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Rise of the Tomb Raider: Lara Croft’s snowbound temple run is finding new ways to threaten her survival

According to Noah Hughes, creative director on Rise Of The Tomb Raider , “the secrets of our world are hidden in the darkest places”. It’s an attempt to explain how Lara Croft can find herself raiding her old stomping grounds wit…

Just Cause 3: Let Fly

There’s a light snowfall outside. Proper snow, too. Not the Christmas card kind, but the quadruple layer necessitating kind. The people of Stockholm walk through the streets with their faces buried down in woollen scarves and …

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Naughty Dog opens its doors

Everything was Uncharted. You’ll have seen the jokes, no doubt the ones that pointed out how many games at E3 2012 seemed to be based on an external interpretation of the Naughty Dog design document. That show brought a host of l…

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Treasure has a price

Nathan Drake has always been a thrill-seeker. He can’t resist adventure, reveling in cheating death and excelling at overcoming the worst odds. Treasure hunting is a drug for him; he’s addicted to the adrenaline rush of it all, l…

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, “I’ll see you in another life, brother”

When The Studio behind the Uncharted series and The Last Of Us rocks up to show off gameplay of its next huge PS4 exclusive, there is certainly going to be a lot of pressure on it to deliver. Did Naughty Dog manage to do that wi…

Rise Of The Tomb Raider: The beginning of a legend

Could things possibly get any worse for Lara Croft? She’s been dragged through the dirt, nibbled on by cannibals and has been attacked by just about every carnivorous creature known to man. But the intrepid explorer is about to s…

Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Time heals all wounds

Activision has been forcing COD down our throats so aggressively over the last five months that the hype train looked destined to run off its rails. But with the game finally in our hands we can place all of the publisher’s postu…

Battlefield Hardline: Field of dreams

If you thought Dead Space protagonist and welding mask aficionado Isaac Clarke had a daunting task ahead of him when he set foot aboard the USG Ishimura, consider the challenge that series’ developer, Visceral Games, faces. Battl…