David Roberts
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Horizon Zero Dawn tips - 11 things you need to know before starting
Help Aloy with 11 essential Horizon Zero Dawn tips → Read More
10 Best Zelda games of all time
We choose Link's 10 greatest adventures so far spanning 18 core games, 31 years and over 52 million sales → Read More
The best cyberpunk games you should be playing right now
These excellent video games explore that neon-drenched cross-section of man and machine. → Read More
Dragon Quest Builders review: “The Minecraft/Zelda hybrid you still didn’t know you needed”
If you’re not familiar with Dragon Quest Builders, it’s basically a spin-off from the main Dragon Quest RPG series, meaning you need to know little to nothing about them to play Builders. Instead, this is a game that’s part Minecraft and part Zelda, which might sound like a strange combo, but it actually works. You split your time between building a little base for a steadily growing community,… → Read More
How to destroy every single robot in Horizon: Zero Dawn and The Frozen Wilds
Horizon: Zero Dawn is all about meeting (and destroying) robots. As is its DLC, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds(jump to page three for how to take down those beasties). Ok, so there might be other stuff like a forgotten civilization, tribes, resource gathering, and a huge open world, but mostly it’s robots. There are 27 to find in total, so read on to find out the best way to turn them into… → Read More
10 useful skills you can learn by playing video games
If you've played games for any length of time, you've likely heard this at some point from your parents/significant other/teacher/driving instructor: "Put those games down! They'll rot your brain! And watch the road!" Yeah, sometimes that's true. I've collected enough doodads and saved enough worlds that they all start to blend together into a mindless mash of bullets and gruff space marines.… → Read More
10 useful skills you can learn by playing video games
If you've played games for any length of time, you've likely heard this at some point from your parents/significant other/teacher/driving instructor: "Put those games down! They'll rot your brain! And watch the road!" Yeah, sometimes that's true. I've collected enough doodads and saved enough worlds that they all start to blend together into a mindless mash of bullets and gruff space marines.… → Read More
Tacoma review: 'A quiet and haunting examination of the ways corporations dehumanize us all'
Tacoma is a horror game with an unconventional villain. It's not like there jump scares, or monsters, or even combat - there's literally no one on Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma except for you, and you're arriving well after the events that caused your presence to be required onboard. No, Tacoma's horrors run deeper and are far more existential, offering you a brief glimpse into a dystopia where… → Read More
Witcher 3's New Game+ is too much for me
By now, you've probably heard The Witcher 3 is a massive game, but it's difficult to put into words the game's sheer scale. Glancing at that gargantuan → Read More
10 best Legend of Zelda games of all time
Do you know what the best Zelda games of all time are? These are our → Read More
10 things to know about SGDQ so you can get the most out of Twitch's biggest summer event
Over the years, Games Done Quick has grown from a niche charity event put on by a small community to a legitimate global phenomenon. The first event back in 2010 only made a little over $10,000 for charity; fast forward to 2017, and fans all over the globe have donated over $2 million during January's Awesome Games Done Quick event, where hundreds of thousands watch the world's best speedrunners… → Read More
Xbox One X questions answered: hard drive space, Kinect compatability, and more
We now know a lot more about the Xbox One X than we did yesterday. For one, we know the name (which makes sense when you put it next to the Xbox One S, but sounds very silly when you say it out loud). We know the price is $499 / £449 (which is a heck of a lot of money). We know the Xbox One X preorder rush is in full swing. And we know that it'll support 4K gaming at 60 frames per second across… → Read More
Death Stranding - trailers analyzed, Instagram clues, and everything you need to know
Death Stranding won't be at E3 2017 – the world's biggest games show, which takes place between June 13-15 – as the team are 'fully focused on development', says director Hideo Kojima, via Twitter. The legendary game designer will be meeting with Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (who is directing the Metal Gear Solid movie) on June 14, as part of E3 Coliseum, a two day series of… → Read More
Final Fantasy 15 wants to be a never-ending game, and I've made my peace with that
Final Fantasy 15 is… strange. While the series has dabbled in online gaming with its two MMOs (most notably Final Fantasy 14, aka the greatest redemption story ever told), its single-player adventures have been decidedly offline affairs - up until now. In addition to receiving patches that added new story content (including a secondary path through the notorious Chapter 13), along with Episode… → Read More
Final Fantasy 15 wants to be a never-ending game, and I've made my peace with that
Final Fantasy 15 is… strange. While the series has dabbled in online gaming with its two MMOs (most notably Final Fantasy 14, aka the greatest redemption story ever told), its single-player adventures have been decidedly offline affairs - up until now. In addition to receiving patches that added new story content (including a secondary path through the notorious Chapter 13), along with Episode… → Read More
Golf Story looks like the Mario Golf/Stardew Valley mash-up I need right now
If you grew up on Nintendo handhelds in the '90s, you probably remember Camelot's unsung Game Boy Color adaptation of Mario Golf. It was more than just a golf game. There was a full-on RPG inside, complete with skill points, people to chat with, and a whole story that saw your humble golfer go from zero to hero. It was the last time Nintendo published a golf/RPG hybrid like that, and I've been… → Read More
6 essential lessons the Uncharted movie needs to learn from the games
Let’s get one thing straight: Uncharted is brilliant. Sure, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, while not perfect, is a fitting end to Nathan Drake’s story and a thrilling 10+ hours of adventure. It’s predictably great. Now, with the news that Spider-Man: Homecoming's Tom Holland will play the young Nathan Drake, I'm wondering what the film should (and shouldn't) import from the games. Naturally, we… → Read More
These are the classic game tunes that inspired mysterious EDM wizard Danger
If you don't know French electronic music producer Danger (aka Franck Rivoire) by name, you will soon. He's been slowly making a name for himself in the underground music scene and blogosphere for nearly a decade, combining his love of video games, anime, and 1980s-inspired sounds and pop culture, and infusing his music with the kind of theatricality typically reserved for techno-fueled sci-fi… → Read More
Game of Thrones season 6 recap
Winter's finally here! Yay! Oh wait, that's bad. If you're preparing for Game of Thrones season 7’s arrival on July 19, you're in the right place. As we last left our characters in season five, many of them arrive in new locations, watching as their machinations unfold (or backfire), or find themselves getting straight up murdered. If you want a quick rundown of the current body count and the… → Read More
The five best tracks in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
The best Mario Kart game in the series got even better with the recent launch of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch. It takes the highly accessible, family-friendly racing approach introduced in Super Mario Kart on the SNES and enhances everything out with gorgeous graphics, an incredible soundtrack, and a track selection that isn't afraid to go as topsy-turvy as it possibly can. First seen… → Read More