April2015
News Not All of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's DLC Is Free
Simmer down
After garnering such goodwill from interested gamers with regards to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and its free DLC plans, developer CD Projekt Red has just announced that the upcoming role-playing game will actually boast an expansion pass. Offering two "massive" expansions, named Hearts and Stone and Blood and Wine, these new adventures...
News Explore the First 15 Minutes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Monster hunter
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is easily one of the most anticipated titles releasing in the next few months, and thankfully, if you're desperate to see more of Geralt's adventure, you can gaze upon the first 15 minutes of it courtesy of IGN First. It goes without saying that there are some spoilers here, but as you'd expect from the...
March2015
News The Batman: Arkham Knight Bundle Unmasks a Silver PlayStation 4
A console fit for Bruce himself
It looks as though Sony's really throwing its weight around with its Batman: Arkham Knight partnership deal, as evidenced by this stylish PlayStation 4 bundle. Featuring a sleek silver PS4 console complete with a Batman design, a copy of the game, exclusive DLC, and a great looking DualShock 4 controller, it's a...
News You Really Need to Play Dying Light Tomorrow
It's going to be super
In what has to be one of the best public events that we've seen in a game for a long time, Dying Light will be implementing some serious changes to its gameplay tomorrow, but only for 24 hours. Celebrating April Fools' Day, you'll be granted super strength. No, really - the developer's going to be giving all players super...
News Live Out Your Facial Hair Fantasies with Geralt's Gradually Growing Beard in The Witcher 3
Just a trim
Facial hair enthusiasts rejoice: Geralt's beard will grow in over time as you play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The protagonist's mug will gradually get hairier as he goes about his monster slaying business, and if that's not next-gen, we don't know what is. However, according to CD Projekt RED's Michał Platkow-Gilewski, "the beard has...
Weirdness This Is Shadow of Mordor in Real Life
I remember you
Those crazy cats otherwise known as Mega64 are back again, and this time they're parodying one of last year's best games: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Starring Rocco and Shawn, who actually make rather convincing uruk, the gang set about trying to find a certain ranger. Lasting just under two minutes, it's one of the comedy...
News Batman: Arkham Knight Evens the Odds with 7 Minutes of Brand New Gameplay
Explosive results
It's all getting a bit dark today isn't it? After news that Batman: Arkham Knight's release date has been delayed, there's now seven minutes of new gameplay stalking the streets of YouTube. Showcasing the Batmobile, the caped crusader's swooping prowess, and some fast paced combat, the trailer provides a good look at the Bat's...
News Batman: Arkham Knight Delays Its Vigilante Justice on PlayStation 4
Swooping slightly out of sight
We're sure that this won't go down well with some particularly hardcore Gothamites. Batman: Arkham Knight, the latest in the critically acclaimed Batman Arkham games, has been delayed - but only by a couple of weeks. Originally slated to release worldwide on the 2nd June, the Dark Knight's adventure will now begin on...
News Dying Light Is Developer Techland's Most Popular Ever Release
The hordes shuffle on
It comes as no real surprise, but Dying Light is its developer's most popular ever creation, the studio has confirmed. At least 3.2 million people have played the zombie-'em-up since it launched in January. To celebrate, Techland's thrown together an interesting little inforgraphic, too. 378,672,587 walking corpses have been,...
News Dying Light's Latest PS4 Patch Raises the Dead With a Lot of New Content
Still breathing
PlayStation 4 zombie slaughter simulator Dying Light has received a rather impressive update, and you can go ahead and download it right now. Not only does it implement the title's anticipated hard mode, but it also adds extra outfits as rewards for completing the game, over 50 new weapons to find and use, and even a new weapon...
News Mortal Kombat X Gets Hit with a Deadly Delay on PS3
Delaytality
Okay, for starters, we apologise for the terrible tagline, but worse things can happen, as evidenced by the news that Mortal Kombat X is being delayed on the PlayStation 3. According to publisher Warner Bros., the last-gen version of the game has been pushed back to summer. Thankfully, the PlayStation 4 edition won't suffer the same...
News Uh Oh, Jason Voorhees Is in Mortal Kombat X
As DLC, at least
Mortal Kombat X's character roster is getting crazier by the minute, and its latest addition is something that's got us fearfully eyeing the dark corners of the office. As if the game needed any more blood, Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th fame will be a playable fighter, a new teaser trailer has confirmed. The downside here,...
