Richard Scott-Jones
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Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard in a deal reportedly worth over $50bn
Microsoft has agreed to acquire Activision Blizzard. The deal is said to be worth more than $50bn and gives the gaming giant full ownership of iconic IPs such as Call of Duty, Warcraft, Diablo, and many more. The story first broke at the Wall Street Journal and was followed by a corroboration at → Read More
Confirmed: Gjallarhorn is returning to Destiny 2
A datamine mentions rocket launcher components and Solar week → Read More
Humankind review – does Civilization’s challenger measure up?
The game that Amplitude was founded to make has some superficial imperfections, but its big ideas could yet change the genre → Read More
Humankind could be the best 4X game, but has one big problem to fix
It has the systems to surpass Civilization, but 'strategy snowballing syndrome' is severe in the extreme → Read More
How Total War: Warhammer 3 will “go out with a massive bang”
We chat to the devs about the scale of the final instalment in the trilogy that changed Total War for good → Read More
Total War: Warhammer 3 Kislev – units, legendary lords and everything else we know
Everything you need know about Total War's take on everyone's favourite fantasy Russians → Read More
Total War: Warhammer 3 adds tower defence to its battles and it’s perfect
Creative Assembly has finally nailed boss battles in Total War → Read More
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids review – a hexcellent adventure
I’m riding between a pair of looming black cliffs crowned by a castle, birdsong twittering around me. I’m chasing a phantasmal wolf over fog-shrouded hills. I’m duelling a Viking with a deathwish on Downpatrick Head as the sun sets over the sea. I’m stalking a deranged druid through a bog. I’m running across dazzling emerald hillsides beneath a rainbow conjured by a gentle rain, as a chirruping… → Read More
What if: Microsoft made Skyrim free with Windows?
Microsoft’s eye-watering $7.5bn acquisition of ZeniMax Media presents industry-altering opportunities, and they go far beyond simply hogging The Elder Scrolls VI or stuffing Game Pass with more bangers than Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed American. Microsoft could create an entire generation of gamers by giving away The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for free. And then profit from them, obviously. Gaming is… → Read More
Total War: Warhammer 3 races – every faction confirmed, and a few that aren’t
We pick through the trailer and the announcement to bring you the confirmed races, and informed speculation on the coming ones → Read More
Everything in the Total War: Warhammer 3 trailer, from Kislev to Cathay
Ensure you don't miss any detail with our in-depth analysis → Read More
Build your dream ski resort in Snowtopia from tomorrow
Fantasise about the perfect ski resort since you probably can't go to one right now → Read More
Cyberpunk 2077 review – groundbreaking, but not like you think
Can CD Projekt Red close the year and the current hardware generation with a Rockstar-like bang? → Read More
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla review – splendour by brute force
The latest entry in Ubisoft's leading series isn't without its frustrations, but it might be the best yet anyway → Read More
EA to appeal Dutch ruling on FIFA loot boxes, says they don’t break gambling laws
EA says that it will appeal against a ruling by the District Court of the Hague, which this morning ruled in favour of the Netherlands Gambling Authority (NGA)'s position that certain elements of FIFA Ultimate Team violate the Dutch Betting and Gaming Act. "Players all over the world have enjoyed → Read More
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is about “the harsh reality” of the Dark Ages
We speak with game director Eric Baptizat about the violence of England in the 870s - and phantasmic black dogs → Read More
You can go to America in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
It's official: we'll be going Viking beyond just England and Norway → Read More
Baldur’s Gate 3 doesn’t look like DOS2 – it’s the other way round
If the finished game is like this early access demo, it'll be the definitive D&D videogame → Read More
Want a Mario PC game? Try these great 2D and 3D platformers
The dungareed idol sits imperious but solitary in his walled garden, as we play loads of games that are nearly as good → Read More
A Total War Saga: Troy review – a vast and beautiful epic
Can Creative Assembly's second 'Saga' spin-off game exceed the niche appeal of Thrones of Britannia? → Read More