Sep 18, 2015

Indie star Shovel Knight is hot property, and it’s still showing no signs of cooling down. There was the recent news that there’s going to be a very cool-looking Shovel Knight Amiibo, and now everybody who owns the game can download the Plague of Shadows expansion for free. Yes, free, as in no money required to take ownership. As if that news...

Sep 15, 2015

Rainbow Six: Siege is a dark and gritty action thriller that pits Rod, Jane and Freddy against Geoffery, Zippy and George. The Rainbow Six have split into two different factions following creative differences with General Geoffrey, who has since disappeared. Choose your side and track down the General before it’s too late! Pre-order now to secure a...

Aug 20, 2015

Are you a lonely gamer interested in some Co-op action with like minded people? Then take a look at FindGamingBuddies.com. Getting together regular groups for raids or even for a Story Heavy Co-op game can be a real pain and even within friend groups you won’t always have someone who wants to play all the same games as you. Here’s where Find Gaming...

Aug 5, 2015

Look upon the eShop, ye scalpers, and despair! First of all, howls of pain went up from eBay sellers the world over when Nintendo made Metroid Prime Trilogy available for download to your nearest Wii U console. Now, another out-of-print and highly desirable Wii game game is getting an eShop release; Xenoblade Chronicles is available to download right now. No...

Jul 13, 2015

You already know this. But we can not let it pass without comment. Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata sadly passed away on Saturday 11th July 2015, at the age of 55. Iwata began his career at HAL Laboratory as a programmer, where he worked on games such as Balloon Fight, and oversaw titles such as Earthbound and Kirby. Nintendo offered him a role in 2000...

Jul 8, 2015

Have you been with Critical Gamer long enough to remember Steven Gurevitz? He gave lots of quality writing in his time with us but, a little over two years ago, he left to join the clan of Gioteck. Even though he moved on from there this year, we’ll happily assert that Gioteck make some great products, and you should totally consider them for your next...