Torchlight: review

Format: PC Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Runic Games Developer: Runic Games Players: 1 Site: http://www.torchlightgame.com Torchlight is the first release from Runic Games, a company boasting an excellent pedigree in action RPGs, with previous team credits including Diablo’s I & II, Mythos and Fate. Going into Torchlight you’d...

Champions Online Free Weekend

To mark Halloween and the first set of new content for Champions Online, Cryptic Studios are set to open the doors of the superhero MMO to all comers. You’ll be able to hop in and try on some tight fitting latex pants, before flying/jumping/swinging out into the world beyond. The update is called Blood Moon and is expected to go live on Halloween itself....

Critical Gamer writer wins videogamesplus.ca review contest

Videogamesplus.ca recently announced the winner of their customer review contest, and who do you suppose it was? Why, it was our very own Ian D. Shortly before joining CG, Ian – who has his own Youtube channel (ooh, get him) – privately wrote and submitted a review of Batman: Arkham Asylum to the contest. It is this very review which saw off all...

Brutal Legend: review to be sung to the tune of ‘Paranoid’

Format: PS3 (version reviewed), 360 Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: EA Developer: Doublefine Players: 1 (offline), 2 – 8 (online) Site: www.doublefine.com To be sung (badly) to the tune of ‘Paranoid’ by Black Sabbath (Intro) Brutal Legend, here it is. First In the courts now In the shops. Your avatar is Eddie Riggs A roadie...

Left 4 Dead 2: Chet Faliszek interview

Left 4 Dead 2: Chet Faliszek interview

Oct 23, 2009

Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to question Chet Faliszek, writer on Left 4 Dead 2? Paying tribute to zombie attacks featured in the game, we bashed down his door and then proceeded to puke and spit all over the furniture. Bafflingly, he wasn’t amused. CG: Why did you decide to include melee weapons this time around? Do they differ significantly...