Video Games

The Iris’ 10 Best Horror Games of All Time

With Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn just around the corner (ready to leap out and scare the crap out of you), we thought we’d take a look back at some of our favourite horror games ever made. From the revolutionary to the just plain creepy, these are the titles that made us go to sleep with…

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Video Games Review: Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Xbox One, 2015)

It’s been nearly ten years since Epic Games unleashed the original Gears of War upon the world. Since then, we’ve seen three more titles set in the same universe, a series of surprisingly good novels by Karen Traviss and a passing of the torch as series development went from Epic to The Coalition. With their…

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Video Games Review: Until Dawn (PS4, 2015)

With the exception of some of Telltale’s back catalogue, the “interactive movie” style of game has never really been my cup of tea. I didn’t like Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls barely made a dent. Thus, I went into my review of Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn with no small amount of skepticism. Despite my…

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EA to bring Star Wars Battlefront to PAX AUS 2015

EA have announced that they plan to bring a playable build of DICE’s hotly anticipated shooter Star Wars Battlefront to this year’s PAX AUS 2015 convention in Melbourne.

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Until Dawn gets new live-action trailer about the road not taken

With less than a week remaining ahead of Sony’s new choice-based survival horror title <i>Until Dawn</i>, the trailers are starting roll in quite quickly. Called “The Road Not Taken”, it reinforces the game’s 80’s slasher film vibe.

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Video Games Review: Gauntlet: Slayer Edition (PS4, 2015)

For a child of the NES and Master System era like me, it feels like the Gauntlet franchise has been around forever. With the tough-as-nails co-operative arcade beat-em-up coming back into vogue with the rise of indie gaming it was only a matter of time before Gauntlet returned. And return it has with Gauntlet: Slayer…

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Batman: Arkham Knight‘s ’89 Batmobile out now, Dark Knight’s Tumbler coming in September

Warner Bros. Interactive have announced that, this time next month, Batman: Arkham Knight fans will be charging through Gotham’s rainslick streets in the Tumbler from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.

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Rainbow Six Siege delayed into December

Bad news, strategic shooter fans. Ubisoft have announced that Rainbow Six Siege will not make its October 13 release date and will now arrive December 1 worldwide.

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Kingdom Hearts 3 is getting a Big Hero 6 level

We are definitely satisfied with our care. Producer Roy Conli has announced during the Disney D23 conference that characters and locations from last year’s animated hit Big Hero 6 will be appearing in the long-awaited Square-Enix RPG Kingdom Hearts 3.

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RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is out now on iOS, as beautiful as you remember it

Frontier Developments have brought their venerable theme park management franchise to mobile devices with a straight, no-strings-attached iOS port of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.

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Become the Sandvich! I Am Bread meets Team Fortress 2 in delicious new update

Physics puzzler/genuine test of a person’s frustration threshold I Am Bread is back with a brand new update that thrusts our yeasty hero into the world of Valve’s multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2.

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Video Games Review: Hacknet (PC, 2015)

Hacknet is a largely text-based game about the perils and quiet victories that come with being a real world hacker. Adelaide developer Team Fractal Alligator (aka Matt Trobianni) has created a game that deals in mental jousts and proves that you can still make a text-based adventure in 2015 that is thrilling and addictive.

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Smite arrives on Xbox One August 20

Developer Hi-Rez Studios have announced that their free-to-play gods-and-mythology MOBA will have its official launch on Xbox One later this week.

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Video Games Interview: Art Director Ben Thompson chats about the lore and art of Hearthstone and “The Grand Tournament”

On the eve of the release of the new Hearthstone expansion “The Grand Tournament” – which adds a whopping additional 132 new cards to the game – we chat with the Art Director Ben Thompson about what to expect from the new expansion and the joy of directing the art behind the game. New Mechanics The…

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Fallout Shelter finally arrives on Android, out now

Fallout Shelter was originally announced during Bethesda’s press conference at E3 earlier this year. Android fans were left wanting when Bethesda confirmed that only the iOS version would be launching that day. Good news, ‘droid owners – Fallout Shelter is here and you can download for free right now.

