Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag review
Assassin’s Creed IV’s pirating adventure is vast and enjoyable – just don’t expect much you haven’t seen before
Console games
50GB PS4 games will take up to 50 hours to download (let’s hope they’re worth the wait)
Gamers could be twiddling their thumbs for extended periods if they opt for the next-gen digital download route
20 of the top film tie-in games
Not all movie tie-in videogames suck. No, really – check out our round up of the best examples
FIFA 14 review
Depending on the kind of player you are FIFA 14 either takes things too far into the furniture-smashing frustration of real football or is the ultimate soccer sim
Rain is the next PS3 game you have to play
With a helpless lead character and invisible baddies unveiled only by the constant deluge, you won’t have played anything like it
Grand Theft Auto 5 review
GTA 5 arrives with the highest of expectations, but it exceeds almost all of them to become one of the greatest games of all time
Killzone: Mercenary review
After the so-so Resistance: Burning Skies, Sony tries once again to give the Vita some FPS magic with Killzone: Mercenary – and for the most part gets it right
Hands on with Watch Dogs: hyper-connected coolness
What would you do if you could control every electronic device in your city?
Project Spark is a sneaky way to teach your kids to code
Yeah, it’s fun, but perhaps the most interesting part of Microsoft Studios’ new world-building game is that it teaches you a visual programming language
Disney Infinity review
Mix Disney’s Magic Kingdom with Skylanders and Minecraft, and this fantastic (and fantastically expensive) game is what you’ll get
Xbox One has 23 launch titles, FIFA 14 free with European pre-orders
Microsoft struts its stuff on the Gamescom stage with plenty of tasty news for gamers to sink their teeth into
Splinter Cell Blacklist review
Splinter Cell Blacklist isn’t original, but it is a very solid and occasionally memorable stealth-action romp
