Paul Sage sits opposite me, his intense eyes staring down at me from behind his glasses. Sage has worked on some of my favourite games which include the first two Borderlands, and he’s on the verge of launching the long-awaited next mainline entry into the beloved franchise. And he’s also busy telling me about a guy stuck in a porta-potty.

NBA 2K20 may have all the bells and whistles necessary to keep old fans satisfied, but for newcomers? It's a much harder sell.

So you’ve just realised that your reality is nothing more but the construction of drunk comic book writers who slapped your continuity together in a single pub crawl. Life is literally two-dimensional and your chances of being killed by an interdimensional squid monster that crawled out of Alan Moore’s beard have now just multiplied immensely. Sorry to break it you …

I have a soft spot for Mount and Blade: Warband. I first played the game all the back when I was in primary school, having absolutely no idea what it was. For some reason, one of the computers in the school library had a copy of the game saved to it and one rainy day during aftercare, I happened to …

One of the best things about Gamescom is just strolling the halls, aimlessly looking for something to play. It’s been a mad dash for Sam and me, often having to sprint past hordes of fans just to make it across the wildly enormous convention centre to be on time for your next appointment. It’s a special kind of professional adrenaline …

I wasn’t really sure what I expected when I walked into the Breakpoint demo, but I know that I was intrigued. Ghost Recon has always existed in two worlds, providing elements of a tactical shooter for those who want their experiencedriven by tight communication and efficient planning and a more arcadey shooter for players who want to kill bad guys …

Comic book pages that rip your way through. Big freakin’ guns that you can wield against fearsome foes. Boss fights that’ll push you to your limits. If you had any of those elements within an action platformer, you’d have my interest, but to have all three of them existing in visceral harmony inside of a single game? Now you’ve got my attention.

I’ve recently been on a bit of a retro gaming binge lately. I was lucky enough to acquire a NES Mini, loaded an abundance of games on it and it’s been a truly fascinating experiment talking a look at where a lot of commercial home gaming started. It’s also really interesting to note how BULLSHIT a lot of those early …

Okay, full disclosure: I was never not going to love this. I’m an Avengers fanboy, have been before the MCU turned Captain America and Iron Man into household names even your grandparents have heard. I was so excited to get hands on with The Avengers, frothing even, and I’ll state this up front: I loved every single second. The characters, …

There are not many things I’m confident about in my life. It’s a short list and as the world continues to spiral into further absurdity, it’s only getting shorter. If you were to ask me what these convictions were, I’d say that I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt that the sky is blue, tomatoes are disgusting and the Final Fantasy 7 Remake was never coming out.

If you can’t hop onto a plane tonight and land in Germany tomorrow just in time to bask in an ocean of Rammstein T-shirts and the shortest of shorts at Gamescom, fret not! Live vicariously through this photo gallery instead!

Top Gear once again feels natural, less scripted and relaxed in its effort to show just how brilliant cars are and what they can still be in an ever-changing world. I’ve got a feeling that this looks like the start of a beautiful new friendship.