Benjamin Griffin
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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary review – so Mjolnir yet so far
Rating the second inductee into Halo: The Master Chief Collection → Read More
Hunt: Showdown PC review – six shooter
Crytek’s 12-player bounty-hunting horror shooter is good, but only when it works → Read More
Is Eve Online the world’s most important game?
How scientists, universities, and even governments look to the space MMO for answers → Read More
Halo: The Master Chief Collection – Halo: Reach PC review
The first Halo game on PC in over a decade holds up well despite some rough edges → Read More
Something weird is happening to Destiny 2’s Tower
Mysterious construction work appeared last night in the bazaar and no one knows why → Read More
Fortnite pro players form an association to maintain a “productive dialogue” with Epic
16 high-level players from the Fortnite scene want their voices heard → Read More
Grid’s characterful reboot updates the cherished racing game series
Vengeful and accident-prone opponents make for dramatic racing in the studio's prettiest game to date → Read More
CoD: Modern Warfare’s campaign ups the realism but loses no impact
Meaningful deaths and grounded combat ensure that this reboot anything but soft → Read More
Crytek’s Warface reboot adds a new class that looks like The Terminator
We go hands-on with the first of a wave of updates that will shake the six-year-old FPS’s foundations → Read More
Atlas Prime is coming to Warframe, and he packs a punch
The new Prime Frame is on his way soon, ready to wreak tectonic trouble for his enemies → Read More
Does getting high make you better at games?
Legit experiment: we smoke a lot of weed to practise for Snoop Dogg’s gaming league → Read More
15 tiny, brilliant FIFA 18 details you might have missed
No doubt you're aware of FIFA 18’s bold new features. You know, the Real Player Motion, the Dramatic Moments, the Dribbling Overhaul, the Official Paul Pogba hairdo. But what about the ones that didn't make it to the back of the box? We’re talking Giant Pitchside Inflatables, 360 Degree Crowd-Hugging, Sideline Litter Build-Up, and a dabbing Luka Modrić. To catch up on all of FIFA 18’s incredible… → Read More
The 15 greatest character creators in Xbox history (and their mutant offspring)
From demon babies, to dreadlocked giants, to ginger-mulleted weirdos, here are the top 15 character creators on Xbox that let you go further than the laws of nature ever intended. → Read More
The secrets and tricks Pokemon games never tell you about (but you need to know)
So, you set off on a Pokemon adventure to catch 'em all. But there's more to Pokemon than beating a wild animal to within an inch of its life before forcing it to live out the rest of its sad existence in a ball. There's a hidden depth that the games don't even tell you about, and today were shining a spotlight on it, from classics like Ruby and Sapphire, to Pokemon Go, the latest in Sun and… → Read More
13 things I wish I knew before starting Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Zelda: Breath of the Wild offers a world alive with experimentation. I’ve spent hours upon hours tooling around, throwing meat to dogs, wafting mushrooms with giant leaves, and levitating bombs by attaching balloons to them. I've even used Link’s magnesis power to position a metal beam over a log, drop a crate on it, and launch him into the air. And that was only the //starting area//. Here’s… → Read More
Everything you need to know about the Nintendo Switch launch line up
So you just bought yourself a shiny new Nintendo Switch. Congratulations! Thing is, your several hundred dollar purchase doesn't come with any games, so you're going to have to buy the actual software separately. There's the obvious choice, of course (Do I need to say it? I need to say it, huh? It's Zelda. You're going to buy Zelda), but all told, there are about a dozen games you'll be able to… → Read More
The 10 most disturbing Zelda bosses
You play Zelda to feel warmth and love and optimism beneath sunny skies and in green fields, to live the life of a legendary boy who rides horses and saves villages and OH MY GOD WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING. Nightmare creatures with names such as Blind, The Imprisoned, or Demise belong in the likes of Resident Evil, Dark Souls and giant cross-dimensional whirlpools at the bottom of the ocean.… → Read More
Nic Cage, Deadpool and a giant cat fight in this Fallout 4 mashup
Fallout 4 is wonderful. It's an immense, irresistible RPG that can also be used to make trailers for Rogue One or The Walking Dead. The vanilla console game is incredible, but it gets better/weirder on PC. → Read More
Of course we used UFC 2’s character editor to make these monstrosities
With a misuse of facial sliders and a careful application of wholesale moral deficiency, I’ve created a roster of the ugliest fighters to ever stumble into an Octagon. It's a case of either cranking everything up to 11 or reverse-cranking it down to -1 and then marvelling/recoiling at whatever monstrosity UFC 2’s tremendously versatile character editor spits out. → Read More
Discovered in the wild! Gaming’s secret copy and paste people
If you ever saw someone wearing your exact clothes and face, you’d probably notice. Why, then, do video games think they can get away with artificially inflating large quantities of people with repeat after repeat? It happens often - citizens in open worlds springing from a perilously shallow gene pool, virtual gig-goers wearing bewilderingly similar outfits, Playmobil-looking crowds in sports… → Read More