Amongst all of Microsoft’s announcements and developments last month, easily missed was its bulky four-hour presentation of numerous indie titles. Streamed on Twitch, the [email protected] program hosted a boisterous bounty of brilliant indies across a rather long event that spanned plenty of trailers and guests. Whilst some games were well known for people with titles […]Read More
This month’s gaming releases will see players travel to new worlds in the hope of a new home, return to old worlds to fight for freedom, live a new version of an old tale and swing for the fences to be the best in the diamond. Outriders Humanity’s future is in the balance in this […]Read More
The month of March brings with it opportunities to rise from the dead, discover new hunting partners, work as a team, build an army and cook away to your heart’s content. Stronghold: Warlords Build your empire one move at a time with this strategy title. Featuring East Asian cultures for the first time, Stronghold: Warlords […]Read More
Released: February 2021 Rating: T (Blood and Violence) Disclaimer: Little Nightmares II review code was provided by Bandai Namco for the purposes of this review. That being said, all opinions expressed in this review are wholly my own. In 2017 Tarsier Studios released Little Nightmares, a simple yet engaging puzzle-platformer that soon shot to fame […]Read More
The sixth generation of consoles is known for achieving many things in a relatively small six to eight year window. The original Xbox ushered in a new age of console-based shooters with Halo, the GameCube saw a spectacular line-up of first party titles ranging from Luigi’s Mansion to Super Smash Bros. Melee, and the PlayStation […]Read More
*DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS STORY SPOILERS FOR HIVESWAP ACTS 1 & 2* If video games were a metaphorical cake, the characters would be the cherries on top. We grow attached to them, see ourselves in them, and may even aspire to be like them. Like most things, these casts usually fit into a set of […]Read More
Cameron Swan takes a look at what the upcoming Mass Effect Legendary Edition offers to players new and old.Read More
Once again, a lockdown brings restrictions on how and where we can exercise. With gyms, swimming pools, and other indoor facilities closed, the act of keeping in shape has been limited to outdoor pursuits or activities in your own home. If you don’t fancy pounding the dark icy roads, or trying to keep up with […]Read More
Since his debut in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones has been a staple of the pop-culture world. As is always the case with a popular franchise, Indiana Jones saw his fair share of spin-offs (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles) and sequels – not all of them hitting the same mark as the […]Read More
As we move into a new month, there is a whole host of new gaming adventures for players to enjoy: from Earth-saving werewolves to the stuff of nightmares, a battle for souls and the search for glorious riches await in February’s gaming releases. Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood Fight on the side of mother nature […]Read More
Rich History One of the strangest parts of video game history is food. Food is a practically necessary part of video game culture. It was a given that when you stepped up to an arcade cabinet and played a classic beat ’em up game that you’d need to punch a barrel to unveil a plate […]Read More
As the future of Star Wars video games gets just a little bit brighter with the announcement of a new open-world game being developed by Ubisoft and the news that EA has lost exclusivity rights, we take a look at one of the most underrated Star Wars games of all time. During the 1990s and […]Read More
One of the main arguments gamers have had over the past 20 years has been over which console is better: Xbox or PlayStation? Before Microsoft and Sony were the front runners, the gaming industry was obsessed with the rivalry between SEGA and Nintendo. Blake Harris famously dubbed this period as “The Console Wars” in his […]Read More
As England braces itself for another lockdown of an indeterminate length, many people may be faced with the same bleak feelings of despair and anxiety that accompanied them throughout most of 2020. It’s easy to fall into a pattern of wake up, eat, work, sleep, repeat, all without actually feeling like we’ve accomplished anything with […]Read More
In 1992, Japanese publishing group ASCII Media Works released RPG Tsukūru Dante98, the very first iteration of the RPG Maker series. The RPG Maker series is somewhat self-explanatory: each entry in the series provides a fairly straightforward way to make simple JRPG games in the style of titles like Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest, with […]Read More
