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Hello Games’ Sean Murray showed off the firm’s impressive sci-fi title No Man’s Sky at this year’s Sony E3 media briefing. Murray showed the audience just how big the universe of No Man’s Sky really is – and it is enormous. In addition, we were given an indication of how …

The first public beta for Street Fighter V is coming to PS4 in July. Capcom’s upcoming fighting game was announced late last year as being console-exclusive to Sony’s new machine. The follow-up to 2008’s Street Fighter IV will also be coming to PC. Now, Sony has revealed that the first …

Square Enix unveiled a new Hitman game, simply entitled Hitman on stage at Sony’s E3 media briefing. The trailer showed a variety of scenes, including a disco and a market place. The title is said to be the most ambitious entry in the series to date. Hitman will be coming …

Killzone creator Guerrilla Games has revealed a brand new franchise. Horizon: Zero Dawn takes place in a world where tribes are now inhabiting modern cityscapes that has fallen into ruin, caused by what seems to be a permanent loss of power. Populated by monsters that combine fantasy with technology, the …

Sci-fi adventure set in a post-civilisation open world

PlayStation opened its E3 media briefing with the news that The Last Guardian is indeed still in development, and is coming to PlayStation 4. Directed by Ico lead developer Fumito Ueda, the puzzle game is much the same as the last time we saw it – a little boy is …

Team Ico's latest finally comes out of development limbo, scheduled for 2016 release

The noise that greeted the news that Xbox One would now be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 titles said everything you needed to know about how big a deal that was. This wasn’t on the E3 bingo cards. This hadn’t leaked out via the media – it wasn’t even part …

Open world action game pits players against drug cartels in South America

Tom Clancy: Ghost Recond Wildlands was the big surprise at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference today. The third-person shooter is Ubisoft’s most ambitious open world yet. It is bigger than any previous open world Ubisoft game, and each of the world’s characters and enemies are designed to have their own jobs …