Review

We’re living in the future. The Horizon Festival of motoring madness has upped sticks from Europe and moved down under, which means you get to race everything from beach buggies to hypercars (and a Reliant Regal, if you can find it), in a gorgeous realisation of Eastern Australia’s Gold Coast. …

With the addition of Rise of Iron, Destiny (opens in new tab) now feels as complete as is imaginable. Its excellent – if slightly briefer than hoped – campaign delivers some of the best-crafted, story-driven action Bungie has made since Halo. Its new sandbox world brings a raft of new …

Before delving into the Riyad Mahrez-deft intricacies of PES 2017, let’s do a Jamie Vardy and power headfirst towards the two questions you’ve come here wanting answered. 1) Is this the best Pro Evolution Soccer game ever made, finally surpassing its PS2 heyday? Answer: Yes. 2) Is it better than …

In terms of sheer name recognition, the King of Fighters franchise has always lived in the imposing shadow of the ever-popular Street Fighter. But as of this moment, I’d much rather be playing The King of Fighters 14 than Street Fighter 5. SNK’s PS4-exclusive, 2.5D fighting game is a stellar …

Where to begin? That’s likely what a newcomer to Monster Hunter utters first. This is a series revered by fans for its complexity, but for those who feel the allure of the core conceit – felling mighty made-up beasties and harvesting their bits to wear as bespoke suits of armour …

Here’s the rule every writing teacher lays out to budding storytellers: no character pees. Snide college freshman thinking they’re super clever love to contradict the idea because of course your characters pee. They’re people, so they pee and a scene of them peeing can absolutely work. What the student is …

We should have seen it coming. It’s Game of Thrones (opens in new tab). Not only does the show have a track record of ripping out our hearts and stomping on them until we scream “No more!”, but this week’s episode, The Door, was the midseason episode. No way we …

“A hell of a vision” was the name of the very last issue of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher when it came out back in 2000, but it’s an equally fitting title for the very first episode of AMC’s Preacher. The world of Jesse Custer, preacher to the small …

Housemarque’s efforts to keep the twin-stick shooter alive and spin-firing in the 21st century provide some of the best arcade thrills on PSN. Super Stardust HD chews up time like a starving rottweiler and Dead Nation (opens in new tab) makes slaughtering zombies feel fresh (well, fresher than the corpses …

You’d struggle to find a more solitary pursuit than rallying. Often with no other cars on the track, taking to the road with the sole goal of posting the fastest time is an unashamedly lonely experience. It’s also one that, from Dirt Rally’s opening menu screens right through to the …