Fast forward to today, and replaying Soma in Safe Mode feels like driving an open highway without any speed bumps to slow you down. It’s within this slightly modified Safe Mode setting where Soma’s story finds new life. As preferable as Safe Mode is for someone like myself, and indeed many others, it’s so important that Frictional Games has implemented it as an optional, alternative feature. Read more The 20 best horror games of all timeGranted, for a lot of titles, it’s not as simple as turning

But at the same time, a game like Destiny ultimately thrives on more involved, sustained, demanding engagement. Become legend (the easy way) Destiny 2 complete campaign walkthrough and guidesNow, it’s easy to cynically pick holes in the post. The new cosmetic armour ornaments, for instance, provide new prizes to chase, but they do nothing to address the concern that Destiny 2’s armour selection is currently uninspiring in its functionality. If Bungie creates them, and adds enough specialness to

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I recently had the chance to chat to Far Cry 5 ’s Dan Hay about the game he’s helped shape as a producer since Far Cry 3. You build systems that collide and you let players play with them, and they’re going to have a great experience and they’re going to do it the way they want. They have to have a story, they have to have a reason why they’re doing what they’re doing. They have to have a belief that makes it so that it’s believable and even justifies, in their mind, why they’re doing what they’

Xur’s back in your life with guns, hats and armour for all in Destiny 2. This week that’s Sweet Business, Lucky Raspberry, Skull of Dire Ahamkara and Synthoceps, specifically. Xur’s back in Winding Cove on Earth, so you should know the drill by now: select the Winding Cove travel point and head straight ahead towards the big rock when you arrive. Take the right up the road and then stop at the green rocks on your left and head in there. Xur’s up on the cliff so look for more green rocks on the l

Daisy Ridley probably has a checklist as long as a Wookiee’s arm of things she should absolutely never ever mention pre-Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s release. So, guess who went and got a bit *too* chatty about Star Wars 8’s final scenes? You guessed it… Probable spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi to follow…Speaking to Glamour (via ComicBook.com), Ridley revealed a little of what happens at the very end of the movie whilst discussing filming alongside the late Carrie Fisher. It all sounds very S

So, you’ve polished off Stranger Things season 2, swept aside Star Trek Discovery and have already watched Game of Thrones season 7 three times in the past month. Netflix’s Dark, that’s what. Part Stranger Things, part Twin Peaks, and all-round ‘WTF is going on?’, Dark promises to be your next big binge watch for the holiday season. It’s unclear exactly who is friend and who is foe, as the mystery surrounding the various disappearances (some of which date back decades) slowly unravels. For more

For once, here’s a story about Star Wars Battlefront 2 changes that doesn’t have anything to do with loot boxes. EA and developer DICE just released a new update for the game, and though they’re already up to update 1.03, this is the first one to make significant tweaks beyond “polish”. As of update 1.03, Battlefront 2 simply highlights the top five players by score at the end of a match. Update 1.03 makes many more changes to the in-game experience, including fixes for several sticky spots that

Well, this December is going to feel like a blast from the past, because Super Mario Cereal is 100% a real thing coming to your local grocery store. Super Mario Cereal won’t be a permanent addition to the cereal aisle, mind you – these boxes are considered to be limited edition. Tap the cereal box to your Nintendo Switch and you can earn coins or a heart in Super Mario Odyssey. Super Mario Cereal may bring back memories of the good old days when boxes of cereal contained full-fledged toys, but t

GamesRadar+: What was it about Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier that made you want to make time for the project? We didn’t want to make a sort of video game of the movie, because that didn’t interest me in the slightest. So we at Imaginarium sat down and created this choice-based game idea where you can play as apes and human beings. So now, you see this traffic of really good actors who want to be in video games, and good screenwriters who want to write scripts for video games. Also, modern vi

