You might have heard, we turned 10 this month and we wanted to do something special for you, our wonderful community. So before the month is out we have launched a whole new community platform with an aim to improve your experience.  So what's new you ask? Let us tell you! The new and improved...

Over 15’000 ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted and verified by an independent adjudicator (not really) - we can now reveal the winners of The inaugural Useless Gaming Awards!  In its debut year, The Useless Gaming Awards celebrates the gaming moments and features that...

“Skating is not a crime!” Anyone old enough to remember that rallying cry probably still thinks of edgy counterculture and Tony Hawk when they think about skateboarding, and there’s a good chance, too, that they played Tony Hawk’s Pro Skating in its heyday.  While skating switch...

Most gamers know that space is full of some weird stuff, and that, for the most part, it’s the kind of stuff you’re better off blowing up with a spaceship. While Space Invaders might be the most famous example of what’s wrong with space, R-Type taught us to keep calm in the face of the...

The importance of any given city can wax or wane with the times. It’s only fitting that a franchise centered around building the things should do the same. SimCity laid the foundations for the modern (and enormous) city-builder genre, but was relegated to a backwater with the disastrous...

While 1983 might not seem that long ago in cinema terms, it’s ancient history on the video game timeline.  People still talk about the Return of the Jedi today, for instance, while 1983’s Star Wars (aka Star Wars: The Arcade Game) is very much from a long, long time ago. Since then,...

Wolfenstein Youngblood is a fresh new spin of the Wolfenstein series. Like its twin main characters, Youngblood is a partnership, formed by the team-up of MachineGames and Dishonored developers Arkane Studios. Here’s our brief guide to playing through Wolfenstein Youngblood. Wolfenstein...

The 80s were a time of excess and optimism, and no game quite captures the spirit of the 80s like OutRun.  Released smack in the middle of the decade, OutRun redefined racing games and encapsulated the 80s in arcade cabinet form. But its influence doesn’t stop there, as it left a lasting...

It’s a rare game series that can defy changing tastes to remain popular yet unchanged across seven titles, but the Metal Slug series has achieved it. The timeless franchise feels as much at home in today’s retro-styled indie scene as it did in its era origin. So let’s take a look at the...

Destiny 2 isn’t a game famous for encouraging exploration, but its potent sense of place, background lore, and hidden secrets make combing through its zones more worthwhile than it first appears. Here’s our guide to some of Destiny 2’s locations, including their stories and what you’ll...

Sometimes you need a break from mowing down pedestrians or shooting up downtown Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto V. That’s the perfect opportunity to take some time out and work toward 100% completion. To get there, you’ll need to find GTA V’s many collectables, so here’s our guide to...

If you aren’t from the past, then the easiest way to explain the Wipeout franchise to you is to say it’s a kart racer for grown-ups. The vehicle combat genre isn’t as popular as it once was, but the Wipeout franchise helped put that genre on the map of gaming history. So let’s crank up...