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The upcoming Final Fantasy VII remake has been anticipated ever since it was originally announced. And with good reason; Final Fantasy VII is a game that inspired thousands of people, and popularized an entire genre. It even inspired many…

Racing games come in many forms. The insane physics of the FlatOut series. The metal crunching, fender bending destruction of the Burnout games. Every racing game has its gimmick or hook so that players can experience racing in a different…

The Rayman series has a strange lifespan, but one of very consistent quality. The first game was a fun if simple 2D platformer and Rayman 2: The Great Escape is one of the most acclaimed 3D platformers of all time. It’s also one of the most…

For over forty years gaming from the table top to the screen has been seen as a male dominated industry. Those with a basic knowledge of gaming all know the names from Dungeons and Dragons founder Gary Gygax to Ken Levine of Bioshock fame…

The first thing to stand about a game is its art style. Regardless of how much the gameplay or story are discussed in the marketing and lead up to release, every video and screenshot will showcase how the game looks, how it moves, and how…

The new Far Cry 5 will set you to killing a far-right militia in the American heartland. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus let players kick Hitler in the face, literally. It's 2018 and games are tackling politics in a big way. But confusion…

I wasn't the biggest gamer growing up. We didn’t have a console until my younger brother bought an XBox with his confirmation money. As a result, the games I did play as a kid were PC based. In fact when I was 10, Santa brought me the Sims…

Ubisoft's Assassin’s Creed was one of the more overt examples of an era of “too big to fail” game series; franchises that arrived fully formed with tie-in media, expensive collectors editions and a planned trilogy ready to go before a…

It’s a strange world in which a game where you play an anthropomorphic cup fighting psychic carrots and genies who summon floating pyramids that shoot lasers gets compared to many things, least of all a game centered around a…

“Do you feel like a hero yet?” asks the loading screen. Against a backdrop of a crumbling Dubai a burnt and bleeding soldier looks at something far away. His thousand-yard stare tells the player all they need to know. No. No, I don’t feel…