Jul 6, 2010

We’ve had a massively entertaining first half to 2010. Think back to some of the titles released over the last six months – Bioshock 2, Red Dead Redemption, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2 to name but a few – and you’ll realise why 2010 has kind of kicked ass so far. And to stop those OMG THAT GAME SUCKS NO IT DOESN’T YES IT DOES EVERYONE...

Jun 30, 2010

TRANSFORMERS, ROBOTS IN DISGUISE *ahem* pardon me. Oh look a new Transformers game is here and I bet people are thinking ‘oh it’s just another crappy movie game’. WRONG! This game is far from movie game trash as you like, and to say that about a franchise that has spewed out a couple of rubbish games and iffy movies is no small feat. War for...

Jun 3, 2010

Does anybody actually remember the original Red Dead games? No? Didn’t think so. But what does it matter, this game is fantastic. So let’s break it down. The Story The first hour mainly involves becoming familiarised with the fundamentals of the game, this consisting of your lasso, your horse, and your gun. The first hour also offers a lovely opening to the...

May 22, 2010

Things that have made today a good day, 1: Another game was sent to me to review! 2: I’m eating Bacon… The game sent to me this time is “Future Wars” for the PC. I had some issues with Windows Vista being amazing as usual but it’s all good. Considering I have never really played a strategy game, for the purposes of this review I brought over my...

May 16, 2010

Did you ever buy a game that you have been waiting a year or so for and then been severely disappointed? I have, it’s happened a few times to me. That’s why even though I was so badly looking forward to this game, I still felt anxious as I handed over £50 for my Limited Collectors Edition of the new Survival Horror, Action game “Alan Wake” but I have to...

May 16, 2010

Lost Planet 2 is neither a game where a Planet is lost looking for its home nor a game in which you are lost on a Planet (well kind of). It is a game where things want you dead, whether it be wee little humans, or giant (and I mean GIANT) space bugs (aka Akrid). Thrown in around all this fighting is your life source, thermal energy (or T-ENG for short). T-ENG is...

May 10, 2010

The Halo: Reach Beta is here. After appearing at last Year’s E3 in the form of a mysterious trailer, Reach finally emerges from the depths of Bungie Studios and onto our TV monitors. Featuring as a Beta on the disk of Halo: ODST, and also as a downloadable ‘Thank You’ available to those who purchased Halo 2 before the server shutdown. But has it been worth...

May 7, 2010

The Split/Second demo has been out for a while now (well for those of you on Xbox Live), and as release date draws closer and closer, here’s a few first impressions for those of you have not had a chance to download this explosive demo. Set in a time where media is king, racers compete for fame and glory. Destroying the scenery around them, using pre-set...