2K Games has announced an August 27th 2010 UK release date for the up and coming epic mobster sequel Mafia II. Boasting a compelling narrative set in 1950s America, the game hopes to build on the success of the previous title and promises to have just as much violence, car chases and frequent discussions about getting no respect. We suggest that you watch out...

Yet another Red Dead Redemption video has stumbled out of the saloon doors and given us a look at what it has under its dress, this time with the ‘Gentlemen & Vagabonds’ trailer. In this sneak peak we get introduced to some of the more colourful characters the game has to offer, including a shoe sniffing grave digger, a loveable, gun toting Irish drunk...

Through the last 20-odd years, we, the gamers, have grown a fondness for not just internet celebrities, but also gaming celebrities. Developers mostly, but I’m sure someone out in the great beyond celebrates the successes of pro gamers, much to their fellow gamers chagrin. From the early days of game media, it wasn’t out of the norm for a magazine to...

Mar 25, 2010

We here at Critical Gamer recently created our own Steam community group, so we can play games across the popular platform, keep in touch with each other and demonstrate our gaming prowess to the world! We’re now opening that up to our community, so if you’d like to join the group just follow this link – ...

I was on holiday recently, visiting family in Glasgow. A lovely place with lovely responsible people. Whilst there, we had a day in town to look at some shops and keep my wee one occupied (we had already done Loch Lomond and the transport museum).As one does, we went into a shopping centre and low and behold we were in a store, which also happened to include a...