Mat Hall
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Mat has been playing video games since the late 70s, and hopes one day to be good at them. Still believes the Amiga was the greatest computer ever, and is waiting for the current Windows and console fad to pass.
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Final Fantasy 12 The Zodiac Age walkthrough, guide, tips, plus Switch and Xbox differences
Expert tips and tricks for traversing the Final Fantasy 12 PS4, PC, Switch and Xbox remaster.
Final Fantasy 12 - Omega Mk XII location, requirements, strategies, and how to defeat it
Everything you need to know about the late-game's powerful optional boss.
Final Fantasy 12 Zodiac Spear location and Hunt Club prey locations explained
There's a change of how you get the infamous Zodiac Spear, thanks to Final Fantasy 12's Hunt Club.
How to grind your way to loads of LP in Final Fantasy 12 The Zodiac Age.
Final Fantasy 12 Trial Mode - enemies list, rewards, and strategies
How to work your way through Final Fantasy 12 The Zodiac Age's demanding Trial Mode.
Final Fantasy 12 Espers - locations, strategies, hidden Espers and battles explained
Everything you need to know about Final Fantasy 12's super-tough Espers.
Final Fantasy 12 - Hell Wyrm location, requirements, strategies, and how to defeat it
Everything you need to know about the powerful optional boss.
Final Fantasy 12 Elite Hunts and Marks - list of Elite Marks, locations and strategies
Everything you need to know for tackling Final Fantasy 12 The Zodiac Age's toughest Mark Hunts.
The best jobs for each character in Final Fantasy 12
With The Zodiac Age releasing on Switch and Xbox One today.
Undertale Genocide run explained: How to play the game in the most evil way possible
How to get the 'worst' possible outcome.
Undertale walkthrough, Pacifist guide and tips for Switch, PS4, Vita and PC
How to spare everyone in the acclaimed role-playing adventure.
Undertale endings explained and how to access hard mode
How to see the story play out in all kinds of ways.
Destiny 2 Adventures list, and recommendations for the quickest Adventures around the galaxy
Our explainer to the core set of Destiny 2's various Adventures.
Final Fantasy 15 dungeons and tombs - Locations, how to clear their trials and other end game content
Looking for a challenge towards the end of the game? You should tick these off your list.
Final Fantasy 15 - Adamantoise battle strategy for the Let Sleeping Mountains Lie quest
How to start and finish the marathon boss battle in the RPG's end-game.
Final Fantasy 15 Scraps of Mystery map piece locations for Sylvester's Map
Locations of every collectible to finish this lengthy collectible quest.
Final Fantasy 15 Regalia upgrades from Cindy's The Ever Regal, Elegant, Gleaming, Valorous and Illustrious Regalia quests
How to complete all of Cindy's quests to improve your ride.
Final Fantasy 15 guide, walkthrough and tips for the open-world's many quests and activities
Our complete story walkthrough and guide to the many activities in the long-awaited RPG.
Final Fantasy 15 Dino stone locations for The Aspiring Artisan, A Stone-Studded Stunner, Reliable Royalty, No Pain, No Gem and A Treasure Beyond Measure
Where to find the valuable stones for journalist Dino.
Final Fantasy 15 Vyv quests - Every photo location across the land of Eos
How to make an easy buck by taking snaps for the Lestallum quest giver.
LA Noire walkthrough, guide and tips: How to solve every case in the PS4, Xbox One and Switch crime adventure
Solve every case and more with our LA Noire guides.
LA Noire Golden Reel locations - Find all 50 Golden Reels for the Hollywoodland Trophy / Achievement
Maps and screens of all Golden Reels.
LA Noire outfits: How to unlock all new suits, including the new suits and Novels reward in the Remastered edition
Unlock every outfit, including the four new Remastered suits.
LA Noire Landmark locations: Where to find all 30 places of interest and unlock the Star Maps Trophy
Use our maps to assist with your 1940s sight-seeing.
LA Noire Newspaper locations - Where to find all 13 Newspapers
A list of all cases where you'll find the optional collectables.
LA Noire Badge Pursuit Challenge: Where to find all 20 badges across Los Angeles
Find all hidden badges in the optional challenge.
LA Noire Street Crimes explained: What to expect from each Traffic, Homicide, Vice and Arson side-quest
Know what you're getting yourself in for before answering that radio.
LA Noire cars list: How to get hidden vehicles and regular vehicles
How to get different rides around 1940s LA.
Assassin's Creed Origins crafting materials - resources, animal goods, and their locations
How to get every crafting resource and track down wild animals.
Assassin's Creed Origins XP levelling explained - how to grind XP and level up quickly
Some quick and dirty tips for grinding your way to your desired level.
