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How Red Dead Redemption used its sense of place and time to craft a world, and hero, that Rockstar has never bettered

Until Dawn is the ultimate playable horror movie, but its success is all down to a killer, real-life plot-twist

As Frankenstein celebrates his 200th birthday, we ask: what makes the original sci-fi monster such a timeless creation?

How Far Cry 3 set the bar for open world freedom with flawless design and a sly swipe at video game tropes

January's Xbox backwards compatibility recommendation: Bayonetta - still one of the classiest hack and slashers around

John Boyega says his Pacific Rim 2 suit wasn't quite as uncomfortable as his stormtrooper armor… but it was close

Give free-to-play survival game Fortnite a chance - its 100-player Battle Royale mode is more than just a PUBG clone

Great games need a great bad guy - why the perfect nemesis is EVERYTHING

Before Stardew's gentle harvest there was Viva Pinata's garden of horrors: revisiting Xbox's classic farming sim

Taking a short city break in The Witcher 3’s Novigrad

The 10 most shocking plot twists in Xbox history - did you see any of this coming?

Why I love L.A. Noire’s fictional influences - the books, films and TV that made Rockstars crime sim

Why Braid, the indie poster boy’s magnum opus, doesn’t Blow us away nearly a decade later

Forget the winter chills at Christmas with the 15 greatest beaches on Xbox

Anything can happen in Formula One, as a wise man once said, and it usually does

Smashing the fantasy RPG trope of the all-powerful potion: let's make games more realistic

Get in the Christmas mood with the 10 best parties on Xbox