I’ve solved everything from escort missions and stealth bits to those times when NPCs try to crawl out of the television to steal your shoes. The problem is that a new kind of potion can be imagined up to solve any situation in a plot. It’s high time we guzzled down a potion of elbowing and elbowed potions out of gaming for good. That sweet purple sap Calpol has soothed the fevered brows of babes since (I’m guessing) caveman times. The solution is not at the bottom of a bottle, but might be in a

And the best example is in the 2017 reboot, if only because of the scale. As the Inquisitor, you’re there playing The Great Game – a phrase used to describe the Machiavellian politics of Orlais. It’s also a great way of cementing your relationship with your missing father; as any parent knows, gifts are the way to a child’s heart. And there’s a secret Portal party happening at the end of the game: you’re just not invited. MinecraftAs well as being deeply creative, Minecraft is a great way to han

It’s actually pretty easy to get started, but the true path to digital domination is paved with good intentions and a lot of hard work. You need to find your niche, then you’ve gotta find your voice, and then you need to start producing that delicious, click-baiting content. Know your nicheIf you want any chance of finding success on YouTube you are going to need a strong sense of the kind of content that you want to produce. Get a cameraIf you want to people to idolise you on YouTube you’ll nee

Sure, our pet favorite games might seem niche to some, or simply wouldn’t make sense as part of the collaborative final list – but that doesn’t mean we love them any less. So why not share all our personal favorites with you, and shine a spotlight on these worthwhile runner-ups? A Mortician’s TalePlatform(s): PCDying in games is nothing new, but not many games deal with what happens after death. You’ll have prepare bodies for burial or cremation, with the option to meet the families of the dearl

The second half of season 2 due March 1st 2018 so now’s the perfect time to get caught up. In fact, Welcome to the Jungle does something which many movies have failed to achieve before it – it’s actually a pretty decent video game movie. The idea to change the Jumanji board game into an old console is inspired and allows for something which most video game movie adaptations are denied. For Honor’s first Christmas event looks to nail the festive video game formulaBecause what’s more festive than

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is GamesRadar+’s Game of the Year 2017 and this is your shocked face. But one big reason why the wildly inventive game still manages to feel so good may be more surprising. And a lot of that was re-thinking things specific to Zelda,” Fujibayashi explained. “You know, ‘Zelda games have always been like this so we have to make it like this.’ Near the end of development, that meant 300 people put down their tools and spent roughly a week doing nothing but pla

Already famous for its outrageous zipline scene, it embraces the rude and crude with enthusiasm. Cheerfully sex-positive – one sex tip demo may do for grapefruit what American Pie did for baked goods – it’s keen to let its fortyish heroines get down to business. Sassy in the bonus interviews and dynamite on screen, motor-mouthed clown Tiffany Haddish is deservedly the film’s breakout star. Handy with a killer quip, or a broken bottle, she’s a one-woman riot. EXTRAS: Commentary, Featurettes, Dele

From road tripping buddies to rapping dogs, we’ve picked out our favourite quintessentially Japanese games to grace Sony’s consoles. Final Fantasy 15It looks like a road trip through Americana, but at heart this is still a Japanese RPG: favouring teamwork through party-based combat, check. OkamiIt plays like a masterpiece as much as it looks like one, the traditional Japanese art visuals not aging a day. Persona 5Living the Japanese life is one of Persona’s greatest draws, especially now you can

The opening credits of Life is Strange see Max Caulfield put in her earbuds as she walks Blackwell Academy’s corridors. While the studio had played with the idea of time travel and manipulation before, in its debut game Remember Me, it found the perfect setting in Life is Strange. Arcadia Bay and its denizens feel alive, despite iffy lip-syncing and some instances of questionable dialogue, because of the little things. Sometimes, Life is Strange seems to suggest at this point, there is a right t

Rian Johnson and Disney first began work on Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2014, so what you’re seeing in cinemas right now is the product of three years of spit-balling, storytelling, and a lot of hard work. The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (by Phil Szostak and Lucasfilm) is the book you’ll need to get your hands on if you’re interested in seeing how the film began its journey to the big screen. The high quality hardcover boasts page upon page of tantalising pieces of concept art, each one show

