Are you ready? Resident Evil 6‘s release is closer than you think and it’s really pushing the boat out, but are we looking at Resi 4 levels of brilliance, or Resi 5 levels of disappointment? That’s not strictly a fair comparison. Resident Evil 5, played with a friend, is a much better game than many …

That’s not bad… Gearbox has found itself in a spot of hot water recently, but it, rather amazingly, hasn’t managed to dampen expectation for Borderlands 2. Ok, maybe some people are less interested, but the general level of excitement is still pretty high. And there’s a good reason it should be, too. The …

FIGHT! Thanks, Street Fighter IV. You did a grand job of rejuvenating the beat-’em-up market and because of your efforts, millions of players are now using Xbox Live as a 21st Century arcade. We might be meeting fellow fighters in virtual lobbies rather than under the dim glow of banks of garish cabinets …

Barely regal Look past the recent controversy surrounding Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider reboot and you’ll rediscover the most exciting game featuring Lara Croft since the original. No Tomb Raider has made such huge strides away from the series’ core sensibilities. Crystal Dynamics has gone back to the drawing board with this new game and …

Fighting talk… The fighting scene has successfully moved from the arcades and into the homes and online. Japan might still boast an arcade scene, but here in the west, online gaming is where it’s at and a fighters success can live or die on how good its netcode is. Even the tiniest amount of …