Maxwell McGee
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Gaming's creepiest urban legends to make sure you don't sleep tonight
Let's get Halloweek started off right--by listing the creepiest gaming urban legends on the internet. Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your → Read More
From Zelda's meals to Prey's exotic materials: the seven laws of cooking and crafting
Ever wonder why you spend so much time gathering ingredients for your next meal in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , or grabbing all the miscellaneous junk you find lying around the Talos 1 in Prey ? It's the ingenious way they handle crafting. These systems are more than just a means to an end - they're constantly generating more reasons to keep playing, even though we often take them… → Read More
From trash to treasure: the seven laws of good in-game crafting
When done right, crafting doesn't just supplement other aspects of a game - it can completely change the way you play. At the most basic level, in-game crafting (and by extension, cooking) is as simple as gathering materials that have little to no use on their own, then recombining them into a more enticing reward. Such a seemingly straightforward pursuit can weave through exploration and combat… → Read More
The 50 most gloriously stupid character names in gaming
25 gaming luminaries who surely must have been bullied at → Read More
I've never played Fire Emblem, where's the best place to start?
Video games have their share of long and storied franchises. But around the seventh or eighth sequel, it can be difficult for newcomers to know where to → Read More
You think you know dating sims, but you haven't seen these
When it comes to, shall we say, progressive couples, no one tops the open-minded pairings found in dating sims. → Read More
Everything we know about (the new) Hitman
Hitman has seen some pretty drastic changes over the past few months, including both a delay to December 2015 to March 2016 and a transition to a fully → Read More
Quiz: How well do you know Street Fighter's ridiculous win quotes?
Play enough Street Fighter, especially the older games, and you start to notice some of things the World Warriors say to each other are just plain weird. → Read More
Street Fighter games that play nothing like Street Fighter
GamesRadar+ is the premiere source for everything that matters in the world of video games, TV, films and more. Casual or hardcore, big screen or small, console or handheld, blockbuster or cult classic - whatever you're into or whatever genres you love, GamesRadar+ is there to filter out what's really worth your time. We deliver breaking news, the best advice, the most in-depth features, expert… → Read More
Insomniac’s new game Song of the Deep comes with an unlikely partnership
GameStop is diving into the publishing business with Song of the Deep, a new underwater adventure from Insomniac Games, best known for its Ratchet & → Read More
Video game-themed board games that rival their digital counterparts
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Prison Architect asks you to put a price on human dignity
If you missed Prison Architect when it hit Early Access in 2013 then you missed one of the most singular mashups of cute visuals and human suffering this → Read More
Street Fighter 5 story mode coming as free update in June
Street Fighter 5 is getting a story mode that's bigger and more cinematic than anything the series has ever seen - and it's coming as a free update for → Read More
Resident Evil games that play nothing like Resident Evil
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Why I Love: XCOM's second wave options
I'm hard pressed to list a video game that wouldn't benefit from modifiers like XCOM: Enemy Unknown's second wave options. These are advanced gameplay → Read More
The best box art of 2015
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Gaming's creepiest urban legends
Let's get Halloweek started off right--by listing the creepiest gaming urban legends on the internet. Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your → Read More
The Twelve Days of Christmas, ranked
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This War of Mine puts The Little Ones in harm's way
This War of Mine, a survival strategy game released in 2014, paints a sobering picture of life in the shadow of war. Now developer 11 Bit Studios is → Read More
The classic games that define "Nintendo Hard"
From the stinging paper cuts delivered by their early Hanafuda cards, to their dual screen scream maker Contra 4, Nintendo have been responsible for a → Read More