HADES WAS ROBBED! Sorry I just had to get that out of my system. Critical Hit’s favourite game of the year may have only won two top nods at the Game Awards last night, but it was admittedly up against the stiffest of competition last night. In a year that saw no shortage of excellence, Naughty Dog’s tale of post-apocalyptic …
Not you! Probably. We had a good number of entries on this competition, and while we would have loved to have seen everyone get a code, sadly we only had 20 of them to give away.
The BAFTA awards kicked off from the palatial estate of comedian Dara Ó Briain’s living room, with acceptance speeches being delivered via Zoom conference videos that made for hell of a strange night.
On the cusp of a new console generation, 2019 was gaming at its very finest and worst when you think about it. Old legends returned to glorious new heights as single-player games surged forward in quality as gamers got fed up with peak live service game launches, indies remained as groundbreaking as ever and pure thrills based on proven formulas filled the spaces between big budget releases. Which means that obviously , its award season time.
Welcome to the new year – which can mean only one thing for movie fans. Award season. Love it or hate it, it’s that time of year where Hollywood dishes out awards to itself and remind the viewing audience that their box office receipts often mean very little when it comes to recognizing top movies at the award shows.
Gamescom The Gamescom Awards are always a little weird. The nominees for this year’s Gamescom Awards were announced well before Gamescom itself kicked off. For games to have been nominated, the publishers had to have paid a nominal fee, along with a host of other little rules – which makes them all a little suspect. In the end the winners were decided upon by a group of judges from German and international publications and retailers. Here’s who they selected as winners of Gamescom this year.
EGE played host to the VS Gaming Dota 2 Masters, and in front of a packed audience White Rabbit Gaming took their second consecutive win.
Zuhair "zaZe" Ebrahim Ebrahim is now the highest earning esports player in South Africa
Cash once ruled Colorado commerce. From Denver’s neighborhood diners to mountain-town gift shops, physical …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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