We know you’ve watched the Avengers: Infinity War trailer by now – heck, if you’re like us, you’ve probably watched it a few (dozen) times, analyzing it frame-by-frame. Homer SimpsonNot much to say about this one other than ‘Mmmm, Infinity Donut…’Joss WhedonWhy does Thanos look more like Joss Whedon than Josh Brolin? So maybe not quite a villain for the Avengers, but maybe this version of Thanos could cross paths with the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. His unique pose, passion for cooking, and charming

Activision and Amazon have jointly released a special new “Destiny 2 Ghost Skill” for Alexa, letting the in-home assistant answer questions and complete in-game tasks for you (complete with voice acting by Nolan North). Bring your Ghost to life with the Destiny 2 Ghost Skill. Use voice commands to interact with your Ghost via Amazon Alexa devices. Enable the free Ghost Skill at https://t.co/BXa9bOuGkB Learn more at https://t.co/n333ReZGlc pic.twitter.com/QTD8TBpNLtNovember 30, 2017With the skill

Here we are in 2017 and Super Mario Odyssey starts with Princess Peach being taken hostage once again, and this time round Bowser’s set on marrying her. I’ve never been one to idolise Princess Peach. Despite her 30 years of damselling, Princess Peach is about to embrace life as a modern woman in a way that came as a total shock to someone who’s been following her oppression from the start. It’s something that started with showing Zelda’s fragility in Breath of the Wild and has finished with the

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One of the most exciting additions to Hearthstone, courtesy of next month’s expansion Kobolds & Catacombs, is a brand-spanking-new single-player mode called Dungeon Run. “We knew the Kobolds & Catacombs set was going to be about treasure and loot. “Dungeon Runs play so fast, it doesn’t feel bad to lose,” promises Kosak. Kobolds & Catacombs will be available on December 7 in North America and December 8 in Europe. You can pre-purchase the new Kobolds & Catacombs cards in preparation now.

The video game demo has been around since immemorial; a complimentary slice of introductory gameplay to showcase what the full title has to offer. Let’s rundown the best PS4 demos that are (quite literally) worth your free time. There’s a free demo on the PS4 that throws you headfirst into the first 30 minutes of its blistering campaign. You can freely enjoy its massive online world all the way up to level 35 for no cost, which makes it one of the most valuable free demos on PS4. PlayStation VR

He’s kissed his sister, indirectly killed his dad, had a hand lopped off, and, if an early draft of Star Wars: The Last Jedi had come to fruition, he would’ve lost his sight too. Speaking to Rolling Stone, the Star Wars 8 director opened up about going down the well-trodden Star Wars path of Samurai influences, including having a sight-impaired mentor: “I had a brief idea I was chasing where I was like, ‘What if Luke is blind? Didn’t stick.”Johnson also mentions that this was before even Star Wa

It’s a little disconcerting that big-name Star Wars players (who have, really, only just arrived on the scene) are talking about finishing up their roles, but here we are. Daisy Ridley is pretty sure she’s three-and-done when it comes to Rey; Star Wars 9 is planning to be her last turn as the scavenger-turned-Jedi apprentice. I hadn’t read the script, but from what I could tell, it was really nice people involved, so I was just like, ‘Awesome.’ Maybe.”So, other than Daisy Ridley predicting the e

The most exciting news for loot hounds is the Masterworks weapon tier, as it seems to take us at least part way back to the golden age of unique stat rolls for weapons. In Bungie’s words: “A new Weapon Tier: Masterworks, which will feature stat trackers, random, re-rollable stat bonuses, unique item tooltips, and item details screens.” Starting December 12, Legendary weapons will have the potential to drop as – or if you have them already, be upgraded to – these new Masterworks versions. These M

The first Avengers: Infinity War trailer has arrived, and hype levels are through the roof. The Power Stone was given to the Nova Corps at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy. But in the Infinity War trailer he’s in human form, seemingly in a daze at the bottom of a large hole. Why does Thanos look like cartoon Bruce Willis? Why does Vision look human?