Since he debuted in 2000’s Hitman: Codename 47, master assassin Agent 47 has starred in multiple sequels and spin-offs. Over the years, the series has gotten bigger and bigger, spawning two films (that spectacularly missed the point of the games’…
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12 Best Celebrity Appearances in Video Games
We’ve all heard the voices of movie stars, musicians, and other celebs in video games. Usually, they play original characters with no resemblance or obvious connection to themselves, as with the star turns in the Mass Effect and GTA series….
The 12 Best Video Games of 2016
As it’s almost the end of the year, we thought now would be as good a time as any to cast an eye over 2016’s best video games. In the past 12 months, we’ve had some terrific titles, across sequels,…
Santa Claus’s Weirdest Video Game Cameos
Santa may be a busy guy, but he still makes time to show up in the odd video game now and then. We’ve already looked at festive-themed games to play over Christmas, but how about those titles that either put…
8 Festive Video Games to Play this Christmas
For many of us, Christmas and gaming go hand in hand. This might be because we ask Father Christmas to leave a shiny new game in our stocking, or because we just use the time away from work/school/university to tackle…
8 Marvel Characters Who Deserve Their Own Video Game
Over the past 30 years or so, we’ve had more Marvel games than you can shake an adamantium claw at. From the days of the Atari 2600 and ZX Spectrum through to the current generation of consoles, Marvel’s stable of…
Top 5 Lord of the Rings Games
Believe it or not, it’s almost 15 years since Peter Jackson’s first The Lord of the Rings movie hit the big screen. Since then, we’ve had plenty of video games based on Tolkien’s masterpiece, and while even the most hardcore…
Top 5 Indiana Jones Video Games
Indiana Jones. What’s not to love? He’s smart. He’s brave. He’s a part-time teacher, full-time Nazi-buster. Still, when he’s not teaching Hitler’s goons the error of their ways, he’s liberating kids from a life of slavery in deepest, darkest India….
10 Strange But Awesome Guest Characters in Video Games
Guest characters make a neat addition to any game, usually injecting a touch of novelty-value and tongue-in-cheek humour. For example, who wouldn’t welcome the chance to play as a horor-movie monster in Mortal Kombat rather than goody two-shoes Liu Kang…
Tomb Raider: Celebrating Lara’s Best Adventures
For the past 20 years, one special lady has been a formidable figure in the gaming world. Princess Peach? Well, yes, but not her. Chun-Li? She’s awesome, but no, we’re not talking about her either. Samus? Okay, so there’s plenty…