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There's this magical moment that all XCOM 2 players experience. A member of your elite squad of sci-fi planetary defenders holds their machine gun right up at the face of some alien foe, probably a Muton, and somehow has only a 90 percent chance to hit it. Still, aim perfect, hands steady, they can't possibly miss, you think. Then they do, they always do. 100 percent guaranteed. F**k you, XCOM! I…

For the past week, instead of actually relaxing in the evenings, I have been ascending the gnarled brute of a mountain in Cairn . The onerous journey has left the toes of its alpinist star Aava bloodied; I've pushed the tendons of her rangy fingers to snapping point. With more frequency than I care to admit, I've caused this hell-bent climber to tumble down the same part of rock face over and ove…

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie discovers handheld gaming and gets all excited; Marie struggles to impress Mama; Kelsey experiences Nioh for the first time, and loves it; Will plays another mech game and also, somewhat predictably, loves it; and Victoria reveals a passion for skateboarding that I never kne…

Nioh's weird multiplayer has always been one of the most unique quirks of the Soulslike-cum-masocore series. I'm not talking about the needlessly complicated suite of co-op options that pals can use to run through the game together, I'm talking more about the asynchronous multiplayer that's woven into the DNA of the series itself. If you wander out into the 'open field' of Nioh 3 , for example, y…

The House of the Dead is being adapted into a film, and today we have some news about its casting. Read more

A Q&A between shareholders and Nintendo's president Shuntaro Furukawa has been released alongside February's quarterly financial report, in which the topic of rising memory costs was discussed. While the price hikes haven't impacted the Switch 2 yet, Furukawa states that might change if the trend continues into the next fiscal year. Read more

To remake anything beloved is to walk a tightrope. There is always a delicate balance to be struck between keeping what made the original great intact and delivering on the remake's promise to modernise, improve and strengthen. It's such a hard task that one can be forgiven for being reluctant to undertake it even once, but in the case of Dragon Quest 7 Square Enix now faces down this conundrum a…

One of the greatest things on earth is when you're talking to someone you sort of know and they quietly switch from talking about human friends or family members to talking about their cats. It's great because there's often no meaningful alteration in tone to tell you something has changed. Cats are frequently introduced into conversation the same way a person might start talking about an intermi…

Bandai Namco has pledged a range of fixes for its Soulslike sequel Code Vein 2, including frame rate and performance improvements, following "feedback". Read more

Sophie Turner has started filming for Amazon's upcoming Tomb Raider adaptation, and we now have our first look at her Lara Croft making her way through a soggy woodland. Read more

PC game-download store GOG has come under scrutiny for using generative-AI in marketing artwork, then for seeming to sit on the fence in an answer about whether it will keep using the tech in the future. Read more

The Exit 8 is one of the many video game series currently getting a film or TV adaptation, and ahead of its international cinematic debut in April, the team has released a new trailer for the subway-bound horror flick. Read more

MachineGames' most recent release may be the brilliant Indiana Jones and the Great Circle , but the studio is of course also known for its Wolfenstein games. And, following an earlier hint that the studio wasn't finished with its nazi-busting series , we now have more concrete word on the fate of MachineGames' Wolfenstein trilogy. Read more

A new report has claimed that Gears of War E-Day is eyeing a release window in the second half of 2026, with Halo: Combat Evolved tentatively targeting a launch some time this Summer. Read more