News Mortal Kombat X's Latest PS4, PS3 Trailer Is a Family Affair
Family entertainment
Everything is better when you do it as a family – and killing fighters from other dimensions doesn't seem to be an exception. The latest Mortal Kombat X trailer shows combat footage from the newest trio of characters to be added to the roster. Making a return are tournament veterans Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade, along with...
News The ESRB Unmasks Batman: Arkham Knight's Mature Rating
Sequel sounds gritty
Batman's gone a bit bloody in the upcoming Arkham sequel, Batman: Arkham Knight. Last month, game director Sefton Hill stated that the release had been awarded an M rating by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, which understandably came as a bit of a shock to many would-be buyers. At the time, Hill pinned the reasoning on...
News The Witcher 3's Newest Gameplay Walkthrough Is Superb
Man versus myth
It feels like a while since we've seen anything new and exciting from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but thankfully, that drought has come to a close, due to the release of seven minutes of new gameplay footage from PAX East. In it, we watch as Geralt does a bit of exploration, a bit of investigation, and then proceeds to find and fight...
Hope you like eating rats
Mad Max recently had the misfortune of clashing its big re-reveal with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's leaked release date, but that hasn't stopped a heck of a lot more details regarding the post-apocalyptic adventure from surfacing. In the newest issue of Game Informer, the publication reveals plenty about the...
News Shadow of Mordor Gets Its Blood Soaked Hands on Another Game of the Year Award
Talion to the next
We remember the days when people just weren't sure about Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Gaming tie-ins of existing properties are always a bit of a gamble, but very few people were able to foresee developer Monolith's future success. Indeed, its creation even went on to win our 2014 staff Game of the Year vote, along with a slew...
News Sunsets in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Look Lovely
Going for a stroll
CD Projekt Red gave GDC attendees a quick new look at The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt last night during Nvidia's press conference, and, as we've come to expect, it looks rather nice. Barring a bit of combat at the end of the demo, there's not much action to see, but at least now we know that the game's sunsets have been created with...
February2015
News You Lot Have Butchered 5.65 Billion Uruks in Shadow of Mordor
Bloody Mordor
Oof, that's quite an impressive statistic isn't it? Since the game's launch, players have killed 5.65 billion Uruks in total, and according to the graphic that we've posted, that equates to about 76 kills per hour. Meanwhile, only 200 million uglies have been dominated, proving once and for all that there's nothing more satisfying...
News Mortal Kombat X's Story Mode Will Stretch Over 25 Years, Plus a Load of Other Details
That's a lot of kombat
If you've been itching for plenty of juicy info nuggets regarding Mortal Kombat X, then today's your lucky day. The team behind the upcoming fighter features in the game's newest trailer, and it's stuffed full of details about the title's modes, development, and storyline. Speaking about the latter, creative director Ed Boon...
News LEGO Jurassic World's Teaser Trailer Will Make Jaws Drop
Blast from the past
There may be more LEGO games on the market than you can possibly imagine, but we're not complaining as long as they continue to be quirky and enjoyable adventures for all ages — at least on home consoles. Snark aside, publisher Warner Bros. has released LEGO Jurassic World's teaser trailer, and we're not ashamed to admit that...
News The Witcher 3 Will Likely Carve Out a Considerable Chunk of Your PS4's Hard Drive
Not quite witchcraft
One of the biggest complaints people have with the PlayStation 4 is that even when you grab a physical copy of a game, your console's hard drive is still going to take a beating thanks to sometimes massive data install sizes, and it looks like that isn't about to change any time soon. Indeed, if you haven't swapped out your...
January2015
News The Witcher 3 Sounds Like It's Going to Have a Lot of Sex
All night long
Romance is always a tricky subject when it comes to games. Not often do titles get the mood right, and more times than not, any sort of sex scene ends up seeming cripplingly awkward. The Witcher series has arguably approached it better than others, though. In particular, the second game in the franchise certainly didn't shy away from...
News The Witcher 3 May Have a Difficulty Setting That Means Death Is Permanent
Life's a witch
During The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's recent livestream, developer CD Projekt Red mentioned an 'insanity' difficulty level that would act as the game's toughest challenge. In no way is the mode finalised, but it does sound like an interesting potential addition. After all, the series is partially known for its often tricky difficulty,...
Feature Three Reasons Why You'll Love Exploring The Witcher 3's Massive Open World on PS4
Call of the wild
It may seem like a while off yet, but trust us when we say that it won't be long until you're travelling the countryside as the grizzly Geralt of Rivia. Poised to be the PlayStation 4's first truly open world RPG, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is beginning to look like the real deal, featuring branching storylines, brutal combat, and, of...