’re expecting HTC and Valve to reveal the second-generation Vive virtual reality headset at CES 2016, but thanks to some eagle-eyed Redditors we’ve just got ourselves an early look. A bit of detective work on the Vive developer site unearthed some intriguing new pictures, revealing what we assume to be the updated…

By Hugh Langley We’re expecting HTC and Valve to reveal the second-generation Vive virtual reality headset at CES 2016, but thanks to some eagle-eyed Redditors we’ve just got ourselves an early look. A bit of detective work on the Vive developer site unearthed some intriguing new pictures, revealing what we assume to be the updated…

By Lily Prasuethsut Update: VirZoom will be providing the first 1,000 pre-orders with a free, lifetime subscription to VirZoom Plus. The Plus subscription adds to the game library by enabling real-time multiplayer, global leaderboards and fitness profile tracking. Find out more from the company’s blog here. Story continued below… There are more standing experiences and…

By Parker Wilhelm Fashion is cyclical, and apparently, so is gaming. Long-lost video game pioneer and creator of the ColecoVision, Coleco, is putting out its first console in nearly three decades with the Coleco Chameleon. The Chameleon is just as retro in function as Coleco is in name, as it is going to play games…

By Parker Wilhelm Fashion is cyclical, and apparently, so is gaming. Coleco, the long-lost video game pioneer and creator of the ColecoVision, is putting out its first console in nearly three decades. The Coleco Chameleon is just as retro in function as Coleco is in name, as it’s going to play games exclusively on cartridges,…

By Hugh Langley Update: Microsoft has corrected its original statement, which claimed there were 19 backwards compatible games. The list below has been updated to reflect the correct lineup. Original article below… Microsoft has announced that a load of more Xbox 360 titles are now working on the Xbox One, via the console’s backwards compatibility…

By Hugh Langley Microsoft has announced that a load of more Xbox 360 titles are now working on the Xbox One via the console’s backwards compatibility feature. 19 new games join the existing 104 backwards compatible titles that launched in November, which included Fallout 3, Gears of War 2 and Borderlands. From today, Halo: Reach,…

By James Peckham Star Wars Battlefront review: a second opinion This is our second opinion review of Star Wars Battlefront. One month on from release, how is the game standing up? We’ve gone back to take a look. Read our review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens As soon as that big AT-AT foot dropped…

By Lily Prasuethsut There are more standing experiences and games for virtual reality headsets in development now but none that require you to actually work out and break a sweat. That’s what the VirZoom bike wants to do. The VR stationary bike by company VirZoom made waves earlier this year during E3 where it was…

By James O’Malley Star Wars simply hasn’t received enough promotion* yet, so thankfully, with just hours to go until we can finally see The Force Awakens, Google has created an interactive Star Wars game that lets you use your phone as a Lightsaber. Seriously. Lightsaber Escape puts you into the shoes of a Jedi, wandering…

By Hugh Langley Hideo Kojima, father of the Metal Gear franchise (and Zone of the Enders, lest we forget) has announced that he is forming a new studio, Kojima Productions. Kojima seemingly left publisher Konami in October, after the launch of Metal Gear Solid 5, and a question mark has been hanging over the fate…

By Hugh Langley “Ok, I want to try this standing up,” I say 10 minutes into my demo. I feel a bit uneasy, but I want to do this properly – I want to feel like there’s an actual possibility I might plummet to my death. Crytek has been creating some buzz around its upcoming…

By Farrha Khan Regardless of how much you may like or dislike Star Wars Battlefront, or what system you’re playing it on, there is one thing you can’t deny – it’s a damn fine looking game. But a new YouTube clip from user jackfrags has us in awe of just how good looking this game…