Assassin's Creed Origins sidequests explained - how to complete every type of sidequest quickly and easily
Every type of sidequest explained.
Assassin's Creed Origins tombs solutions - Silica, Ancient Mechanisms, Tomb of Menkaure, Tomb of Khufu and all tombs explained
All Assassin's Creed Origins tombs and their puzzles solved and explained.
Assassin's Creed Origins Phylakes' Prey, Mysterious Letter, and the Black Hood - Phylakes locations and how to get the Black Hood outift
Everything you need to know about the ten Phylakes and the powerful reward for taking them down.
Assassin's Creed Origins Papyrus Puzzle locations: Fertile Land, Divided Valley and more explained
Everything you need to crack those ancient codes and find their hidden loot.
Assassin's Creed Origins guide, walkthrough and tips for AC: Origins' Ancient Egyptian adventure
Everything you need to know about stealthing and stabbing your way along the Nile.
Doom secrets, collectibles guide: Where to find all hidden secrets, plus Doom Switch differences explained
Where to find all those hidden objects, whether on PC, console or Switch.
Shadow of War XP farming - How to earn 50k experience per hour from Nemesis Missions
How to amount serious amounts of XP from Act 2 onwards.
Shadow of War guide and walkthrough: Tips for surviving every mission in Middle-earth
How to tackle the sprawling Middle-earth adventure.
Shadow of War Fortress Sieges: How to prepare, capture Victory Points, defeat Overlords and defend your position
Capture and defend compounds as you march towards the end game.
Shadow of War Ithildin Door poem solutions - Ithildin fragments, how to solve all Ithildin Doors and complete Shadows of the Past for the Bright Lord armour set
How to solve every Ithildin Door poem and earn a complete set of Bright Lord Armour
Shadow of War: Lost Artifacts and Web of Fate locations - how to get the Prospector and Cluster of Spiders skill upgrades
Everything you need to find every Artifact and Web of Fate and earn yourself those bonus skills.
Destiny 2 Region Chest locations list - where to find every regional chest on every planet
Quick and easy locations for every region chest... in every region.
Persona 5 guide: Walkthrough and tips for making the most of your school year
Our complete walkthrough to surviving student (and supernatural) life.
Persona 5 Social Stats - Best ways to increase Knowledge, Guts, Proficiency, Kindness and Charm
From part-time jobs to eating burgers, here's the most efficient ways to get social.
Persona 5 Trophy list - How to unlock Guardian of the Pond, Cruiser of Pride Sinks, One Who Rebels Against a God, A Unique Rebel and other challenges
Completing every Trophy will require at least a couple of playthroughs - here's how to do it.
Persona 5 Confidant, Social Link and romance options, their locations and gift ideas
Who you can befriend and romance when you're not battling through dungeons.
Persona 5 Mementos - how to get Requests, how Mementos work and the best time to run these randomly generated dungeons
A primer on these optional challenges from Mishima and other characters.
Persona 5 test answers - How to ace school exam and class quiz questions
Become top of the class with our complete list of quiz answers.
Mass Effect Andromeda - Remnant Decryption puzzle solutions, all Monolith and Vault solutions
Our in-progress solutions to tackling the game's Sudoku-like challenges and planetary dungeons.
Mass Effect Andromeda - Architect locations, how to beat them in Making an Impression, Missing Science Crew and other quests
How to take on some of the game's toughest adversaries.
Mass Effect Andromeda - Memory Trigger locations for the Ryder Family Secrets quest
How to find all the additional story nodes for more backstory.
Mass Effect Andromeda walkthrough: Guide and tips to exploring the new galaxy and completing all main missions
How to tackle and get the most out of Mass Effect's vast new setting.
Watch Dogs 2 Trophies and Achievements list - How to unlock every achievement and get Platinum
How to get every Trophy and Achievement in Watch Dogs 2.
Watch Dogs 2 - Driver SF app explained and where to start each taxi mission
Looking to ferry people around San Francisco? Try one of these.
Watch Dogs 2 races - how to enter eKart, sailboat, motocross and drone races and win them
How to unlock and succeed in Watch Dogs 2's many race events.
Watch Dogs 2 Gnome outfit - How to start the hidden Gnome quest and find all 10 Gnome collectible locations
How to dress up Marcus as a cute gnome by finding some rather secretive collectibles.
Watch Dogs 2 multiplayer modes tips: Cooperative Operations, Free Roam, Hacking Invasions and Bounties explained
How to survive and thrive in the game's many multiplayer features.
Watch Dogs 2 walkthrough: Guide and tips to everything you can do in the open-world sequel
Our complete story walkthrough and guide to the many activities in Ubisoft's hackathon.
