Chris Tapsell (Page 4)

Opinion

The Game Awards will never represent our industry in the way it needs, so what next?

"Please wrap it up."

Dec. 8, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Guide

GTA 5 Stock market investment guide and Lester assassinations

How to get rich quick in GTA 5's single-player story mode.

Dec. 5, 2023 Chris Tapsell

GTA 6 trailer screenshot showing flamingoes taking flight in the everglades.

Feature

In just one trailer, GTA 6 traces a Rockstar lineage through video games and cinema

Mean streets.

Dec. 5, 2023 Chris Tapsell

A Highland Song image showing a lighthouse against a golden hour sunset and the reflection of shallow sea before it.

Review

A Highland Song review - a magical sonnet hidden beneath a game

Peak performance.

Dec. 5, 2023 Chris Tapsell

An illustrated image of a young woman running right to left in the hills, with musical notes trailing behind her.

Feature

What to play this December

Our recurring series curating the month ahead.

Dec. 4, 2023 Robert Purchese

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 official artwork showing Captain Price in front of a red and black background

Review

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) review - video games can do better

Rusted.

Nov. 17, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Close-up key art for Ghostrunner 2. We see the hooded face of a cyborg, which is glowing yellow in slits that form eyes and cheek bones and the character's mouth. Blue light lands on the side of the hood. It's a dingy, atmospheric shot.

Feature

What we've been playing

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Nov. 10, 2023 Robert Purchese

Captain Price in 2023's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Review

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) campaign review - vapid and hastily assembled

Tanked.

Nov. 10, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Official FM24 screenshot of the in-match engine showing a team scoring a goal in front of a blue-and-white coloured crowd.

Feature

Supporters | Game of the Week: Football Manager, realism, and the need to leave some gaps

Pass into space.

Nov. 3, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Review

Football Manager 2024 review - technical tweaks make for outsized improvements

Theory of managerial gains.

Nov. 2, 2023 Chris Tapsell

A screenshot from The Invincible of a pale orange desert against and ocean blue-green sky with giant pale moon, in 70s sci-fi style.

Feature

What to Play This November

Our recurring series curating the month ahead.

Nov. 1, 2023 Chris Tapsell

News

Football Manager 2024's Early Access is now live, just don't call it a beta

Reporting for pre-season.

Oct. 19, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Official Marvel's Spider-Man 2 image showing Spider-Man in his black Symbiote suit on a rainy night

Review

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 review - cluttered but no less lovable action

Symbiote to joy.

Oct. 16, 2023 Chris Tapsell

RoboCop: Rogue City official screenshot showing RoboCop getting out of a car.

Feature

RoboCop: Rogue City is… good?!

Double-A trappings might prove the secret ingredient for adapting 80s action.

Oct. 11, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Guide

Cyberpunk 2077 length and how long to beat Cyberpunk 2077

Here's how long it took us to finish Cyberpunk 2077's main story.

Oct. 4, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Guide

Cyberpunk 2077 Paid In Full quest, and what happens if you pay back Viktor

Here's what paying your debt to Viktor does.

Oct. 4, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Guide

Cyberpunk 2077 Disasterpiece Braindance walkthrough

How to spot all the clues and complete the Disasterpiece Braindance.

Oct. 4, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Lords of the Fallen promotional image showing a bedraggled main character looking out over a burnt orange and brown landscape witha giant five-fingered hand in the far distance jutting out from the horizon

Feature

What to Play This October

Our recurring series curating the month ahead.

Oct. 1, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Guide

Cyberpunk 2077 main story quest list of every main mission in order

All Cyberpunk 2077 main story quests listed.

Sept. 25, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Starfield promotional screenshot showing a small human silhouette against a skyline with a distant planet in it, framed between two shiny black walls.

Review

Starfield review - a game about exploration, without exploration

Liminal space.

Sept. 14, 2023 Chris Tapsell

El Paso, Elsewhere screenshot showing the main character slumped in a chair in the corner of a room lit in deep red light with noir-style shadows through the blinds

Feature

What to Play This September

Our recurring series curating the month ahead.

Sept. 1, 2023 Chris Tapsell

The Banished Vault key art in gothic black-and-white pencil style with a pointy city to the left and moon and bright sun to the right, with stars in the sky.

Review

The Banished Vault review - dense and brilliant, like a neutron star

Hard sci-fi.

Aug. 31, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Immortals of Aveum screenshot showing Gina Torres' character and some blue magic stuff

Review

Immortals of Aveum review - pioneering new heights of naffness

Jak and Cackster.

Aug. 22, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Lords of the Fallen promo screenshot showing wizard character with staff in middle of a city at night full of ghouls

News

Lords of the Fallen devs explain console performance targets, meaty PC spec requirements

"Our minimum specs is also our statement of our minimum quality bar."

Aug. 10, 2023 Chris Tapsell

Lords of the Fallen promo artwork showing the player taking a swing at Pieta, a female knight with red angel wings and a magic sword

Preview

In a post-Elden Ring world, does Lords of the Fallen have what it takes?

Hands on with FromSoft's latest challenger.

Aug. 10, 2023 Chris Tapsell