May 2, 2012

If you’ve already read parts one and two – and why on Earth wouldn’t you have? – you’ll know that my comments on DLC so far have been overwhelmingly negative. The digital distribution of games and add-ons can be a force for good, however; demonstrably so. It’s done a lot of good not only for business but for us cash-wielding...

Apr 30, 2012

Format: XBLA, PC (versions reviewed), Mac, PSN Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Telltale Games Developer: Telltale Games Players: 1 Site: http://www.telltalegames.com/walkingdead/age_gate The Walking Dead started off as a popular comic series, which quickly became even more popular thanks to the ongoing TV adaptation. Said TV series has already begun to...

Apr 27, 2012

There is a growing concern at the back of my mind about gamers being so readily willing to throw their money away at any old project that tugs at nostalgic memories, entices with promises of grandeur, or even perhaps genuinely has strong pedigree behind it. A Kickstarter fund was made famous by Tim Schafer, a well known game developer who asked for $400,000 in...

Apr 25, 2012

The Walking Dead is an award-winning comic, which was later turned into a pretty darned brilliant TV series. Today, the first instalment of the five-episode videogame from Telltale Games and Skybound Entertainment is released on PSN, PC and Mac (with an iOS version due in the summer, and XBLA “very soon”)… and it looks pretty good. As you can see in...

Apr 24, 2012

We hope you like montages made from two second clips of intense gameplay action, or EA does at least as the debut trailer for Crysis 3 is made up of exactly that. There’s plenty of action featuring the new bow weapon as well as pot shots taken with the series favourite SCAR and some sort of shoulder mounted alien machine gun. Crytek’s latest Crysis game...

Apr 24, 2012

Slow motion gun fights and explosions sell things, right? It’s certainly the route Rockstar has taken with their TV commercial for Max Payne 3. Coming to think of it, we would probably buy more cleaning products if they were advertised with big enough explosions. The advert for Max Payne 3 doesn’t try and inspire you with the narrative or plot, instead...