Uncharted 4 walkthrough and guide
Our guide to A Thief's End features treasure locations, collectibles, puzzle solutions, Trophies and a walkthrough for every chapter.
Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel guide and walkthrough
Our complete walkthrough and boss strategies to Dark Souls 3's first DLC.
Rise of the Tomb Raider walkthrough and guide
Our comprehensive guide to Rise of the Tomb Raider on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone walkthrough and guide
Our essential guide to the game's Hearts of Stone update.
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine guide
All quests and contracts, Witcher Gear locations, and the new Mutations system explained.
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine - Main Quest walkthrough
A full guide to the main storyline in The Witcher 3's final expansion.
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine - Secondary Quests
A guide to every one of the expansion's side-quests.
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine - Where to find all the Witcher Gear
Upgrade plans for Ursine, Feline, Wolven, Griffin and Manticore equipment.
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine - Mutations explained
The expansion's new upgrade system explained.
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine - Contracts
Kill monsters, get money; a guide to completing all the DLC's bounty hunts.
The Witcher 3 - Without a Trace, Rose on a Red Field, Drakenborg
How to finish up all of the secondary quests in Hearts of Stone.
The Witcher 3 - Wraith from the Painting, Iris' Greatest Fear, Olgierd
The next part of our Hearts of Stone walkthrough.
The Witcher 3 - White Orchard: Secondary Quests and Witcher Contracts
Our guide to the extra quests located in the White Orchard region of The Witcher 3.
The Witcher 3 - Velen: Secondary Quests and Witcher Contracts
Our guide to the extra quests located in the Velen region of The Witcher 3.
The Witcher 3 - Novigrad: Secondary Quests and Witcher Contracts
Our guide to the extra content located in the Novigrad region of The Witcher 3.
The Witcher 3 - Skellige Isles: Secondary Quests and Witcher Contracts
Our guide to the extra content located in the Skellige Isles region of The Witcher 3.
Uncharted 4 Trophy guide
A full Trophy list and guides to the hardest Trophies.
Uncharted 4 Treasures and collectibles guide
How to find every treasure, journal note, journal entry and optional conversation.
Dark Souls 3 - where to go, with map
Lost in the Kingdom of Lothric? Follow our spoiler-light guide to where you should head next to advance the game.
Dark Souls 3 - Illusory Wall locations
All the hidden walls that we've discovered so far, and where you can find them.
Dark Souls 3 Bone Shard Locations
A simple and straightforward guide to getting those Estus-boosting collectibles.
Dark Souls 3 - Estus Shard locations
A comprehensive guide to finding every Estus Shard and giving your health a bit more of a kick.
Dark Souls 3 - How to unlock all the endings
Our guide to how to see the all the variations of Dark Souls 3's ending: The End of Fire, The End of Fire+, and Usurpation of Fire.
FeatureDark Souls 3 - New Game Plus
Everything you need to know about Dark Souls 3's super-hard NG+ mode: what you keep, what changes, and what to do before you start.
Dark Souls 3 - How to join every Covenant
Our guide to joining every multiplayer Covenant in Dark Souls 3 - whether PvP, PvE or defensive - plus details of their effects and rewards.
Dark Souls 3 - The basics and the best farming spots
Everything you need to know, from class selection to combat and consumables, loot, levelling and the best places in the game to farm souls.
Dark Souls 3 guide
Boss fights, bonfires and plenty more besides.
Tom Clancy's The Division walkthrough
A walkthrough for every mission currently available in the game.
Tom Clancy's The Division - Beginner's tips, skill trees, zones and enemy types
Our beginner's guide to the systems and zones of Tom Clancy's The Division.
Tom Clancy's The Division - Base of Operations, Wings and Vendors
How to upgrade and profit from your Base of Operations.
Tom Clancy's The Division - How to level up fast and earn more XP
Our guide to hitting the level cap as quickly as possible.
Tom Clancy's The Division - Make more money and Dark Zone credits
Our guide to making more money in the game.
Tom Clancy's The Division - Crafting, blueprints, materials and more
Our introductory guide to crafting in the game.
Tom Clancy's The Division - General Assembly strategy
How to beat one of the toughest fights in The Division.
Tom Clancy's The Division - How to beat all of the side missions in the game
Our guide continues with a look at all of the side mission formats.
Tom Clancy's The Division - How the end-game works
Our guide continues with a look at all the end-game activities.
Tom Clancy's The Division - Levelling up your Dark Zone Rank quickly
How to quickly level up your Dark Zone rank.
Tom Clancy's The Division - How to build the best loadout for solo and co-op play
Choosing the right equipment for whatever job you have at hand.