This week: Tales of Battlefield 3 hackers banning innocent players, WW2 shooters are a good thing and Uncharted 4's million polygon characters. Plus mucho more.
Our sixth annual celebration of all things amazing in gaming in 2011 continues - in fact, it's only just starting! Now that the feel-good Special Awards are
out of the way, we can start in on the real Platinum Chalices. Looking for the most
satisfying gore, the best sidekick or the game that surprised us the
most by not sucking in 2011? You've definitely come
to the right place...
Celebrate the Week of Hate with a list of gaming's worst sidekicks, and get ready to rage at these unhelpful allies...
Bored of having eyeballs? Take a look through these overly lit game stills and you'll never have to see again!
2012? Pfft. So last year. Let's see what 2013 is up to...
Over the past few years, the free-to-play system of paying for games has gone from stigma to a wildly successful strategy. But do the people playing these games actually benefit from the microtransaction-based model? We verbally thrown down over the issue in the first-ever GR Debate...
Forget rubbish Facebook games--what are the best free games that are also AAA? Here are our best free games, from Planetside 2 to League of Legends to Hawken...

Whoa there, hotshot! This ain’t no celebration of videogame sound design – we’ve done that. Here, rather, are the games that come alive when piped through headphones directly into your brain. After all, brilliant audio will sound even brilliant-er when it’s loud, bassy and in dangerous proximity to your ear drums. But it’s not always about the music; sometimes you’ll want to slap on a pair of headphones during the most unconventional soundscapes - like say a pair of women in tight shorts GRUNTING VERY LOUDLY. Got your attention? Grab your best cans (not those) and read on…
There's a ton of shooters out on the market with even more modes, features and perks. It can be tough to know which ones are actually good. So, we've put our collective nogins together and came up with a list of the best multiplayer FPS games to play right now...
Over the past few years, the free-to-play system of paying for games has gone from stigma to a wildly successful strategy. But do the people playing these games actually benefit from the microtransaction-based model? We verbally thrown down over the issue in the first-ever GR Debate...