Open worlds were deeply hampered on the OGX/PS2/GC. It was only last generation that they truly became ‘possible’ without serious sacrifices.

While the 360’s launch line up was poor, it’s first 18 months played host to some of the finest games of the last generation. Oblivion, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Gears of War, each was revolutionary in its own way.

Ultimately it’s for their resume. Having a blank space for 8 years with no shipped products, even if you were at a great studio, is a big issue. Many applications require 3+ shipped games for senior roles.

Kotaku hiring a copy editor? MY GAWD.

Exactly. TWAU and TFTB are by FAR the best series they’ve ever done.

High end, proper restaurant food is generally more expensive than America, and in-line with that of wealthier Western European countries like Denmark and Switzerland.

My problem with Bethesda is that they don’t use the money they make to actually innovate at all. Rockstar has built games off the same template for fifteen years too, but each game seems to push the formula forward. GTAV doesn’t rest on its laurels- everything from driving to gunplay to the amazing graphics are…

It does, but given we’ve heard absolutely nothing about the next title a Spring release for Red Dead 3/Bully 2/Agent/Whatever It Is grows ever more unlikely.

I would bet that Rockstar’s next big game is a mid-September 2016 release.

Microsoft wanted it then because otherwise it wouldn’t be the ‘Best Lineup in Xbox History’. Microsoft almost never releases exclusives in Spring for one simple reason- console sales are very very low then.

Because allowing players to play games they already own in your ecosystem should be a clear priority when designing a new platform. Console games are the only medium this applies to. I can play games from 2007 on my new iPhone. I can play games from the 80s on PC. You can bleat about the CELL processor or whatever you…

If Fallout 4 beats The Witcher it will be THEFT, I tell you!

Speaking of lighting, does anyone know how the team at Rockstar did it? Grand Theft Auto V has lighting that feels so real, so lifelike, that it is unlike any other game that I have ever played. On PC, it’s magnificent, but even on 360, the way the morning had that hazy brightness, the afternoon that dull, dazy Los…

Honestly quite enjoying Halo 5’s multiplayer, after a slightly disappointing campaign. I mostly play Halo for the story, and while Guardians wasn’t *as* terrible as some people say in my opinion, it was a step down from Halo 4 and especially Reach.

Actually most radical anti-capitalists believe that only violence can change the capitalist status quo.

I would have agreed even a couple of years ago. But today PCs boot fast enough, and run fast enough (with even mediocre hardware) that they can compete with dedicated systems on speed terms.

If you care about quality home entertainment, the best solution is just to put a small PC under the TV. I have a little box with an i5 chip, a GTX970 and 16gb ram, and it not only runs all the movie content I want (and I never have to worry that there might be some service that doesn’t have an ‘app’ on my platform),…

EA have suggested they’re all in on the program and bringing all their games to BC. Whether that happens remains to be seen.

I’m in the UK, from London and have lived in the city all my life. Both main characters (Evie and Jacob) are voiced by Brits, as are a huge number of the NPCs, as evidenced by the vast number of regional accents in the game. If Graham Bell isn’t really voiced by a Scot, then it’s a bloody good impression. In fact, I…

There is 3rd person view, on PC it’s ‘C’, I’m not sure about on console.