In a world so hyper-fixed on celebrity culture, it’s inevitable that, when you gain any type of influence, people expect to have full access to you every day. And with social media making the idea of celebrity even more more frivolous with the introduction of influencers and micro-influencers, this has naturally translated into the music…
Playing Sniper Elite 5 involves a sense of delayed gratification. The stealth shooter has long been the best place to go if you want WW2 commando antics, but with this fifth edition it’s taken a step up as probably the best current-gen stealth game out there, taking clear inspiration from titles like Hitman and Metal…
Editor’s Note: While this interview was conducted with all six members of LE SSERAFIM, NME has made the editorial decision to exclude Kim Ga-ram’s answers from this interview due to the controversy surrounding the singer, as well as her ongoing hiatus from the group. “I want to become stronger / I want to take up…
Skunk Anansie frontwoman Skin has told NME about the “honour” of being asked to play the Grace Jones-curated Meltdown festival 2022, and revealed the memorable request letter that the icon sent her. READ MORE: 10 magnificent facts you might not know about Grace Jones Having been handpicked by Jones to perform at this June’s Meltdown…
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This year marks two decades since Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – but although the game came out in 2002, Vice City‘s veteran players will likely feel more nostalgic for a different decade altogether: the ’80s. Set in 1986 Miami, Vice City – an open-world game part of the Grand Theft Auto…
The beasts are on the streets. Charging headlong into screaming crowds, scattering terrified runners at their heels. Five bulls, let loose on the streets of Alfaro for fiesta, for the most foolhardy local death-wishers to race as though their lives depend on it. Yet only three figures in the entire bull run stand their ground…
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AD feature with Ardbeg Without music venues for bands to play in, it’s unlikely that punk would have got too far off the ground back when it first emerged in the ’70s. Some of the world’s most iconic spaces were once the homes of the genre, helping to launch careers of both some of the…
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Rock The Spacebar is a twice-monthly column investigating the great music that underpins your favorite games. This week, Dom Peppiatt chats to the development team behind Tunic about the game’s ambient soundtrack, how the memories of games from the past can form the foundations of unforgettable experiences today, and why music is just as important…
If you were surprised to see Xalavier Nelson Jr.’s studio Strange Scaffold announce a foray into publishing, just wait until you hear the developer’s advice on brevity. The creator of Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and An Airport For Aliens Currently Run By Dogs is no stranger to elaborate game titles, but when it came…
Over the last two years, KCON nailed down how to do a virtual festival and how to do one impressively well. Its online events utilized boundary-pushing technology, adapted fan-artist interactions for a digital world and allowed millions of fans to enjoy all the action from the safety of their homes. Now, with the world slowly…
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