Just because Anthem is the big new project at BioWare doesn’t mean the studio has put Mass Effect and Dragon Age in mothballs. But it’s good news for Mass Effect fans who feared the worst after that whole Mass Effect: Andromeda thing. But the usual round of DLC expansions never materialized and sequel talk has been totally non-existent, even though Mass Effect: Andromeda was framed as a new beginning for the series. The series’ future has been uncertain since then, so it’s encouraging to hear th

Assassin’s Creed landed and gave us an insight into the generation’s most exciting development, the advancement of the open-world sandbox. New horizons The 25 best open-world games to play right nowA new engine and story were just the beginning. Assassin’s Creed was as perfect of a melding of art and design as you could hope to see in 2007. Ubisoft successfully constructed one of the biggest franchises in the video game world in Assassin’s Creed, and its influence is still felt across the indust

The studio behind Life is Strange and Vampyr has finally given us a first look at its next project, Life is Strange 2 . In that short spin-off, we play as Chris, a 10-year old boy who imagines he has superpowers. Speaking of superpowers, in this teaser we see officer Matthews and his car being pushed back by some kind of kinetic energy. Could it be that Life is Strange 2 focuses on what happens when Chris develops the powers he pretended to have as a child? Hopefully we’ll get more definitive an

After all, this is the Marvel title that’s got to follow on from the ridiculousness that is Avengers: Infinity War . Of course though, these villains are nothing without a hero, and what a hero Marvel’s Spider-Man is shaping up to be. Helpful, rather than hindering, is exactly what you’d hope for with a game that’s dropping you into a story mid-way. There will always be parallels between what Spider-Man does with combat and what the Batman Arkham series has cemented. It’s cheesy and a little bit

Sunset Overdrive launched at a time when the Xbox One wasn’t doing so well. Speaking to Insomniac’s Creative Director, Brian Intihar, at a Spider-Man preview event, he stated that the team’s experience making Sunset Overdrive kickstarted the work on Spidey. “Previous to Spider-Man we made a game called Sunset Overdrive. And that’s exactly what Intihar says the team has done, citing Sunset Overdrive as the basis for making Spider-Man, “especially for swinging and overall world creation”. Insomnia

This week’s Fortnite Battle Pass Challenges ask you to Search between a gas station, soccer pitch and stunt mountain, for Season 5 Week 4, to find those free Battle Stars. Search between a gas station, soccer pitch and stunt mountainYou’re heading to C4 on the map for this Battle Pass challenge, just south of Pleasant Park. And, as you get closer, you should be able to make out the little black roof of the gas station. Handily there’s a big patch of brown dirt almost smack in the middle of the t

What’s in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta? When does the Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta start? How do I get into the Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta? This beta is private, meaning that you’ll have to pre-order Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 if you want to gain access to it. Can I pre-load the Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta?

Avengers: Infinity War would’ve gone off without a hitch had Ant-Man and the Wasp been involved. We even asked the cast how they would have defeated Thanos and there was a couple of great answers, ones that involve shrinking, snot, and brain punching. “Most certainly she would have flown up [Thanos’] nose,” explains Evangeline Lilly, without a trace of irony. Though, of course, as you might well know from Ant-Man and the Wasp’s post-credits scene, that’s easier said than done. Maybe we’ll see on

If you’ve ever picked up a Metal Gear Solid game in your life then you’ll know the series tends to, frankly, get a bit weird. That’s why it’s so refreshing to hear, then, that Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the Metal Gear Solid movie, is intent on keeping all the elements that make Metal Gear… well, Metal Gear. Remember Metal Gear Solid 3’s minutes-long Codec calls on Japanese cinema and how, yes, Solid Snake can get a bit solid (for lack of a better term) when seeing a poster of a model drape

The huge number of games coming to PC that are traditionally considered ‘console fare’ means grabbing the best controller for PC gaming is more important than ever. So what makes for the best PC controller? We’ve rounded up the essential options for enjoying the best PC games out there. Enter the incredible Xbox Elite, a solution to all the issues plaguing the original controller (as well as it’s 360 predecessor) and the best PC controller available. The best VPN for gaming to keep you safeThese

