With twice as many protagonists as Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (opens in new tab) (that’s four total!), the RadioRadar+ podcast heads to 19th-century London this week. Ludwig, Susan, Ashley and Lucas discuss Ubisoft’s latest slice of historic mayhem before getting properly stuck in the past with fond(ish) memories of Castlevania, Rocket …
Read More »Tom Ellis stars in first trailer for Lucifer
One day after granting their latest comic book adaptation a full series order, Fox has now dropped the first trailer for Lucifer. Based on the original character created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith and Mike Dringenberg for DC’s cult imprint Vertigo, the series traces the story of the titular fallen …
Read More »But is it art? Why Okami is remembered so fondly
Despite near-universal rave reviews and a rating of 93 on Metacritic, Okami (opens in new tab) suffered low sales that resulted in the sad and untimely demise of its developer, Clover Studio. Why? Because it’s a game about a wolf with a magic paintbrush. It was never going to shift …
Read More »The most useless Pokemon hides an awesome secret
Games often contain jokes, but it’s rare for them to play one on their own audience. Pokémon’s Magikarp, however, is a practical joke, a raspberry blown in the direction of the player. It’s useless, stupid-looking and ubiquitous. Even more damning, it’s boring. And worst of all, Magikarp is just a …
Read More »Secret Cinema Star Wars Tickets Back On Sale
After the first lot sold out in March, a second batch of tickets is available now for Secret Cinema Presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The immersive cinema experience is taking place between 4 June and 27 September at a secret London location. The news was announced last night …
Read More »Cynical about The Force Awakens? Thats not big or clever. Its the opposite
I knew it would come. It always does. Out there, in the dark corners of the internet, pools of thick, black, sentient negativity are always watching. Always watching, and always waiting, for the first hint of focused joy and excitement, so that they might jump upon it and try to …
Read More »Still mourning Silent Hills? These 7 fan-games will fill that void
It’s been an emotional time for Silent Hill fans. This roller coaster of disappointments kicks off with developer Konami confirming Silent Hills is well and truly dead (opens in new tab), though discussions are “underway” on new Silent Hill projects. Then we enter a corkscrew of P.T. delisting schigginagins (opens …
Read More »25 scariest 00s horror movies
After our look at the scariest ’80s and ’90s horror movies, it’s time to go post-millennial as we lift the (coffin) lid on the noughties horror films that gave us the heebie-jeebies. In the wake of The Blair Witch Project (only just a ’90s horror, being released in 1999), found …
Read More »Opinion: “Destiny has changed the way players talk”
At the start of this month I stood up, leaned over the divider separating my desk from Meiks’ workspace, and said, “I got Monte Carlo last night as my reward for the Nightfall.” His response? “I’m not a big fan of it – I prefer Up For Anything.” The resulting …
Read More »A farewell message from Henry Gilbert
February 2008 simultaneously feels like a long time ago and all too recent. That’s when I began my internship at GamesRadar, and the seven years since have been the most important in my life. I’ve collected a lot of memories here, and those are all running through my head as …
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