Opinion: Crysis 3 – Sandbox or Playground?
I’ve never been much of a hardcore gamer. That’s not to say I’m casual, either – I rack up an impressive (worrying?) number of gaming hours every week, and make it my business to play as many major...
View ArticleInterview: Far Cry 3 Lead Writer, Jeffrey Yohalem
Not too many games take us by surprise these days, but Far Cry 3, with it’s great level of quality throughout, definitely did. So it’s with pleasure that we recently had the chance to sit down for a...
View ArticleOpinion: OnLive – Did the Future Come Too Soon?
If you have even a passing interest in the world of video games, you’ll remember the promises made to us by OnLive. “It’s going to be the future of gaming” they were saying, and “You’ll never need...
View ArticleMonster Hunter 3 Ultimate – A Newcomer’s Diary
I’m an RPG player by choice. There’s nothing I like more than creating a character, naming them, choosing their appearance, profession, personality, and tossing them into a world full of dungeons to...
View ArticleInterview: Saints Row IV Producer, Jim Boone
Having seen the world’s first glimpse of Saints Row IV, we sat down with Volition. Inc. producer Jim Boone to talk next gen, alien invasions and the end of the Saints Row saga…For the folks at home,...
View ArticleOpinion: Please Don’t Take our Single Player Games Away
As I sit down to put these words onto a screen, I’m filled with enormous dread that people reading them will think I’m just some old stick-in-the-mud who longs for an era-past that he can’t get back....
View ArticleInterview: Halo 4 Castle Map Pack Producer, Tom Potter & Senior Environmental...
On April 8th the Castle Map Pack will be released for Halo 4. The pack is being developed by Certain Affinity, and we sat down with producer Tom Potter and Senior Environmental Artist Ryan Mansfield to...
View ArticleOpinion: Android Consoles – Are These the Droids We’re Looking For?
The first thing that needs to be addressed when talking about the upcoming Android Consoles is what exactly an ‘Android Console’ is. It would seem like a basic idea, a console that runs some version of...
View ArticleLive This Weekend: BioShock Infinite Spoilercast & Ding!
If you’ve played BioShock Infinite, there’s a good chance you’re fit to burst with thoughts, theories and all manner of opinions on the game’s story. Well, so are we – so we’ve decided to record a...
View ArticleOpinion: Learning to Empathise with One Another
I love games and I love gamers, but let’s be honest. We’re not perfect. For one, we need to learn to empathise. When I was in high school, I rigorously studied the merits of EVs and IVs in Pokemon. I...
View ArticleInterview: Year Walk Developer Simogo Co-Founder Simon Flesser
Back in 2010, two gentlemen from Sweden began creating iOS games as Simogo. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with the man that’s responsible for the art and sound in Simogo games – Simon...
View ArticleFIFA 14 Interview: Sebastian Enrique
At a recent event, the press were given the first introduction to FIFA 14, and along with our preview we also had a chance to interview Sebastian Enrique, one of the producers for the game. After being...
View ArticleInterview: Starcraft II eSport players Bling and NightEnD
How gruelling are eSports? It’s easy to be on the outside, chuckling to oneself and belittling the idea that gaming could have a lucrative and entertaining competitive scene, but when you take a moment...
View ArticleInterview: Douglass Burchill, 3AM Games
As games pitches go, the idea of combining mind-bending Portal-style first-person puzzles with the arcane terror of HP Lovecraft’s Cthulu Mythos has to be one of my favourites in recent years....
View ArticleInterview: Ace Patrol Associate Producer Lena Brenk
With XCOM: Enemy Unknown still being spoken about because of the upcoming iOS version of the game, FirAxis also have other mobile titles on the horizon. Tomorrow, Haunted Hollow comes to the platform...
View ArticleOpinion: The Problem With Microsoft’s One Vision
Is anyone actually surprised?Everyone knew well before Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One last night what direction the company was taking. It’s a direction that will, and has, given gamers the hump, but...
View ArticleLimbo PlayStation Vita Analysis
First released on Xbox LIVE almost three years ago, Limbo wowed us with its tale of a sweet, (apparently) innocent little boy lost in a dark world filled with horrific, violent death traps. Now...
View ArticleTop Five Reasons to Buy Rayman Legends on Wii U
When it comes to buying new video games, one of the biggest decisions is which format you’re going to get it on. Sometimes, it might be that you’ve only got one console – at which point the decision is...
View ArticleAgainst The Grain: Or Why I Don’t Like Pokémon
Don’t get me wrong – I’ve tried to like Pokémon, I really have. When the craze first hit our Western shores in the late nineties, it caused a huge commotion and was an instant hit. You couldn’t avoid...
View ArticleCan you Build a Next-Gen PC for the Price of a PS4?
We set out with an aim of answering the question: Can you build a PC with similar specifications to the PlayStation 4, at a lower price?The specs we went with:Processor: AMD A10-6800K APUGraphics Card:...
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