Latest articles by Alex Avard

Why climate scientists think the PS5 and Xbox Series X are still too much of an energy drain
By Alex Avard published
Feature Inside the unsustainable energy demands of the PS5 and Xbox Series X

Ahead of Little Nightmares 2, Tarsier Studios reveals the stories and secrets behind its most monstrous creations
By Alex Avard published
Feature "The scariest thing is their humanity": How Tarsier brought the monsters of Little Nightmares to life

The Battlefield 6 rumors suggests DICE is returning to its roots for PS5 and Xbox Series X, and that's the best news a Battlefield fan could hope for
By Alex Avard published
Feature Battlefield 6 is promising a return to the large-scale, entirely destructible sandboxes of its past

Gearbox acquisition allows studio to "take a risk" on new IP, according to Randy Pitchford
By Alex Avard published
News Gearbox CEO confirms the studio has ideas for "many new IP" beyond Borderlands

Redemption in Absolution: Hitman 3 is at its best when applying the lessons of its messier past
By Alex Avard published
Feature Hitman 3 takes inspiration from the series' black sheep to build its most experimental sandboxes yet

Subnautica: Below Zero empowers the player with more gadgets and narrative momentum, but still makes you feel like a drop in ocean
By Alex Avard published
Feature Balance risk and revelation in Subnautica: Below Zero, the standalone expansion to Unknown Worlds' hit survival sim

How a joke about bathroom signs inspired one of the best indie platformers hitting PS5 this year
By Alex Avard published
Feature Skookum Arts reveals the inspirations behind The Pedestrian ahead of its PS5 and PS4 debut

PlayStation in 2021: What the year holds for the PS5, its first-party studios, and more
By Alex Avard published
Feature With the launch campaign behind it, 2021 could be the year that PS5 really hits its stride

Horizon Forbidden West takes Aloy into the unknown for a PS5 showcase like no other
By Alex Avard published
Guerrilla Games tells GamesRadar+ what to expect from Horizon Forbidden West

Cycle your way through a dying planet in Season, the painterly PS5 odyssey about finding peace and purpose at the end of the world
By Alex Avard published
Big in 2021: Season is out to prove that not all apocalyptic games have to be dark and depressing

Star Fox meets Knight Rider in Chorus, a next-generation space-combat shooter that blends speed with smarts
By Alex Avard published
Chorus is a love letter to the old-school space-combat shooter, but with a next-gen budget

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is fusing AAA production value with endless indie charm for a jaw-dropping PlayStation adventure
By Alex Avard published
feature Ember Lab's first game is a wondrous dive into a cultural space that games have barely scratched the surface of until now

The success of Horizon Zero Dawn shouldn't be the death of Killzone
By Alex Avard published
Feature Away from the Horizon, there's still a place in this generation for Guerrilla's other big PlayStation franchise

Back 4 Blood is banking on our Left 4 Dead nostalgia to breathe new life into the unliving
By Alex Avard published
Big in 2021: Back 4 Blood isn't so much a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead as it is a like-for-like remake, and that's no bad thing

11 things you (probably) didn't know your Xbox Series X could do
By Alex Avard published
Feature From automatic HDR to Halo Easter Eggs, these Xbox Series X tips uncovers the hidden secrets of your new console

Uncharted territory: How the action-adventure quietly defined the last generation of video games
By Alex Avard published
Feature Influencing everything from Batman to Hitman, the action-adventure is the unsung hero of the last generation

Scavengers is reuniting battle royale with its survival-crafting roots for a tense and ever-changing multiplayer gauntlet
By Alex Avard published
Feature Hands on with Scavengers, the "PvEvP" battle royale that enters closed beta today

The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War bad ending is the perfect coda to a chaos campaign
By Alex Avard published
Feature The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War bad ending is laughably bleak, yet feels only right for the journey leading up to it

Spider-Man on PS5 proves that remasters still have their place in the next-generation
By Alex Avard published
Feature Spider-Man Remastered makes a strong argument for traditional remasters in the era of backwards compatibility

Override 2: Super Mech League brings the cast of Ultraman into the arena with its Deluxe Edition this December
By Alex Avard published
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"We actually had to face these problems in person": How the world of Foreclosed was born from a real life identity crisis
By Alex Avard published
Feature Foreclosed brings the world of cyberpunk comics to life, and doesn't shy away from the genre's tough questions

Bloober Team talks The Medium delay, working with Troy Baker, and why its latest project had to be a next-gen exclusive
By Alex Avard published
Feature How Bloober Team's latest project is its most ambitious horror game yet

"There was just a panic": Players, scientists, and Blizzard look back on World of Warcraft's Corrupted Blood Plague
By Alex Avard published
Feature How World of Warcraft's Corrupted Blood plague became a model for the fight against coronavirus
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