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Buy The Last of Us Part II from nzgameshop.com [affiliate link] In the couple of years since its announcement, there’s been a lot said about the violence in The Last of Us Part II. I know I’ve been critical of the graphic depictions of torture that were used to market …

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is a game I’ve been wanting for a long time. Chloe Frazer has been the star of the series in my eyes ever since she was introduced in the Uncharted 2, so a Chloe-led game seemed obvious. Instead, Naughty Dog seemed to forget about her, pushing …

It’s been with a cautious optimism that I’ve awaited Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. I’ve been wishing for an Uncharted game with Chloe at the centre for as she’s been around, but I haven’t been impressed with the direction the series has gone since Amy Hennig’s departure. I’m a few hours …

Thanks to our friends at PlayStation New Zealand, we’ve got a copy of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy on PlayStation 4 to giveaway! If there’s one thing Uncharted is missing, it’s cats – so we want you to fix that with #Nyancharted! Take a photo, draw a picture, create a collage, or photoshop a meme …

I’ve been cautiously optimistic about Uncharted: The Lost Legacy since it was first announced last December. I’m clearly in the minority, but I was really disappointed by Uncharted 4 and the way it abandoned the series’ trademark sense of fun and character for a hollow attempt at telling a “serious” story. Its worst problem, …

Maybe Naughty Dog should have gotten Joshua Williamson to write Uncharted 4, because if there’s one thing I’ve learned from reading the Uncharted comic, it’s that this is a man who knows what makes the series tick. It has all the action, all the laughs, and all the characterisation that …

In some ways, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is the Uncharted series’ finest outing. It’s the most technically impressive, which, coupled with Naughty Dog’s famed art direction, has resulted in one of the best-looking games ever made. The systems at the core of Uncharted, and combat in particular, have received …

There’s a particular word that gets thrown around a lot in discussion about video games, especially when it comes to perceived value: “replayability”. On the surface, its meaning is straightforward – the extent to which a game is able to be played numerous times. And it’s this meaning that people …