Latest articles by Dan Dawkins
1057 hours on Destiny?! Sony's My PS4 Life shows you how many hours you've spent playing PS4 games this generation
News A sobering reminder that you could have learned Mandarin in the time it took to unlock the Whisper of the Worm sniper rifle
Half-Life 2 writer surprised by former colleague’s decision to publish ‘fanfic’ vision for Half-Life 3
News Bossa Studios' Chet Faliszek on ex-colleague Marc Laidlaw's decision to share a plot outline for Half-Life 3 - and why he won't speak out on history's most-anticipated sequel
Ubisoft are moving away from ‘finite experiences’ but let’s not abandon a search for meaning, for the sedative of entertainment
Opinion If the future is 7/10 games with no conclusion, then it might be game over for some of the uncompromising tales we've held most dear
Why MGS4's final scene is more powerful than we ever realised
Opinion As Hideo Kojima's maligned Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots turns 10 years-old, we pay tribute to its powerful final scene
The GamesRadar E3 2018 predictions podcast - what we expect from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and more
E3 Don't call it a comeback… the GR+ podcast returns with an all-new crew and fresh insight into the E3 2018 games show
Musician and YouTube star Tina Guo picks her 10 greatest video game soundtracks
Features Tina Guo's renditions of famous video game soundtracks made her a YouTube star - but what are her all-time favorite gaming themes?
Solo: A Star Wars Story - what that shocking cameo might mean for future Star Wars sequels
Features How is that surprise Solo cameo even possible? And what might it mean for forthcoming Star Wars sequels, such as the rumoured Boba Fett film?
Death Stranding is about 'global player collaboration', confirms Mads Mikkelsen - here's why that might be significant
PS4 News "The whole concept of playing the game, as I understand, needs collaboration from different people from different parts of the world", Mikkelsen tells Total Film magazine
Hideo Kojima's cult mech combat game Zone of the Enders 2 remade in 4K and VR with pre-orders live now
PS4 News Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – Mars hits PS4 and PC on September 6th with new modes and audio
How Metal Gear Solid manipulated its players, warning us of an age of Fake News, Cambridge Analytica and data surveillance
Features Facebook is engulfed in a data privacy scandal with links to behavioural manipulation, but Metal Gear Solid 2 players were exposed to a similar system over 16 years ago
“We made a four-page manual on crate stacking”: Ratchet and Clank’s creators on the lessons of their 15-year success story
Retrospective Insomniac share the secrets of building a franchise, and the tension between making – and breaking – your own rules
12 things we learned about Fortnite at GDC 2018
News How developers Epic plan to make the game higher – and lower – specification to reach more players, plus how Battle Royale went from idea to launch in only 12 weeks.
Holy shirt, if you’ve finished watching The Good Place, we’ve got a lot to talk about
Features We've unearthed the smartest reads, videos, easter eggs and facts on 2018's most-addictive show. You're welcome.
I had no intention of buying a Sega Megadrive with 81 games… but at £35, all rational thought is… SEGA! DOO, DOO, DO, DO…
Deal
L.A. Noire in virtual reality is a gently confusing miracle that poses big questions for Grand Theft Auto’s future
Opinion It's hard to escape the feeling that L.A. Noire in VR is a testbed for more exhilarating, and ethically complex, first-person experiences, with eyes on the future of GTA
"Feels like the spiritual successor to Mario 64": Super Mario Odyssey scores 10/10 in Edge magazine review
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PES 2018 hands-on: Usain Bolt, sublime gameplay and the 'end of history'
Hands on We go hands-on with the PES 2018 E3 demo to find a subtle evolution of the best-playing football game available
Star Wars Battlefront 2’s 'hero' is Sleepy Hollow star Janina Gavankar… like, honestly, who knew?
News Obvious likeness aside, the True Blood actor teased fans with Twitter clues… before confirmation of her Star Wars role
5 GIFs of creative mass slaughter in GTA Online that make you question the meaning of life
Sheer Nihilism
Skate 3's coming to Xbox One backwards compatibility, and about time, too *UPDATED*
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