When the first image promoting Far Cry 5 was released and appeared to show Christian Americans as the villains, certain pockets of the internet didn't know what to do with themselves. But after playing the game and talking to its producer at this year's E3, it's clear to me this is business as usual.
With fun, colourful characters, a unique hook and a smart approach to online play, ARMS is a breath of fresh air for casual fighting game fans. But unbalanced control schemes and an emphasis on fun over fairness may make it a hard sell for the hardcore competitive set.
Nintendo has announced the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment system, a tiny console designed to look like the incredibly popular SNES that was first released in Australia in 1992.
With Microsoft introducing the 4K-enabled Xbox One X, a competitor to the PlayStation 4 Pro Sony launched last year, the two rival gaming platforms are head-to-head once again going into the super-competitive back half of the year. At E3, the heads of each brand told Fairfax Media what sets them apart.
Kingdom Battle combines one of the most iconic brands in gaming with a bunch of idiot rabbits and has them all partake in some XCOM-like strategic shooting.
For the second year in a row, Microsoft's online pirate fantasy game was one of the most purely fun experiences on show at E3.
Valentia's old-meets-new approach is an interesting twist on the series, with the juggling between two parties, free exploration sections and simplified combat balancing out the lack of relationship options and the occasional killer difficulty spike.
Comprising an entire galaxy that will have a consistent level of detail and believable physics regardless of whether you're chatting with a character in a downtown noodle shop, roaming the streets of a city, in orbit over a planet or racing through the cosmos, to say this game is ambitious is an understatement.
The first Mario game of its kind in seven years, this 3D exploration game is bursting with creative ideas.
Nintendo showed off a great number of upcoming games for its new Switch console ahead of E3, but here are the best five announcements the Japanese gaming giant made.
Differing greatly from the hardware focus of the Microsoft conference, Sony's PlayStation showcase ahead of this week's E3 expo followed the blueprint it laid out last year: lots of exciting footage, minimal talking, incredible theatrics and very few concrete details about when we might play the new games.
Assassin's Creed Origins, Far Cry 5 and several brand new games have been detailed by the prolific publisher ahead of E3.
Microsoft has announced a supercharged version of its Xbox One console, as well as a diverse collection of new games and features coming to the platform, at an event ahead of the E3 expo in Los Angeles.
People will be able to play and create together regardless of whether they're using mobile phones, game consoles or PCs.
Our one-stop guide to all the major events of next week, what you're likely to see and where you can watch it live.
Sony's PlayStation VR has flown mostly under the radar since its release six months ago, with a steady flow of smaller games, optional modes and ports from other systems making up the bulk of its content. So the recently released Farpoint — as a full-sized, full-priced shooter that requires the headset to work — immediately stands out from the crowd.
As the global games industry grows, the government seems willing to be left behind in the last century, and is not doing its part to support Australian creators.
Set in an eerie retro future space station, the role-playing game fails to live up to the initial excitement.
Bringing the classic fighter to the Nintendo Switch, Ultra Street Fighter II is a Frankenstein's monster of a package that doesn't bring much new of value to the table but is still an excellent way to play the game.
Beautifully strange and gleefully morose, What Remains of Edith Finch is a singularly amazing work of video game magical realism. Though brief and lacking any gameplay challenge, this is an incredibly special game by virtue of its narrative and creativity alone.
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