May 20, 2013

The ‘E3 is dying’ angle has become something of a cliché over the last five years or so. Every year there will be a few sites eager to toll the bells for the industry’s most famous expo, yet every year it returns, dominating the games news as it does so. This year however, the idea seems to have some weight behind it. There’s reason to believe that in...

May 17, 2013

It may be a third person action game with melee combat, cover and guns, but Naughty Dog has ensured that The Last of Us is no lazily-filled Uncharted template. In fact, if Drake’s adventures are a mixture of Tomb Raider and a Donald P. Bellisario reimagining of Indiana Jones, then The Last of Us is a mixture of The Walking Dead and… more of The Walking...

May 15, 2013

Today is the day that the EU PlayStation Store finally carries Terraria. You may well be tempted to rush to your TV to buy it, especially as we told you what a good game it is in our review. But wait just a brick bustin’ minute! How would you like to get the game for free? We can help! We have an EU PSN code to give away to one lucky reader. All you have...

May 14, 2013

Format: Vita (version reviewed, iOS version also due) Unleashed: May TBC Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment (Vita version) Developer: Lucid Games Players: 1 Site: http://www.lucidgames.co.uk/product/jacob-jones-and-the-bigfoot-mystery/ Jacob Jones is made by Lucid Games, a phoenix which rose from the ashes of Bizarre Creations. On writing duties we have...

May 7, 2013

Format: Vita Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Developer: Marvelous AQL, SCE Japan Studio Players: 1 (offline), 2-4 (online) Site: http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/soulsacrifice/en/ The PlayStation Vita has been crying out for quality games, and action RPG Soul Sacrifice looked to be the first big hitter of 2013 for...

May 6, 2013

Format: Wii U, 3DS Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Capcom/Nintendo Developer: Capcom Players: 1-4 Site: http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii-U/Monster-Hunter-3-Ultimate-702369.html Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is, like the mostly dinosauresque creatures within it, a strange beast. For one thing, the fact that the Wii U and 3DS versions are the same game means not...

Apr 30, 2013

Welcome back to No Tune Unturned, a feature in which some dude with no musical training beyond boring childhood piano lessons elaborates on why, precisely, he likes videogame music so much. The theme of fantasy has come and gone, but we don’t have to part ways with every dwarf and wolfman we’ve come to love; we merely need accept their screechy, low...

Apr 30, 2013

Writing about Spellirium seems a fitting act, as wordsmithery is the game’s unofficial middle name. This crowdfunded point-and-click PC adventure game from the fellows at Untold Entertainment Inc. is noteworthy not only for its intriguing ideas, but also its immediately available Alpha that we got to check out. We explored the Prologue and First Act, which...