Humankind review – creating a better Civilization

Civilization gets its first real competition in 30 years, but can this new pretender really beat the king of 4X strategy? Sometimes things are exactly what they seem to be. The second you see a screenshot or video of Humankind it’s obvious it’s very similar to Civilization, the grandaddy of 4X strategy games. Given how […]

Frostpunk 2 announced for 2022 – original free to play this weekend

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video 11 bit studios has announced a sequel to their best-selling post-apocalyptic city builder Frostpunk, plus the first one is free from today. City builders tend to be pretty staid affairs, with the decline of SimCity leading to them being increasingly […]

Burnout voted video game franchise most in need of a revival

Over 15,000 Redditors have voted on which video games they’d like to see mount a comeback and the top four are all EA titles. So many seemingly minor video game franchises have had an unexpected revival recently, from Busby Bobcat to the upcoming Psychonauts, that it’s pointless to say that any series is too obscure […]

Free Guy posters cast Ryan Reynolds in Among Us and Super Mario

Say what you will about the movie, but Free Guy has some of the best posters in years, with some amazing video game deep cuts. Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy seems to be doing surprisingly well on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, so maybe it’s one of those films that has terrible trailers but is actually really […]

Top 10 new tabletop board games and TCGs for summer 2021

GameCentral takes a look at some of the biggest new tabletop games of the year, including the Vampire: The Masquerade Rivals and Age Of Sigma: Dominion. There might not have been any E3 again this year but GenCon, the tabletop equivalent, is going ahead this September in its usual home of Indianapolis, USA. Most UK […]

Halo Infinite story campaign may already have been leaked

The technical preview for Halo Infinite may have revealed more than it intended, as dataminers piece together the game’s entire story. We hope it’s obvious but just in case it’s not: this article contains lots of spoilers about Halo Infinite. Or perhaps not if the details have been misunderstood or fabricated. The information first appeared […]

Tekken pro player Arslan Ash: ‘Pakistan has huge esports talent'

GameCentral speaks with Tekken legend Arslan Ash about putting Pakistan on the esports map, Evo Online, and dealing with COVID-19. Few Tekken players have been more successful than Arslan ‘Ash’ Siddique. After a historic win at Evo Japan in 2019, complete with visa issues and enduring five flights to reach the tournament, the 25-year-old player […]

Fan-made portable PS2 looks incredible but you can’t buy it

Someone has managed to create a portable PS2, one that’s capable of running games exactly how the original console would. After the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita, it looks as if Sony has no plans to tap into the handheld market again any time soon. If it ever does, though, perhaps it could take a […]

Amiga classic Zool is getting a modern day remaster this month

Gremlin Graphics’ wannabe mascot platformer is one of the most unlikely comebacks of the year, with a completely redesigned remaster. Publishers are never slow to capitalise on nostalgia but it’s almost always the nostalgia of American and Japanese gamers, and anything that only proved popular in Europe has tended to be left forgotten. To be […]

Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends gets new updates and standalone release

The popular multiplayer mode for Ghost Of Tsushima is now to be its own separate game, with a new 2v2 mode called Rivals. Samurai adventure Ghost Of Tsushima was a much bigger hit than Sony was ever expecting, quickly accelerating plans to turn it into a long-running franchise. Although a sequel already seems to be […]