2015 has been the year of the great big sandbox. We’ve had The Witcher 3, Phantom Pain, Fallout 4, Mad Max, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and to round a year of fast travelling, endlessly repeating quests and universally weak plot lines, we have Just Cause 3. Just Cause 2 was held…

The world of Fallout has been growing larger and larger with every iteration. Whether you’re climbing out of Vault 13 in search for a water chip or emerging from Vault 101 in search of your father, the experiences are immense with the landscapes, characters and action that inhibits the wasteland.…

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise was given universal praise back in 2013. A sequel was confirmed only six months later, which has now arrived on Microsoft home consoles. Rise Of The Tomb Raider is out now for Xbox One and Xbox 360 in North…

In the two years that the Xbox One has been available, the feature that everyone wanted was the ability to play Xbox 360 games. From November 12th, a select group of games from the previous generation will become compatible with the console. The first 100+ plus games to receive this…

It has been officially announced now, Overwatch is coming to PS4, PC and Xbox One in spring 2016, as revealed during the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2015. Blizzard's class based team shooter will be releasing simultaneously on all three platforms sometime in spring 2016, with the promise being before the…

Many Bothans died to bring us this trailer. What's that? Every hack 'games journalist' under the sun has made the Bothans reference in their Star Wars articles? Ah stop you're moaning and get on board the Star Wars hype train. This short teaser trailer from DICE and EA shows off…

Over the past few days, a mounting pile of evidence has come to light that suggests that Blizzard's free to play shooter, Overwatch, may be coming to consoles in the near future. Besides the game's UI seeming very console friendly and the in built ability to use a gamepad in…

Backwards compatibility for the Xbox One was revealed to extremely positive reception at E3 earlier this year. The feature has been in beta testing for the last several months thanks to the Xbox Preview program, but now it will be released alongside a dashboard update on November 12th 2015. As…

With only six days to go until the launch of Rise Of The Tomb Raider, the final episode of Crystal Dynamics video series Woman Vs. Wild has been uploaded to official Tomb Raider YouTube channel. For the encore performance, they have revealed an element of the gameplay that is argueably…

Endings are tricky business in games, especially when you’ve given the player the power of choice throughout the course of the story. Mass Effect 3 showed us what happens when you balls it up big time, garnering a significant backlash from the fans who felt cheated that all of their…

Warning: This is an image from the game and is possible spoilers for anyone who wishes to be in the dark for most things related to Fallout 4. If you do not wish to see the menu then feel free to read another one of our articles. Fallout 4 is out…

A week after the first episode of Women Vs. Wild, a web video series showing some of the changes made in Rise Of The Tomb Raider, another episode has been released by the kind folks at Crystal Dynamics. This time around, they have focused on the human enemies that Lara…

Fast, frantic and devilishly deep, the super-charged fighter BlazBlue is coming back to consoles for yet more chaos. Following on from the events of previous game Continuum Shift, this new entry to the much adored BlazBlue series brings us new characters, new moves, new fighting mechanics and most of all truly gorgeous visuals. Given…

Layers of Fear is now available on Xbox One's Game Preview Program. Similar to Steam's Early Access, the program lets you jump into a game before it is fully completed for a proper retail release. The game is said to be about 80% complete and will give gamers two to…

In a tweet from Bethesda today, the grand announcement has been made that Fallout 4 has gone gold. According to them, all 27 versions of the game are now ready for the November 10th launch and it is just a matter of waiting for the bombs to fall now. https://twitter.com/BethesdaStudios/status/657572737364398080…

Adam Jensen returns in a newly upgraded form, as Square Enix released a new trailer for their upcoming sci-fi action RPG Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. In this new world, augmented folks have become persecuted and placed into ghettos.  Adam certainly never asked for this, so it's time to crack the…

Recently revealed after an exclusive post-beta test, Rainbow Six Siege is looking to get more content as of its launch and it is single player to boot. However don't keep your hopes up for a full campaign mode as this is something completely different. You will be able to play…

When Rainbow Six Siege was originally unveiled I was extremely excited. As a massive fan of the series since the PlayStation One days all the way up to Vegas Two, Siege was looking to mix things up yet again. Instead of going for a straight forward narrative approach partnered by…

Ubisoft has performed a promotional stunt today in London (of course) as the launch of Assassin's Creed Syndicate looms. In celebration of the launch this Friday, a collection of Penny Farthings (those Victorian bicycles with hilariously asymmetric wheels) and appropriately dressed riders descended upon London to re-enact a typical commute…

The Star Wars: Battlefront beta just ended and we’ve been hammering away at it to see what DICE’s rendition of this classic series has to offer. Rather than just hearing the thoughts of one of our writers though, you lucky people get to hear the impressions from both Sam Foxall…

Halo 5: Guardians is almost upon us, but we have a couple of weeks to go yet. In the meantime, peruse over this latest, and highly inappropriately titled 'launch' trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh_NXwqFvHc Halo 5: Guardians gameplay with Muse's Knights of Cydonia accompaniment. God damn 343 Industries, stop doing everything so right.…