Desperate Escape is the content I hate to love. The previous content, Lost in Nightmares, took a step back to the roots of survival horror leaving me both happy at this attempt at change and sad that there was something lacking. In some ways Desperate Escape is similar to it’s predecessor: it lasts less than two hours; it [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 6, 2010
I’ve always had fond memories of the Resident Evil games. My fascination began as a kid when I found a beaten copy of the first game in the bargain bin of the Nottingham branch of Dixons. The first I merely watched my dad play; the second I finally plucked up the courage to step into [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A new study released by the Blitz marketing firm today suggests strongly that current video game marketing practices are coming up very short. The study focused on the factors that influence the buying decisions of games who play games for at least seven hours a week, dubbed “Avid Gamers” by Blitz. According to the study, it’s these “avid [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
The first round of downloadable content for the excellent Assassin’s Creed 2 is now available to buy from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. Battle of Forli is a missing chapter in Ezio’s story, in which he teams up with the famous Machiavelli in a six mission romp to protect the town from invasion. For anyone [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
Originally released on 13 January, Return to Ostagar, the third downloadable content offering for Dragon Age: Origins, has made a reappearance on the Xbox marketplace today alongside a title update. The DLC was originally pulled from the marketplace after a number of glitches formed from it, the major one being class specialisations re-locking after acquiring them. The new title update resolves these issues. Any specialisations which [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Games based on films and films based on games are often abominations. This bad reputation forms from a slew of half-baked games manufactured in an attempt to cash in on the relative success of a movie. For films, on the other hand, Uwe Boll takes the award for most damage dealt to the game film industry, the great director who [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 23, 2009
The first Assassin’s Creed was about as divisive a game as you can get, despite having a massive amount of hype, beautiful graphics, a compelling story and meta-story were hampered by repetitive gameplay, an open world that contained almost nothing fun to do outside of the regular missions and completing assassination missions required lengthy and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Interested gamers can get an early look at the Halo Waypoint interface according to Joysqid. The Waypoint destinations programming will be revealed prior to the official launch of the destination on Thursday, Nov. 5. Halo Waypoint will be a new destination for all things “Halo” on Xbox LIVE around the world. It will be available for [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The upcoming DJ Hero will will draw in people who have yet to become acquainted with the franchise, said Activision Senior Brand Manager Ian McClellan. “With the kind of diversity DJ Hero offers, we expect it to appeal to people who may not have yet discovered the Hero franchise,” McClella told MCV. “The key is that the music – which [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 12, 2009
According Left 4 Dead fan Walking_Target, Valve is planning downloadable content for the original game after “Crash Course.” It could be “a new Special Infected, a new Campaign or new Weapon(s),” he writes on the Steam group. “It’s definitely one of the three, perhaps more,” he added. “Crash Course” was released Thursday and Left 4 Dead 2 [...]
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