When playing for the first time, you’re not only wondering exactly how to play Fortnite, but you’re also greeted with your Fortnite Season Level and your free Battle Pass tier. The latter you can choose to upgrade this to the paid Battle Pass tier if you want. Fortnite can become somewhat of a grind if you want to increase your season level quickly but thankfully, there are a couple of ways to earn extra XP than usual. Buy yourself the Battle Pass and tick off those challengesIf you want to buy

It’s a wonderful time to be young, broke, and on the hunt for the best free PC games. There’s a growing number of games available completely free that rival their $60 counterparts, and the lion’s share of those games are on PC. And if you want to spend a bit of money, well here are the best PC games available right now, and the best classic PC games of all time. Here are the best gaming PCs for 2018Kit yourself out with the best gaming keyboard availableUpgrade your visuals with the best gaming

Hearthstone and Elder Scrolls Legends should prepare for battle, because Valve’s new fantasy card game has a release date. If you’ve missed the hype, the TLDR is that Valve has been hard at work on its first entry into the card game genre, showing it off to journalists back in March. Valve is promising “the deepest gameplay and highest fidelity experience ever in a fantasy card game.” Or, to put it another way, if conventional card games are like chess (which I know they aren’t), then Artifact i

Ubisoft’s ‘make you own level’ Arcade game editor in Far Cry 5 has been used to make some cool things. But by far the most impressive creations are when people create something recognisably not Far Cry, like movies to whole other game franchise. The skill here is mushing together the various objects and landscapes provided – including [deep breath] Far Cry 5, Far Cry 4 and Far Cry Primal , Assassin’s Creed: Origins , Assassin’ Creed: Unity , Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag and Watch Dogs – to creat

Some consider Altered Beast to be one of the best games to emerge from a ‘golden age’ of arcade play. So, why is Altered Beast so divisive? Back in 1988, Altered Beast was a high-profile project from Sega, who published both the arcade cabinet and console versions. It’s tough to find many people who can name all of the transformations, as Altered Beast was insanely difficult. Altered Beast, or Beast King Chronicle, as it was known in Japan, managed to troll the player throughout.

There’s a moment in Luke Cage season 2 that is cringe-worthy levels of manufactured. Then, as if by incredibly convenient magic, Danny Rand himself walks into Pop’s Barbershop, eager to team up and help out his friend in true, comic book fashion. I know it sounds like stating the obvious, but it helps that Luke Cage isn’t Iron Fist’s show, either. Netflix’s Danny Rand is still not the perfect televisual representation of Iron Fist and, for some, he never will be. Nevertheless, the fact that I’m

You don’t know drama until you’ve heard about the stuff the Greek gods got up to. From extra-marital affairs to over-the-top shows of vengeance, the gods of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey were royal pains in the arse – which is exactly why you shouldn’t fight them in the game, but try to keep them under control instead. Now that Assassin’s Creed is voyaging into full-blown RPG territory, with its dialogue options, romanceable NPCs, and multiple endings, it’s the perfect time to include some quests th

You might not know and, frankly, neither did the Ant-Man and the Wasp cast, which is why we tested their insect knowledge with a very special game of True or False. Spoiler: Michael Douglas didn’t do too well. It is, of course, true – Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly answered correctly – but poor Michael Douglas, already looking perplexed by the question, answered wrong. Evangeline Lilly must’ve been swotting up because she got the answer right: they do live everywhere except the harsh climes of A

Case in point: everyone’s talking about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, especially after its trailer for this weekend’s multiplayer beta features snippets of gameplay for Blackout (the hotly anticipated Battle Royale mode). Meanwhile, Call of Duty WW2, Sledgehammer’s latest take on the series from last year, is making a noble, albeit comparatively unnoticed effort to tide its community over until October, when the Black Ops sequel releases. Days of Summer also brings new updates to Call of Duty WW2’s

Avengers: Infinity War may have seen Thanos reign triumphant, having snapped half the universe out of existence, but it seems to have come at a cost. In fact, the damage is so great, as director Joe Russo reveals, it may just offer an in for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to take back control come Avengers 4. The Avengers: Infinity War director’s commentary – which is included in the digital release of the movie and is out now – sees Joe Russo explain a little bit about what happened to the Mad Titan