Latest articles by Alex Avard

Why people are returning to Battlefield Firestorm two years on from launch
By Alex Avard published
Feature The Battlefield 5 battle royale mode Firestorm is seeing a resurgence of players: Here's what Warzone could still learn from it

World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic will let players relive the magic of Outland, right down to its launch day chaos
By Alex Avard published
Feature "Things may get a little crazy": Blizzard reveals how its bringing Burning Crusade back to life in World of Warcraft Classic

Dying Light 2 livestream event teased for this Thursday
By Alex Avard published
News Dying Light 2 is kicking off E3 early with an online event later this week

Warzone Season 3 Reloaded's Power Grab mode is another perfect blend of battle royale and Call of Duty bombast
By Alex Avard published
Feature Power Grab is the best thing Call of Duty: Warzone has brought to battle royale since Rebirth Resurgence

Why Arkane's ultra stylish PS5 shooter Deathloop is so much more than just Dishonored with bigger guns
By Alex Avard published
Feature Deathloop brings '60s swagger to the assassination sandbox for what might just be the smartest PS5 exclusive yet

Enlisted is the perfect next-gen shooter to keep you busy until Battlefield 6
By Alex Avard published
Feature Hands-on with Enlisted, the Battlefield-inspired PS5 and Series X shooter where every bullet counts

Subnautica: Below Zero shows why not all survival games should front-load their storytelling
By Alex Avard published
Feature Subnautica: Below Zero trades scares for storytelling in an expansion that loses some of its predecessor's evocative charm

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart preview: Hilarity and hijinks with the most persuasive PS5 showcase so far
By Alex Avard published
Feature "The story has become even more personal": Diving deep into the making of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart with Insomniac Games

Hood: Outlaws & Legends is a refreshingly unbalanced multiplayer experiment that threatens to steal hours of your time
By Alex Avard published
Feature Hood: Outlaws & Legends is a messy barrel of laughs with the right band of Merry Men

10 essential Battlefield 5 tips to know before you play
By Alex Avard published
Tips These are the Battlefield 5 tips you need to know before jumping into its WW2 themed multiplayer

"We send each other holiday cards": Meet the Battlefield megalodon hunters searching for the series' biggest secrets
By Alex Avard published
Feature Ahead of Battlefield 6, we talk to the Easter egg hunters dedicated to uncovering the games' hidden mysteries

"It has been a lifeline": How games have helped school children stay connected over lockdown
By Alex Avard published
Feature How Roblox, Minecraft, and more have become the school classroom and playground all at once

A conversation with the voice of your subconscious in Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
By Alex Avard published
Feature "I've never done anything like this before": How Lenval Brown stayed sane voicing 350,000 words for ZA/UM's hit RPG

How Red Dead Online role-players turned an out-of-bounds prison into a working Wild West criminal justice system
By Alex Avard published
Feature Inside Red Dead Online's working state penitentiary

How Call of Duty: Warzone season 3 takes its story back in time to synch up with Black Ops Cold War
By Alex Avard published
Feature Nukes, Zombies, and Stitch: here's what you need to know about the Call of Duty: Warzone story and the Hunt for Adler in Season 3

How Call of Duty: Warzone season 3 draws from the best of Black Ops history for Verdansk 84
By Alex Avard published
Feature From Summit to Standoff, exploring the Black Ops maps that Call of Duty: Warzone season 3 brings to Verdansk 84

The Call of Duty: Warzone zombies containment event has been a slow, confusing farewell party for Verdansk as we know it
By Alex Avard published
Feature Call of Duty: Warzone is using its zombies in all the wrong ways ahead of season 3

Circular warfare: Lemnis Gate brings the time loop craze to the hero shooter, and finds multiplayer gold
By Alex Avard published
Feature Fighting against and alongside multiple timelines of myself in Lemnis Gate, one of the most innovative multiplayer shooters on the horizon

What a Last of Us PS5 remake could learn from Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and more to justify its own existence
By Alex Avard published
Feature Charting a viable path for the rumored Last of Us Remake

Outriders best class - how to pick the class that plays best to your style
By Leon Hurley, Alyssa Mercante, Sam Loveridge, Alex Avard published
Guide What's the best Outriders class out of Pyromancer, Trickster, Technomancer, and Devastator?

After a year of silence, Techland is ready to talk about Dying Light 2 again
By Alex Avard published
Feature How Techland used the Dying Light 2 delay to scale down the complexity of the game's ambition

The Walking Dead season 10 episode 22 review: "Made Negan a character we're not just invested in, but actively rooting for"
By Alex Avard published
Review

Kena: Bridge of Spirits developers Ember Lab on stealing the internet's heart and making the most of PS5
By Alex Avard published
Feature Why PS5 game Kena: Bridge of Spirits is more than just a love letter to Pixar animation

"I try not to think of it as a successor game": Axiom Verge 2 creator Tom Happ on why his long-awaited sequel isn't really a sequel at all
By Alex Avard published
Feature How Axiom Verge 2 is more than just a sequel to Tom Happ's 2015 indie hit, but a "complementary piece of the overall puzzle"
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