Murdered: Soul Suspect is a rare treat amidst the hogwash of obnoxiously violent AAA titles currently cluttering store shelves. Slow-paced and atmospheric, it offers a different kind of game experience which, despite an admittedly silly premise — you play a…
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Indie games are really taking a hold of the industry; whether it be the latest iOS craze or the unstoppable force that is Minecraft there certainly is not shortage of compelling gameplay experiences to be had out there if you…
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As it turns out, I am absolutely terrible at World of Warships, a game that manages to, rather meticulously, balance the precision of long-range dogfights with the complexity of realistic control mechanics. It’s not surprising then that I’m just not…
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When I think of Warhammer I imagine large scale tabletop battles with carefully painted figurines and books full of stats and critical hit information. I also think of sprawling conflicts across a detailed map, issuing orders with strategic point and…
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Tom Clancy passed away today aged 66. The best-selling author left an irreplaceable mark on the gaming industry that will see his name live on anchoring games such as The Division. In 1996 Clancy co-founded developer Red Storm Entertainment. Its…
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Swarm Arena is a new arcade title whose intentions seem to get a bit lost in translation. Though the concept and gameplay is quite original, one can’t help but feel let down by lacking presentation, which makes the experience extremely…
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So hey, Scribblenauts Unmasked – the DC flavoured spin on the Scribblenauts formula – doesn’t feature any Marvel heroes. That’s understandable – the licensing rights for both would cost a fortune, and neither property wants to see their heroes getting…
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Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad Review That may seem like a dark and grim way to start a game review, but these true words of the Russian army truly sum up the feeling that Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of…
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“Rainbow Six Vegas” to me is perhaps the most memorable game of the franchise, not for its plot, which is barley existent but for the hours I spent co-oping it with friends and perhaps the year it took me to…
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I’m not going to lie – I had high expectations for The Ball. The marketing team behind the game has done a great job at showing us the game in an interesting and unique manner. However, with a group like…
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Patience. Stamina. Commitment. Selflessness. All traits you’ll need to make it in the NBA. Do you have what it takes? NBA 2K14 returns for another round of My Player goodness, throwing you straight in the deep end from the lowest…
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LEGO The Hobbit does a satisfying job of offering TT Games’ iconic LEGO gameplay. Its story lacks the accessibility of, say, a Star Wars or Indiana Jones, and it can often leave the experience feeling rather disjointed. However, this doesn’t…
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For developer Eidos Montreal, living up to the expectations surrounding Deus Ex: Human Revolution was never going to be an easy task. The weight of a FPS predecessor that is often cited as one of the best of all time…
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When we first got our hands on Hector a few months back we were caught off guard; Telltale Games had formed a partnership with Straandlooper to release this foul mouthed cop into the world of adventure gaming, a genre they…
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The development history of Flying Wild Hog’s debut title Hard Reset is an interesting one, especially considering the constant hype and drama we are constantly forced to sit through during lengthy hype building exercises by the bigger publishers. Out of…
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Grand Theft Auto V is dominating the media right now, with record-breaking sales figures, fantastic review scores, diatribes about sexism and violence and insane gameplay videos. As a PC gamer, it seems a little unfair; most of the world is…
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Driver: San Francisco takes the series back to its roots. It’s a fresh entry in the series that has arguably lost a bit of fuel over its past iterations, failing to reach the heights of the brilliant original for the…
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I am slowly but surely falling in love with Dead Island, developer Techland’s wannabe RPG. After having spent what feels like an eternity traversing the game’s virtual tropical paradise I’m not quite sure how to catagorise this experience, but one…
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NOTE: This game is currently available on iOS with an Android version to follow soon. Civilization Revolution 2 is the first iOS game I actively sat and waited for, reloading the app store multiple times waiting for its inclusion. Yes,…
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I’m not one for the pointless “games are art” debate tethered to recurring streams of steadfast Twitter bickering — games are played for fun, not as a detrimental analysis on society’s malfunctions — but Child of Light awakened something deep…
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