If only Brexit had been a game
Current real-world politics remind us why so many prefer the ordered fairness of gamingDuring the run-up to the general election, my children and I took our new puppy for a walk around the block. A...
View ArticleHow Destiny learned from its mistakes to redefine the first-person shooter
The success of Halo saw Bungie grow from small concern to household name. Two years after release, the Destiny franchise looks set to take its developer to new heightsThe first public hint that Bungie...
View ArticleHalo Wars 2 review – exciting revival of the real-time strategy game
Halo returns to the world of RTS with a challenging yet instinctively playable take on the once-mighty genre, and one that is full of new ideasFew genres have fallen from grace quite as fast as the...
View ArticleZelda? Pokémon? Spyro? Players tweet their defining games
Under the trending Twitter hashtag #GameStruck4, video game fans have spent the day listing the four titles that defined their love of gaming. Some are predictable, others not so muchIt’s a question...
View ArticleE3 2018: Microsoft's gaming chiefs on the future of Xbox
The company is investing in studios in attempt to win over next generation of gamersWhen you think of Microsoft, you probably think of Word or Windows first; omnipresent computer software that, despite...
View ArticleHalo video game franchise to become live-action TV series
Premium cable network Showtime announced the series, which will hope to avoid the fate of previous flawed adaptation attemptsBlockbusting video game Halo is to be adapted into a 10-part live-action...
View ArticleThe 12 most-anticipated games of E3 2019
From Star Wars and Marvel-themed juggernauts to village life sims and monster hunts, these are the games we’re most interested in at next week’s E3 in Los AngelesIt’s been in development in Canada for...
View ArticleThe 50 best video games of the 21st century
Want to build worlds, become a crime kingpin, get lost in space, or enter the afterlife? Then our countdown of the 50 best games of the era has something for youMore of the best TV | Film | Albums |...
View ArticleVampires, gangsters and Keanu Reeves: our games picks for 2020
A remake of a beloved classic, long-awaited sequels, alien shooting and Minecraft adventure lead our preview of this year’s most anticipated releasesWith its painterly, storybook aesthetic and promise...
View ArticleWill the success of The Witcher herald a golden age of game-to-TV adaptations?
With their long, complex stories, video games fit television better than film – especially now streaming services have the firepower to make such projectsIt is a truth, universally accepted, that video...
View ArticleXbox Series X games showcase: Halo: Infinite, Fable and more - as it happened
In a packed hour of trailers, Microsoft revealed the Halo: Infinite campaign, plus the next Forza Motorsport and a new FableIt has begun! Looks like we’re starting with what everyone wants to see: Halo...
View ArticleXbox Series X to launch in November, but Halo Infinite delayed until 2021
New console will arrive without its showpiece title as troubled Halo sequel is put on holdThe Xbox Series X console will launch in November, but without its most anticipated title, Halo: Infinite....
View ArticleThe 10 best games on Xbox Series S/X
From Forza Horizon 5’s pure driving thrills to the brain-scrambling fun of Pyschonauts 2 and Resident Evil Village’s massive vampires, here are the Xbox Series S/X must-havesIn order to appease a...
View ArticlePushing Buttons: gaming is culture – even Fortnite has something to say about...
In the first edition of our gaming newsletter: why games, like all art, have the power to connect, entertain and cause changeDon’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWelcome to...
View ArticleSony to buy video game maker Bungie for $3.6bn as takeovers continue
Bungie developed Destiny and Halo while sale comes after Microsoft’s $69bn acquisition of Activision BlizzardSony has agreed to buy the video game maker Bungie for $3.6bn, the latest in a series of...
View ArticleHalo, Moon Knight and more Bridgerton: what’s new to streaming in Australia...
Plus a Tiger King dramatisation, a comedy musical about buying property in Australia and a Ben Affleck erotic thrillerGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcastContinue...
View ArticleHalo review – hit sci-fi game morphs into middling $200m TV series
The much-hyped adaptation of the phenomenally successful video game crash lands on TV with impressive visuals but not much elseQuite how Halo hasn’t made it to the screen, small or big, before this is...
View ArticleShoot em up! How TV fell in love with video games
From Halo and Resident Evil to emo apocalypse thriller The Last of Us, video game adaptations are storming our screens. Is this a fast-track to quality TV – or a cynical cash grab?For a long time, it...
View Article‘I put on 40 pounds of muscle. Holy mackerel!’ Pablo Schreiber on playing...
The videogame has finally been adapted for TV – with the former Wire actor in the lead. He talks about his lean years after the legendary show aired – and losing his Halo character the Master Chief’s...
View ArticleHalo review – fails to be TV’s first great video game adaptation
This sterile mix of trigger porn and talky world-building is full of middling battle scenes, and simply does not make much sense to newcomers to the Xbox games. It could have been so much moreIn the...
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