Ninja Gaiden 4 directors say a 'sense of fairness' is vital for difficult games: 'If the player gets killed unreasonably, it's hard for them to reflect and think about what they could've done'
News If at first you don't succeed, try and shuriken.
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Europa Universalis 5 - How much can you change history? | Developer interview
Europa Universalis 5 is Paradox’s most ambitious grand strategy yet — complex, deep, and surprisingly fun. At Gamescom, we sat down with the devs to talk EU5’s new features, historical depth, and how they’re making this massive strategy game more welcoming than ever.
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Borderlands 4 Review
Borderlands 4 might just be the best game in the whole 16-year-old series. But there's a catch. Several catches, in fact. Yet despite some baffling design choices, woeful performance and one of the most terribly-conceived UIs in recent memory, I still adore this game - warts and all.
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 | Developer interview
At this year's Gamescom we caught up with Jason Carl, Brand Marketing Manager at White Wolf and Ian Thomas, Narrative Director on Bloodlines 2 to discuss the much anticipated Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2.
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What is the BEST gaming laptop size... we disagree | Critical Rig
How do you choose what size gaming laptop to buy? Well a pair of our gaming hardware experts are here to give you the run down on which is best for what. But do they agree? From budget, bulkiness, and aesthetics, to personal preference and practicality, they have got you covered.
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Housing, Midnight, and the future of World of Warcraft | Developer interview
World of Warcraft: Midnight may still only have a vague release date attributed to sometime in 2026, but that hasn't stopped the hype for the second instalment of the Worldsoul Saga growing exponentially. We sat down with art director Ely Cannon and technical director Frank Kowalkowski to talk through all the best and brightest parts of the next expansion, and what's next for World of Warcraft.
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007 First Light: IO Interactive’s CEO on honoring Bond’s legacy | First Look
James Bond, the world’s most famous secret agent, will return in the hotly-anticipated 007 First Light from IO nteractive next year. Best known for their Hitman games, IO - along with franchise rights holder Amazon Studios - let us watch an extended first look at the game at Gamescom (shown publicly yesterday as part of Sony’s State of Play). Then we sat down with Hakan Abrak, IO’s CEO, to quiz him on the game, handling Bond’s legacy with care, and the visceral new combat mechanics glimpsed in the footage shared so far.
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Silent Hill f devs talk combat, main character Hinako, plus their favourite monsters!
PC Gamer's Elie Gould got to play Silent Hill f for three hours at Gamescom, prompting many questions when they sat down with the game's director Al Yang and series director Motoi Okamoto for an interview afterwards. Silent Hill f is the latest edition in KONAMI's popular Silent Hill franchise, this entry developed in partnership with NeoBards Entertainment. Here, Yang and Okamoto-san talk about the game's greater focus on combat, the 1960s setting, and new protagonist, Hinako.
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Razer's IMPRESSIVE new headset range | Hardware review
This week on Critical Rig Dave is putting the Razer BlackShark V3 headset range to the test. Going though all three options Dave is here to tell you which is worth the price, which isn't, and which one stands out far above the others.
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ASRock X870 Nova WiFi motherboard review
Score: 70% Lots of features, lots of compromises.
'Rockstar keeps us on our toes': Will we get another GTA 6 trailer before launch, and if so, what can we expect?
Three's company Love is a long, long (long, long) road
The Bramble: The Mountain King soundtrack has been designed to trigger more emotion than just scaring the pants off you
World wide A track for every emotion, given the majority of those emotions are fear.
The bold and futile attempt to fix the disastrous Aliens: Colonial Marines
Alien Resurrection? Can a mod fix this infamously terrible Gearbox shooter?
Windows 10's greatest achievement was not being Windows 8, and I think we can all be thankful for that
A tribute Rest in peace now, brave hero.
The 2026 game release calendar so far has GTA 6 standing alone in May—who will be brave enough to challenge it?
Future Proof I wish I could tell you the Grand Theft Auto 6 PC release date, but we'll have to settle for the console date for now.
Battlefield 6 guide: gear up with all our tips and tricks
SITREP Everything you need to know about the return of classes, 64-player lobbies, and the Battlefield Portal.
Best Battlefield 6 guns: All weapons you can unlock and which ones to use
Loaded Separate the wheat from the chaff.
Best DRS-IAR loadout in Battlefield 6
Love at Second Sight A terrible first impression hides one of the best weapons.
Best M2010 ESR loadout in Battlefield 6
Bulle Headshot enemies from a distance with this starter sniper rifle.
Best M433 loadout in Battlefield 6
Kickstart This beginner assault rifle isn't very beginner-friendly.
Best M4A1 loadout in Battlefield 6
Omni-Tool This starter carbine is all you'll ever need.
All Battlefield 6 dog tag locations and rewards
You're it Find all 30 campaign dog tags to get some special skins.
Next and current banners in Genshin Impact
Wishmaster Find out who's responsible for taking your precious Primogems this time.
Battlefield 6: This is what a well-optimised game looks like in 2025
Organised chaos It's pretty stunning in motion, too.
Rufus is a free tool that gets rid of most of Windows 11's installation nonsense and I'll show you exactly how to use it
Upgrade time And it can even help you switch to Linux.
All Genshin Impact 6.1 livestream codes
Freemogems Claim the new Primogems from the Luna 2 special program.
