Marvel has released a lot of content this year. Moon Knight kickstarted the studio’s 2022 output, the Oscar Isaac-led series ending just as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness reached cinemas. There was a slight reprieve before Ms. Marvel started on Disney Plus, while Thor: Love and Thunder arrived …
Read More »Capcom Fighting Collection brings more to the ring than most compilations
With Capcom’s most famous fighting game very much back in the public headspace at the minute thanks to Street Fighter 6, the publisher has taken this opportunity to draw some much-deserved attention to a handful of the lesser known, but still utterly wonderful, games in its back catalogue. The Capcom …
Read More »We went hands-on with the new Samsung Gaming Hub – heres what we think
We all know game streaming is here to stay and offers, perhaps, a glimpse at the future of play. Samsung and Xbox are embracing this with the launch of Samsung’s Gaming Hub and the Xbox App. Simply put, it gives you the ability to access your Xbox library and account …
Read More »The Boys continues to soar – so why is Maeve being left behind?
How do you solve a problem like Maeve? Given recent real-world events, the ability for Kimiko to choose what happens to her body and Starlight being able to stand up for herself are both evidence that The Boys’ currently at its eerily prescient best. The same can’t be said, however, …
Read More »Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct June 2022
The June 2022 Nintendo Direct just wrapped and it’s given us plenty to think about. And by ‘think about’, I do of course mean that it has given us plenty of games to get horrendously excited about playing. The Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase aired June 28, massively expanding the …
Read More »Why Doctor Aphra should be the future of Star Wars on the big screen
Star Wars has said goodbye to the Skywalker Saga. Don’t take my word for it. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told Vanity Fair that the departure from the franchise’s traditional narrative is generating “a lot of time, discussion, and thought.” That was echoed in our own conversation with Kennedy. She told …
Read More »PS5 Pro: What to expect from the next-generation of PlayStation 5 hardware
PS5 Pro rumors are constantly trickling in, with the latest being that a “half-generation” refresh isn’t all that far off. That’s coming from Chinese tech giant TCL. We’ve also got rumblings that a separate PS5 Pro controller is en route, which looks to be the first step towards the mid-cycle …
Read More »Why the Xbox Game Studios and Kojima Productions partnership matters
When PlayStation Studios agreed to partner with Kojima Productions for its ambitiously esoteric supernatural hiking simulator, I doubt that it did so thinking that Death Stranding would ever compete with the sales generated by studios like Insomniac, Naughty Dog, and Sony Santa Monica. Instead, Sony knew it would get something …
Read More »Summer Game Fest predictions
What video game reveals will host Geoff Keighley have a hand in this year? It’s a good question, that we’ve chosen to answer with some Summer Game Fest predictions. Ever since the digital showcase made its debut in 2020, Summer Game Fest has acted as an alternative venue for publishers …
Read More »Prey makes it difficult to discern who you can really trust, and Im loving it
In Prey, I don’t know who to trust or what path to take, but I’m loving the process of trying to work it all out. Arkane Studios’ 2017 sci-fi adventure brilliantly throws you right in at the deep end on the Talos 1 space station as protagonist Morgan Yu. In …
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