Reviews

The time is finally upon us. EA has reached its final FIFA instalment, so get out your handkerchiefs and prepare to wave a solemn goodbye to football’s most popular franchise. Of course, that’s a little disingenuous; EA isn’t actually saying goodbye to FIFA, just the FIFA name, so the series will continue under the slightly

The Sniper Elite franchise is an odd one indeed. On the one hand, it prides itself on its realism; it features such concepts as bullet drop-off, wind resistance, and other things that would actually factor into a real-life sniper’s decision-making. On the other hand, its bullet cam kills are so ludicrously violent that they would

It’s very difficult to get a horror game right. If you pull back too much on the scares, then you risk your game becoming boring, or perhaps worse, pretentious. Too much, and you might alienate a more generalist crowd, which would obviously be bad for your bottom line. That’s why so many developers resort to

When you’re thinking of becoming a professional streamer or podcaster, there are few things more important than the microphone you’re using. After all, if your followers or listeners can’t hear you clearly, then the most important part of your content – your unique personality – will fall on deaf ears. Naturally, there are plenty of

There are so many options on the market when it comes to gaming headsets that it can be hard to know how you’re supposed to choose one. Offerings from major companies like Razer, SteelSeries, and Corsair jostle for position, and new options are springing up all the time, making it even more difficult to navigate

It almost seems a little bizarre that you can play Xbox games on your smartphone in 2022, but here we are. Thanks to the introduction of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, it’s now possible to access Game Pass titles on your phone through the magic of cloud streaming, allowing you to play even graphically demanding games

Final Fantasy XIV is truly a success story for the ages. After a disastrous launch back in 2010 – albeit one that still has its adherents to this day – producer Naoki Yoshida was brought on board to salvage the sinking ship. His solution was to revamp the entire FFXIV experience, turning it into something

Ubisoft has come under a lot of criticism in recent years for its formulaic open-world map design. In most Ubisoft games, you start off uncovering just a small amount of the map, climbing towers and gradually revealing more of the game’s explorable area. This is true of Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, Ghost Recon, Watch Dogs,