Batman Arkham Knight: 1989 DLC Review
The sixth month DLC run for Batman: Arkham Knight was off to a shaky start with the underwhelming Batgirl: A Matter of Family. It is no wonder that people may be sceptical to the latest release: The...
View ArticleMetal Gear Solid V: A Hideo Kojima Game
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will soon be out and it has been causing quite a stir. Perhaps one of the biggest points for debate has been Konami’s decision to remove Hideo Kojima’s name from...
View ArticleID@Xbox reaches 100
The independent developer program for Xbox games was released in 2014. Since then, there have been a slew of games by smaller organisations. Original and unique titles like Beyond Eyes and Leo’s...
View ArticleBlues and Bullets: Episode One Review
As a fan of classic gangster films, the mixture of crime solving, noir style gameplay and the hero Eliot Ness is an appealing draw for this independent release from A Crowd of Monsters. It is however,...
View ArticleInfamous buried Atari games have made a pretty penny
Perhaps one of the iconic moments in all of gaming history is the burial of the Atari cartridges in 1983. In that year, the games market suffered a crash due to the increasingly large quantities of...
View ArticleCuphead and the immersive nature of video games
Video games have come a long way in the past two decades. Graphics have become almost hyper realistic and in some cases, look better than real life. A smog and traffic jam free LA, beautiful medieval...
View ArticleMicrosoft to shut down Xbox Live Indie Games
Today, Microsoft has announced that it is no longer taking subscriptions or membership renewals for its Xbox Live Indie Games platform. The platform was created before ID@Xbox and allowed indie...
View ArticleThe life of an Indie Developer: Sam Abbott, We Happy Few
The sixties were great, everyone was crazy, popping happy pills, dressing really weird and killing anyone who didn’t do the same. Okay, maybe not the last one. However the folks over at Compulsion...
View ArticleManuals, maps and the dwindling physicality of gaming
One of my first games was Baulders Gate II on the PC. It came in this lovely large box that looked like an old book. There was a cardboard flap that provided all the details of the game, with...
View ArticleThe life of an indie developer: Tristan Moore, Grave
One of the greatest things about the indie gaming scene is that so many great ideas are given life. Broken Window Studios, developer of the upcoming title Grave are presenting a surreal world where...
View ArticleBatman Arkham Knight: Tumbler DLC review
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy was one of the best interpretations of Batman’s world. When gamers heard that the Arkham Knight would be getting racetracks and skins to look just like the...
View ArticleGaming is not just for kids
I started watching House of Cards the other week and was surprised to see that when Frank Underwood was not busy manipulating the press or government, he would sit in front of his widescreen TV and...
View ArticleXbox One Wireless adaptor is now for sale
In a continued effort to bridge the gap between PC and console gamers, Xbox have now released the much anticipated wireless adaptor for Xbox One. With the adaptor, gamers will be able to seamlessly...
View ArticleFive great sources to fill in the backstory to Halo 5: Guardians
Halo 5: Guardians has been out for a week now, with many critics hailing it as the best Halo experience so far. However, since 343 Industries has taken over the franchise, there has been some...
View ArticleBatman Arkham Knight: 1960s DLC review
For many, the classic Batman Series starring Adam West was an embarrassing campy interpretation we would all like to forget. Nevertheless, it remains one of the funniest and enjoyable interpretations...
View ArticleFallout 4: Destiny’s gunplay influenced Post-Apocalyptic RPG
Fallout 3 was a fantastic and memorable game set in post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. The game, on the whole, has aged well with gamers still returning to the capital wasteland after all these years....
View ArticleFallout 4: Pete Hines reassures fans that the spoilers won’t ruin the game
Pete Hines, Senior VP at Bethesda games has come out in response to the plot spoilers leaked ahead of Fallout 4’s launch. Despite various users posting major plot details on message boards, Hines has...
View ArticleHow to make a good Bond game
Daniel Craig’s Bond has reinvigorated the international superspy. The latest movie Spectre has been released to critical acclaim. Once upon a time, it was not uncommon to see a Bond game hit the...
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