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VIDEO GAMES REVIEW: ROCKET LEAGUE (PS4, PC 2015)

There isn’t a whole lot to explain when it comes to Rocket League. When people ask what it is I tell them that it’s soccer with cars. This much is true, because Rocket League’s unrelenting ability to entertain doesn’t require a complex foundation of expansive gameplay elements. Instead it revels in its simplicity and predilection…

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Gamescom 2015: Mad Max gets a new trailer, still not much gameplay

Avalanche Studios’ upcoming Mad Max game looks to be a very pretty and cinematic experience. The latest trailer for the game is no exception, featuring everything we definitely want to see from a Mad Max game but is again missing a crucial element – significant gameplay.

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Gamescom 2015: New Final Fantasy XV trailer heads 15 years into the past

Square Enix have debuted a new trailer for the next installment in their venerable RPG franchise, Final Fantasy XV. It takes us back in time 15 years to a crucial point hero Noctis’ past.

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Gamescom 2015: New Destiny: The Taken King looks amazing

Bungie have released the latest trailer for their massive Destiny expansion, The Taken King, at Gamescom and it’s a whopper. There is so much good stuff in this trailer it’s hard to know where to begin.

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Gamescom 2015: Guitar Hero Live releases new BTS trailer, adds singing

The more we see of Guitar Hero Live, the more I feel like FreeStyle Games are coming at this project the right way. In addition to a comprehensive behind-the-scenes trailer, FreeStyle have announced the addition of singing to the game so that others can join in for co-op.

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Gamescom 2015: Overwatch gets new character and level details

Blizzard have unveiled more new material for their upcoming shooter Overwatch at Gamescom in Germany overnight. Included in the presentation: a new character and two brand new maps.

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Gamescom 2015: Xbox One version of Just Cause 3 includes Just Cause 2

If you plan to pick up Just Cause 3 on the Xbox One then good news! Your game will come with a copy of Just Cause 2. Microsoft made the announcement today at their Gamescom 2015 press brief. Just Cause 2 came out back in 2010 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The copy included here will…

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Gamescom 2015: Heroes of the Storm gets new Diablo heroes, battleground

Blizzard have revealed the next three heroes to join their popular MOBA Heroes of the Storm, one from each of their big franchises, and unveiled a brand new battleground.

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Gamescom 2015: Elite: Dangerous gets new expansion called Horizons

Frontier Developments have announced at new slate of DLC for their space sim Elite: Dangerous called Horizons. The new “season” of content will finally add what fans have been begging for since the game’s inception: you’ll be able to land on any of the game’s billions of planets.

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Gamescom 2015: The Sims 4: Get Together gets the party started this November

The Sims 4 is set to receive its next expansion pack, Get Together, this November. EA announced the expansion during its Gamescom press event last night.

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Gamescom 2015: Meet Assassin’s Creed Syndicate‘s Jacob and Evie

The latest trailer for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is here and focuses on the game’s twin playable protagonists, Evie and Jacob.

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Gamescom 2015: First Mafia 3 trailer heads to New Orleans in 1968

Mafia 3 is on its way to current-generation consoles and Windows PC next year. 2K Games unveiled the first cinematic trailer for the game at Gamescom overnight following its reveal online last week.

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Gamescom 2015: Star Wars Battlefront adds Fighter Squadron mode, all dogfights all the time

DICE had a new Star Wars Battlefront trailer to show off during EA’s Gamescom press conference last night and it featured a new mode called Fighter Squadron. The mode focuses on aerial combat over various planetary surfaces and through complicated, dangerous environments.

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Gamescom 2015: Here’s five beautiful minutes of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst gameplay

DICE have dropped a full five minutes of gamplay footage from 2016’s Mirror’s Edge Catalyst during EA’s Gamescom media event last night and if you’re in any way excited for Faith’s return, you’re going to be very pleased indeed. The trailer shows Faith infiltrating a corporate headquarters using her parkour abilities before being made and having to…

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Gamescom 2015: New Rise of the Tomb Raider trailer turns Lara into killing machine

Crystal Dynamics have debuted another new gameplay trailer for Rise of the Tomb Raider during Microsoft’s press event at Gamescom 2015. Check it out after the jump.

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