Fallout 4’s wasteland is addictive, almost intoxicating in its depth, but it’s also exhausting. Making settlements, battling ghouls, picking perks; don’t you just want to throw up your hands and say, “I need a simpler apocalyptic landscape! A place that makes me think but doesn’t take over my life.” Untame’s …
Read More »How Its Done: Come talk to Halo 5 series director Frank OConnor
No more waiting: Halo has finally come to Xbox One. No more of that HD remaster business. Halo 5: Guardians is the console’s first full sequel to the storied franchise and there are no sacred cows when it comes to the series’ past. We’ve got a new protagonist, redesigned weapons, …
Read More »I Got Next: Metal Gear Solid writer Raymond Benson explores our Phantom Pain
Finally! Finally, we can sink our collective teeth into Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. The Metal Gear mania that’s taken hold in the GamesRadar offices has reached almost maddening levels. To relieve the pressure this week on I Got Next, Anthony, Sophia and David are actually playing The …
Read More »Why I Love: being on fire in Alien Isolation
During my last playthrough of Alien Isolation, I was on fire for two full missions. I don’t mean I got through them quickly or managed to stay a step ahead of the Alien the whole time. I mean I was literally on fire, and so was all my stuff. My …
Read More »The most inhumanly versatile voice actors in video games
Home on the range There was a time when video game voice acting could’ve conceivably doubled as torture. Simply slap a pair of headphones on your primary suspect and proceed to bang out a ‘best of the mid-’90s’ VO playlist. I’ll bet that by the time they reached Grandia, said …
Read More »Top 7 side missions that are better than the main game
Side Story Gaiden Do you ever find yourself getting a little bit sidetracked in games? Some journey needs embarking on or some nefarious tyrant needs toppling, but you just can’t summon up the interest to slog through the grand ordeal. On the other hand, helping this dude you met on …
Read More »14 custom characters that will haunt your dreams
Is that your face? More and more games give you the option to customize your character’s appearance, but you’re usually better off sticking with the pre-made suggestions. Sure, you could drop a few hours into tweaking sliders and prodding at palettes until you’ve made a perfect recreation of your (theoretical) …
Read More »How much do you know about the video games of 2014?
What a year, ey? First contact with aliens, world peace, a cure for the common cold! Talk about a turbulent 12 months! Oh, right… reality. Well, there’s certainly been plenty to remember on the video gaming front. We’ve seen Sony and Microsoft both beginning to find their feet on the …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 119: Perchance to Dream
Your humble hosts are still recovering from a 24-hour gaming marathon, but they found the time to gab about GR+’s Game of the Year winners, as well annoying taunts, and the next Zelda and Uncharted sequels. Give a listen, why don’t ya? Hosts: Henry Gilbert, Lorenzo Veloria, Ashley Reed, Anthony …
Read More »Do your retro gaming the right way with this three-slotted console
Remember when games made you cry because they were so difficult? Or how you had to blow on a cartridge to make it work? Or all that time you spent listening to the awesome chiptune music blaring out of your TV speakers? Those were good times, but they’re definitely not …
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