It’s said that a large part of the games industry is uninspired because developers don’t take risks. They stick to the same formula year after year because it’s one that they’re confident will both sell well and please players. A lot of the time we shout at those developers, saying that their new game is “more of the same” or …

When it was revealed that the game effectively plays out like a Metroidvania game, I was sold. As much as the actually gameplay has me hooked, I can’t say I know very much about the game’s narrative. And now, after watching the game’s story trailer, I think I know even less.

Sony revealed its financial results for the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year, and with that report comes word that the company has shipped (that’s sold in, not sold through) 100 million PlayStation 4 consoles since the system was released six years ago.

Rockstar Games has come under fire for ducking its tax bill. That’s the claim thrown at the company behind games such as Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto V’s massively popular online mode, because while Rockstar Games may have made a cool $5 billion operating profit between 2013 to 2019, it paid absolutely zero corporation tax and it managed to siphon away a fair sum from the Video Game Tax Relief Fund over several years.

Of all the diminutive, retro consoles being released in South Africa, the official miniature Mega Drive is one of the most anticipated. While the NES was stuffed with classics that reminded local folk of their knock o9ff Golden China consoles, the SNES tickled nostalgic bones a little less, as it was never really released here. The PlayStation Classic probably would have done better if it wasn’t such a miserable, hastily cobbled-together cash grab.

For a game that runs so smoothly and manages to cram in some of the very best visuals in the industry today, you wouldn’t say that IO Interactive’s rebirth of Hitman since 2016 has been sailing through some especially turbulent waters. If you’ve been keeping, then you know the story by now: Hitman released to rapturous acclaim but its episodic …

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When I finished Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, Bethesda’s latest attempt to bring its franchises to VR, I set the bulky headset next to me, and said out loud to myself “was that it?” There are some good ideas in Cyberpilot, and potential for it to be something much greater than it is – but it unceremoniously grinds to a halt before it …