Auditions can make or break a career, which is why Bill Skarsgard probably saw the need to drive through Los Angeles in full clown makeup to audition for Pennywise in the It movie… and that’s not even the strangest part. That’s a skill I don’t have.”When in doubt, however, ask your girlfriend to apply the clown makeup. “And then I get into the car and had to drive across L.A. in this clown makeup. He still had to walk to the audition: “The audition was not on a studio lot, so I had to park and w

If you thought it couldn’t get any worse, then you haven’t seen the reviews for Netflix Original Movie, Bright. The Emoji Movie may have staked a claim to be utterly unwatchable, but at least they didn’t spend $90m on something so bad it’s been almost universally panned. Just how bad is Bright? – IndieWire (F)“There’s boring, there’s bad, and then there’s Bright, a movie so profoundly awful that Republicans will probably try to pass it into law over Christmas break. In reality, Ayer and Landis’s

We’re not just about PC gaming over at the PC Gamer Weekender – tabletop and board games are going to be represented in style, too, with a selection of some of the newest and best non-digital gaming experiences ready to be pored over and played. The likes of the absolutely superb Codenames and the new Catan/Game of Thrones crossover edition will be on hand, thanks to Esdevium Games and Gamesquest. You’ll be able to get a good look at many different titles, including (but not limited to):A Game o

Since the early 1990s, the film industry has “treated” us to a steady stream of motion pictures based on video games. When Netflix’s Castlevania premiered in July, a four-episode precursor to a fuller second season, it was met with unanimous praise. Netflix also has The Witcher forthcoming, albeit based on author Andrej Sapkowski’s books rather than the games they inspired. Read more Why the Castlevania TV show on Netflix tells the Belmonts’ story better than any game couldYakuza is a perfect pl

Those classic games were great in their day; their title characters are icons for a reason. But as someone who remembers when games were in black-and-white, I reckon looking backwards is the wrong thing to do. Games are simply better now, and we should revel in what today’s hardware is capable of. Crash got ‘fur-K’ graphics, but what more could he have had if set completely free from his old games? For more great PlayStation coverage, you can subscribe here.

When you talk about No Man’s Sky, it’s hard not to feel compelled to address it in the context of the reactions people had in the days and weeks following its release. Atlas Rises, though, is the big one, the one that changes everything. Read more 5 features the No Man’s Sky Atlas Rises update adds that really do change the gameI’ve deleted my old save file and started fresh, waking up on a toxic planet with nought but a multi-tool. That elephant in the room for No Man’s Sky, the reactions at re

His actor issues resolved remarkably, Scott steers his ideas-rich, character-based thriller with brisk authority. Ridley Scott’s latest has its work cut out convincing audiences to look beyond its Kevin Spacey-shaped backstory. These ideas reverberate without reducing tension, which Scott stokes terrifically for a multi-viewpoint race against mounting odds to rescue Paul. Though some climactic set-pieces trade facts for grandeur, All the Money… remains indisputably impressive as its own rescue o

Before PlayStation VR launched, I got a little impatient and bought a Samsung Gear VR. Now that PlayStation VR is with us, it’s interesting to note that the opposite seems to be the case. Read more The best PlayStation VR games to make you question realityDon’t get me wrong: what’s there is great. Obviously, since PS4 is a games console first and foremost it makes sense that the focus for PS VR’s first year has been on making a lot of great games. For more great PlayStation coverage, you can sub

Gunning down, knifing, and battering mobsters you have no personal truck with is Hotline Miami’s central, bloody hook. Except that it frequently is, on account of Hotline Miami being – did we say this already? “If enemies reacted to the gunshots and bodies, they would destroy the puzzles in the room,” Wedin said. Hotline Miami arrived on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita just after E3 2013, where indie games were given centre stage at the unveiling of PlayStation 4. Sadly Sony’s handheld no lon

Two decades on, you’d figure a contemporary digital combo of those two things would be cherished unconditionally; yet the official Ashes Cricket game has been out on PS4 and Xbox One for a month, and… no one seems to care. In late 2012 I was editor of the UK’s Official PlayStation Magazine, and we received heavy, constant reader correspondence surrounding the release – or rather, non-release – of Ashes Cricket 2013. “The last cricket game I bought and enjoyed was EA Cricket 2007. Ashes Cricket i