The Sea of Thieves (opens in new tab) closed beta starts this week, giving you a chance to experience Rare’s open world pirate sim. But when’s it start and how do you get it? When does the Sea of Thieves closed beta start? [UPDATE: the Sea of Thieves closed beta …
Read More »Croft conversion: Hear how the cast and crew of Tomb Raider are bringing the leading lady of video games back to the big screen
It’s 11 May, 2017. An unremarkable day for most, but for a 21-year-old Lara Croft, it’s a long-overdue homecoming. Walking through the gravel garden of Wilton House, the exquisite Wiltshire country home doubling for Croft Manor, is Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander. Lurking behind some nearby bushes: our sister publication Total Film …
Read More »The Vanishing of Ethan Carter review
[Update: The Xbox One version of the game currently appears to have some minor frame rate issues, with a constant stuttering effect while moving. The issue seems most pronounced on the original Xbox One, less so on the S and X, while selecting an unlocked FPS seems to reduce the …
Read More »We mashed up Nintendo Labo with the Ready Player One trailer and it works eerily well
Nintendo Labo shows us a vision of the future where we make crafty toys out of cardboard then run around the house playing with them. Ready Player One (opens in new tab) shows us a vision of the future where we put on our virtual reality visors to ignore how …
Read More »The complete story of the Slender Man, from its internet origins (and real-life horror), to the movie backlash
You might have noticed that a trailer – see below – recently dropped for the new Slender Man horror movie. If you did, you might also have noticed that it debuted to no small negative response online. And if you did both of those things, but haven’t been embedded in …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 new trailer and gameplay demo reportedly coming to E3 2018
It’s probably still too early to say our years of patience waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 will soon pay off. But it’s the perfect time to start quietly hoping for that, as GamePressure (opens in new tab) cites two separate, anonymous sources who claim the sci-fi RPG from The Witcher studio …
Read More »Watch the first full trailer for Netflix series Altered Carbon
Today, Netflix released the first full trailer for its upcoming TV series, Altered Carbon (opens in new tab). With bright neon colors bursting through the darkness of a far-future dystopia where death is little more than an inconvenience (at least to the super-rich), it mixes the imagery of cyberpunk sci-fi …
Read More »Give Fortnite a chance – an on-the-fly building makes its Battle Royale mode more than just a PUBG clone
During my first few minutes in Fortnite (opens in new tab)’s Battle Royale spin-off it seems like I really am getting a carbon copy of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (opens in new tab). It’s difficult to miss just how hard Epic has tried to reuse parts of Fortnite’s main, shelter-building, zombie-bashing game …
Read More »Here’s why Rian Johnson decided against answering the mystery of Snoke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
It was all just Snoke and mirrors, wasn’t it? Star Wars: The Last Jedi (opens in new tab) might have had a shocking moment (or twelve), but it never addressed that intriguing itch we were all aching to see scratched before we headed into theaters: Just who the hell is …
Read More »Destiny 2 will celebrate Valentines with the return of Crimson Days
For some, romance is flowers and chocolates; for others, it’s securing that perfect Destiny 2 (opens in new tab) hand cannon with a favorite clan member. If you’re planning to spend Valentine’s Day running raids with your fellow Guardians, we’ve got good news: the Crimson Days event is coming back. …
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