There’s a reason that this RedLynx/Ubisoft series has been with us for so many years (20 if you include the original Java version). Basically it’s fun. We could’ve said flat-out fun, but there’s much more finesse to the experience than that, as players soon discover. Just like learning to ride a real bike, the basics of Trials never truly leave you. But as the series has evolved, the gameplay has become ever more nuanced, and now it’s time for more people to explore the many ways that flipping two-wheeled rides around like a fool can be so very fulfilling.

These days, you can find Final Fantasy VII on a wide range of platforms. In 2019, it’ll be joining Final Fantasy IX and the remasters of of X and X-2 on Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch. So what’s the deal? Why is Final Fantasy VIII given the cold shoulder constantly? The answer, lies in two possible reasons that fans have debated across the internet for ages.

It’s so awfully cliched and trite that I’m genuinely disappointed in myself – but there I was, pumping my fist in the air, impassionately whooping while Kenny Loggins’ “Highway to the Danger Zone” played inside my head. I’d just finished one of Ace Combat 7’s dogfighting missions, that saw me pilot my plane through a thunderstorm while trying to take …

If you were expecting Ride 3 to be the perfect fusion of quality and quantity of content, then I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news for you: An adequate sequel that has more bugs in it than your helmet visor after a breakfast run, almost no soul to its racing spirit and the bare minimum of fun spread throughout its sporadic modes. The third time is not the charm in Ride 3.

The more things change, the more they stay the same as the video games of the last decade still had one time-honoured tradition up their sleeves: A good ol’fashioned boss fight! Whether you were slugging away at glorified bullet sponges or trying to outlast juggernauts that were capable of laughing at your mightiest attacks, here’s a look at some of the best and most satisfying boss fights of the decade.

Celeste is an emotional game, one that uses visuals, writing and music to really invest the player in Madeline’s story. Yet what I think makes it special is that it offers an important message through something that only a video game could achieve: A playstyle. Mechanics are something so unique to the video game medium. Just like great poets experiment and challenge the form of how language is written so too do great developers challenge how we interact with their art and when a developer takes advantage of this, marrying interactivity with conventional storytelling...well, you get something incredibly powerful. Something like Celeste.

With two seasons down so far in Marvel's Runaways, Gertrude ‘Gert’ Yorkes has emerged as a fan favourite due to her being the heart and soul of the show, who also happens to have a pet Velociraptor that she is psychically bonded to. Neat. We got a chance to chat to actor Ariela Barer about the role and what the future holds in store for Gert and her bestest pal Old Lace.

No More Heroes and its sequel were some of the finest games on Nintendo’s Wii, showing that the system could be home to games filled with violence and gore, juxtaposed against the family-friendly fare that flooded its library. The game was later ported to PlayStation 3, but it’s been years since we’ve seen its anti-hero, the video game-obsessed otaku and assassin Travis Touchdown in action

There’s a brilliant little strategy game here, one that deserves plenty of love and none of the usual mobile gaming stigma that usually comes bundled with these experiences. For a game that is entirely free and still offers plenty of entertainment without spending a single cent on it, that’s not a bad deal at all.

From the streets of Gotham to the far reaches of the Multiverse, here's a look at the very best comic book covers this week!

What happens when a rich family goes down the wrong alley, runs afoul of a mugger and are murdered? You get the perfect recipe for the construction of a legend, as all it took was one bad night to give birth to the Batman. By now, even your grandma knows the origin of Batman, but his legend was one that …

We want to be bold, we want to be brave and we want to throw our own hats into the ring with a few ideas of our own, that will see the gaming industry undergo some radical change this year. Are we even remotely psychic? Not a chance, but we’re feeling pretty confident that none of these predictions will come back to bite us in the ass. None of them.