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I was shaking when Jon smashed in Ramsay Bolton’s face in episode 9 (opens in new tab) of Game of Thrones. It felt like nourishing revenge for years of plotting, abuse and thoughtless sausage-consumption. Smirk about that, you glass-eyed prick. But when Ramsay’s hounds gnawed off his flesh, I began …

I find myself confused by Resident Evil 7. Not negative towards it, you understand, but confused. The game’s surprise reveal at E3 2016 was undoubtedly one of my most whoop-worthy highlights of the show. It was exactly what I’d been saying that Capcom needed to do with the series. For …

Warning: This feature contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones S6.09. If you haven’t seen the latest episode of Game of Thrones (opens in new tab) yet, first of all, what are you doing here? Go away and watch it. Battle of the Bastards (opens in new tab) really is …

It’s not often you get to feel like you’re actually flying a starship as part of a crew, but that’s exactly what Ubi’s four player VR experience achieves. Let’s skip past the practicalities of finding three friends with headsets for now, and get to the good bit: it’s the spaceship …

In my time with Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr, I destroyed at least a dozen massive, ancient techno-pillars. A few of those were providing cover for hostile heretics, but mostly I just liked watching all the pieces crumble to the floor. I mean, If you give me a recharging grenade …

There’s something about zooming down a mountain strapped to a board that makes me want to hide under a rock in real life but immediately gear up with pixelated snow gear. I’m not sure what doesn’t appeal about the real thing. Maybe it’s the compound fractures… Ubi’s surprise ‘snowboarding come …

The true beauty of E3 (opens in new tab) is the show’s variety. With such a plethora of video games, there’s always going to be something for everyone. Even the most curmudgeonly among you will have raised an (inner) cheer for at least one game. Most of you will have …

The first thing I did in Sea of Thieves (opens in new tab) was play the accordion. It seemed like the right thing to do in a tavern surrounded by scallywags swilling grog. Once we drunkenly stumbled onto our galleon, I further earned the loyalty of my crew by teaching …

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab) knows that you just think it’s just going to be Zelda. Breath of the Wild waits for you to underestimate it from the moment it starts, when Link wakes up in a stoney tomb after 100 years of …

Here’s the secret no one will tell you about ReCore (opens in new tab) from Comcept and Armature: It’s a fishing game. And it wasn’t until I was trying to reel in the core of an evil, corrupted robot that I realized how badly I needed what I’m now going …