Modern Warfare III’s mundane recreation of London’s south bank makes me want an entire game of that
Let me just say from the outset that I love a good COD campaign. At their best, they’re the video game equivalent of a Jerry Bruckheimer production: visceral, over-the-top extravaganzas where half the joy is in simply grinning as an infinite b...
Somehow, Lower Decks is the best Star Trek show since Deep Space Nine
Lower Decks isn’t a ‘traditional’ Star Trek show. That sentence makes perfect sense, right? Of course it’s not a ‘traditional’ Star Trek show. It’s a cartoon. The characters all speak really quickly like they...
What’s the best game set in New York, apart from Marvel’s Spider-Man 2?
Gimme ham steak on rye with extra pickles and a half dozen egg whites on the side. Hold the pickles. Who's uncle do I gotta bribe to get a sandwich around here? And so on. Yes, this week we're asking our esteemed panel: what the best game set in New Y...
The Best Ultraviolent Spectacle in Gaming
Video games and excessive violence go together like cheese and crackers. Laurel and Hardy. Beer and nuts. Bacon and, er, rolls. Playstation exclusives and the concept of mediocrity. We love simulated violence here at VG247, but not the real stuff, so ...
How Cyberpunk 2077 cheated the past to forge the future
A sense of Deja Vu swept the gaming industry this week as we once again heard that familiar refrain about the latest update making Cyberpunk 2077 properly good now. No really, they’ve done it this time. It’s definitely now the game that ...
The Crew Motorfest is a brilliant Horizon-like for PS5 owners, but it’s a baffling substitute for The Crew 3
Upon The Crew Motorfest’s reveal at this year’s (frankly bizarre) Ubisoft Forward in June, I think I had the same dismissive reaction as most people: some variation of “we have Forza Horizon at home”. I’m pleased to s...
What are the best cameos in gaming?
Whether it’s Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Sean Bean in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, or Terrence Stamp in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, there are numerous examples of big name hollywood actors showing up in video games,...
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth takes you beyond Midgar
Like many of you probably are, I’m still surprised that Final Fantasy 7 Remake ever saw the light of day, given how it seemed like it had been in development hell since Square showed that old demo of the original Midgar intro running on PS3 sp...
Xbox leaks: what do they mean for you? Our five biggest takeaways
Yesterday was not a great day for Microsoft’s Xbox division. Due to some goof up by entities unknown, documents submitted for the purposes of discovery in the Federal Trade Commission's case against Microsoft purchasing Activision Blizzard (a ...