Trying to figure out how to boost your smartphone’s battery life for gaming can be a bit like opening one of those puzzle boxes. Which settings should you toggle off – or on? – and what else can you do to make sure that you squeeze every percent out of …
Read More »Release Radar: Our pick of the weeks best TV, movies, and games (August 26 – September 1)
1. The creator of Assassin’s Creed swaps history for prehistory Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (opens in new tab) is a survival game, but you can forget about weapons or gadgets or even – at least at first – walking on two legs. The latest project from Patrice Désilets – …
Read More »Metro Exodus: The Two Colonels is a love letter to Metro 2033
Read more (Image credit: 4A) Uncovering the weird and truly horrifying secrets of Metro Exodus (opens in new tab) Metro Exodus: The Two Colonels is everything that Metro Exodus (opens in new tab) wasn’t. It’s a focused crawl through the claustrophobic tunnels of a Metro system. It’s an opportunity to …
Read More »Release Radar: Our pick of the weeks best TV, movies, and games (August 19-25)
1. Prepare yourselves, Gamescom 2019 is here (Image credit: Gamescom) Gamescom is set to bring us some of this year’s biggest news in game titles, consoles, and beyond. There’s the promise of something from PlayStation – is it the PS5 (opens in new tab)? – a Microsoft conference – is …
Read More »The 10 best Peaky Blinders episodes, ranked in preparation for season 5
Since first airing in September 2013, Peaky Blinders has slowly but surely, across its four seasons, become one of the most sharply written and artfully directed shows on TV. Created by Steven Knight and very loosely based on the Birmingham street gang the Peaky Blinders who wreaked havoc in their …
Read More »Rockstar details the future of Red Dead Online: “We are only just getting started!”
If there’s one thing that Rockstar Games is keen to emphasise right now, it’s this: Red Dead Online (opens in new tab) is here to stay. Perhaps that should come as no real surprise, given how the online frontier has continued to grow and evolve since its debut back in …
Read More »The 30 best family movies to watch with the kids, from Disney classics to Studio Ghibli masterpieces
Curling up on the sofa with your loved ones for a fun family movie is a decades-old tradition. There really are few things nicer than settling down in front of the television, snacks in hand, for a film that everyone – young and old – can enjoy. However, finding the …
Read More »Big question: What game do you want to see a World Cup of?
With the cheers from the Fortnite World Cup Solos Finals (opens in new tab) still ringing in our ears, we couldn’t help but wonder what kind of World Cup we could win. An Overcooked contest in front of thousands of fine dining fans? A Dance Dance Revolution shimmy to the …
Read More »What its like to attend Weatherstock, the decade old music festival held every year in The Lord of the Rings Online
I’ll admit it: I’m not really the “festival type”, if there even is such a thing. But when the chance to attend a day of music inside The Lord of the Rings Online came along, I randomly generated myself a new hobbit without hesitation. Surely, I thought, it’s just all …
Read More »Exclusive: Rian Johnson runs us through the suspects in his new murder mystery movie Knives Out
Having taken a deserved break from a galaxy far, far away to work on other projects, The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson returns to cinemas later this year with the murder mystery Knives Out. The movie begins with a famed crime novelist Harlan Thrombrey (Christopher Plummer) inviting his extended (and …
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