As Senua progresses through her fractured psyche, death hangs over her. When she falls to it, a dark, oily corruption spreads up her arms. Once that corruption reaches her head, it’s game over – but not in the traditional, oh I’ll just load my savegame sense. If you die too much in the game, your saved game is erased. Gone. Permanently

Let’s say that you’re a video game publisher. Between meetings where you figure out how to shoehorn loot boxes into your game and a slideshow on how much you can charge for attack pants DLC, you’ve also got to manage the various studios under your brand. Studios who deliver outstanding work, that has begun building an audience and yet haven’t met your ludicrously high sales targets. Can’t win them all, hey? Bugger that, cut the studio from your fat and roll on. That’s exactly what Square Enix did this year, as the publisher decided to part ways with IO Interactive and the Hitman franchise.

LawBreakers, the new mid-budget shooter from Clifford Bleszinski’s Boss Key Studios is now available.

The Xbox One has always been bogged down by its slow, messy UI. But on the eve of the Xbox One X, we're finally getting the overhaul we deserve.

The incredibly addictive Dragon Quest Builders is getting a sequel, and its now coming to Nintendo's Switch in the near future.

Today we're saying goodbye to four teams as the Main Event for the Dota 2 International 2017 gets under way.

My current addiction is Overwatch where I'm just about to unlock my silver portrait and which is a game my household owns 5 copies of. As such my enjoyment of this weekend's Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers is probably hugely biased, but it has been the first online esports competition that I've voluntarily watched many, many hours of.

Phantom Trigger is a game of two narratives, a journey through reality and fantasy. It bills itself as a “hardcore neon slasher”, but there’s more to it. Yes, you’re running through dungeons and using a combination of swords, whips and mighty fists to survive through to the next segment. Yes, you’re vanquishing monsters by the skin of your teeth while back in the real world a married couple have to make hard decisions after a mystery illness strikes.