Articles by Sam Roberts

10 years later: how Grand Theft Auto 4 raised the standard for open-world games and helped shape GTA 5

By Sam Roberts

Retrospective Sombre, atmospheric and political, GTA 4 hosted one of the best missions in the series' history and paved the way for GTA 5's multiple protagonists

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

By Sam Roberts

Opinion How other media shaped one of gaming’s best period pieces

It's just too easy to be a dick in GTA Online, so why bother being anything else?

By Sam Roberts

Opinion Why is everyone so horrible in GTA Online? It just happens. All the time.

Searching for a master swordsman on the journey to hell in Final Fantasy 15’s Episode Gladio DLC

By Sam Roberts

Opinion

Final Fantasy's version of Smash Bros will keep you busy until the FF7 remake gets here

By Sam Roberts

Feature Can Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT please both fans and fighting game players on PS4?

BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins gave us a grand but sometimes flat fantasy world

By Sam Roberts

Retrospective

How the creators of GTA swapped city streets for school beats in Bully: Scholarship Edition

By Sam Roberts

Retrospective

Why 343 Industries and Creative Assembly were perfect partners to resurrect Halo’s strategy spin-off

By Sam Roberts, Chris Schilling

Interview

Burial at Sea was envisioned as BioShock Infinite DLC, but it become a game in its own right

By Sam Roberts

Opinion

Has the Marvel Cinematic Universe become too complicated to enjoy?

By Sam Roberts

Opinion

Red Dead Redemption was Rockstar's masterpiece... and still is

By Sam Roberts

Feature

Asylum vs City vs Knight: which Batman game is king?

By Sam Roberts

Feature

Catalyst is the Mirror's Edge game you always wanted

By Sam Roberts

Feature

Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children - is it okay to like it now?

By Sam Roberts

Feature

Tetsuya Nomura: the Kingdom Hearts interview

By Sam Roberts

News

What it's like to grow up with Metal Gear Solid

By Sam Roberts

Editorial

Arkham Knight's reveal is the weak link in a great Batman story

By Sam Roberts

Editorial

Batman: Arkham Knight review

By Sam Roberts

Review

10 Secret Wars comics you must read

By Sam Roberts

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