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…
5 Reasons to be Excited for Insomniac’s New Spider-Man Game
We’ve got Spider-Man on the brain right now, after the trailer for Marvel and Sony’s first cinematic team-up just dropped. Needless to say, Spider-Man: Homecoming looks terrific (Michael Keaton as the Vulture!), and could hopefully give us a series 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…
15 Video Games We Can’t Wait to Play in 2017
With 2017 just a few weeks away, it’s time to look ahead to the games set for release in the new year. There’s plenty to be excited for, across major AAA titles to crowd-sourced indie-releases. Whether you’re excited to see…
7 Weird Video Games Based on TV Shows
Over the years, hit television shows have inspired plenty of video games. Sometimes, this makes perfect sense, with the likes of The Walking Dead, The X-Files, Game of Thrones, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer lending themselves nicely to an interactive…
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…
10 Best Sega Master System Games Still Worth Your Time
The Sega Master System was a gem of an 8-bit console. Sure, it couldn’t overtake the NES in terms of worldwide sales, but it was the purchase of choice for those gamers with no interest in a certain moustachioed plumber….