Few people are further from their comfort zone than Spec-Ops marines. This has to be the least cosy profession on the planet. Attempting to now join them in this struggle to remain sane while all around is sheer bloody chaos, Ubisoft is taking the safety net away from its most famous shooter franchise. In Ghost Recon Breakpoint, you’re no longer …

I’ll forever associate Nintendo with platformers and collect-a-thons. You could blame their iconic plumber in red, but it also comes from past comparisons. While Banjo-Kazooie was busy gathering up music notes, the height of digital combat realism was being experienced with Metal Gear Solid over on the Playstation. This is, of course, a gross misconception as colourful kid-friendly mascots collecting …

We came, we saw and we played a lot of games last month! August may have been the calm before the Q4 storm, but with a month that included the likes of Astral Chain, Control and Ion Fury, there was no shortage of new material to sink your thumbs into. So if you’re looking for something to play, got some cash to burn and need an opinion to help justify your purchases, here you go! Here’s a look back at the best of August…and the worst.

Months of planning going into a trip that would most likely be over in the blink of an eye. No dice. Gamescom took its time, and it was very much worth every moment. Brad Lang and I arrived in a city that entirely shared the enthusiasm of the event it was hosting. Cologne was awash with Gamescom flags. Ads for …

In many ways, adapting the Blair Witch into a horror video game seems like an almost impossible task. The very foundation of The Blair Witch Project is that the protagonists have no control over their situation. They’re lost in a seemingly labyrinthian forest, being pursued by an unseen horror and they’re constantly at each other’s throats. It works so well …

Gamescom was rad as all Hell. Personally, it was the first convention I’ve ever had the opportunity to cover, so setting aside the crippling anxiety that is flying overseas by yourself and staying in a stranger’s spare room (it was a really good price and he only stole one of my kidneys, very considerate) Gamescom was everything I wanted it …

The future is coming, and it kind of looks…grim. In Disintegration, the destiny of humanity has resulted in our species being served a combo of disaster, as game director Marcus Lehto’s return to sci-fi action picks off a good couple of years after overpopulation, famine and the mother of all pandemics has almost succeeded in wiping out our species. The only solution? Putting our juicy bits of grey matter into robotic shells, thus creating an integration between man and machine.

Squadron 42 is the hyper expensive single-player game that stars Hollywood royalty. Pegged for release in the second quarter of next year, that mode’s beta has now officially been delayed for three months.