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...

Apr 8, 2013

Format: PC (version reviewed), 360, PS3 Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: 2K Games Developer: Irrational Games Players: 1 Site: http://www.bioshockinfinite.com/ To many people the original Bioshock was a prime example of a fantastic gaming experience – a masterpiece of well executed gaming, mood, plot and environment. It made a city under the sea...

Mar 28, 2013

After a long battle, GameTheNews finally pushed Endgame: Syria through Apple’s approval process; but it ended up coming out the other end as the watered-down Endgame: Eurasia. GameTheNews’ Tomas Rawlings agreed to talk to us about Endgame: Syria, its troubled journey to the app store, and developing newsgames. For those not in the know, what is...

Mar 23, 2013

Apple’s determination to lobotomise the politically-charged Endgame: Syria has finally won out. In order to get the title onto the app store, developer GameTheNews has been forced to make changes that, in the words of Tomas Rawlings, transform the project “from a ‘newsgame’ into just a ‘game’”. “We’ve come to the...

Mar 20, 2013

  There’s a new kid in town. He’s got some pretty crazy ideas, and he’s still a bit green around the gills; but dagnabit, it seems like maybe he’s on to something. The kid in question goes by the name of gamenmatch.com, and he’s gonna do his best to tell you about the games you never knew you wanted to play. We’re not...

Mar 15, 2013

Format: PC Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Good Old Games Developer: Irrational Games, Looking Glass Studios Players: 1 Site: http://www.gog.com/gamecard/system_shock_2 It’s always easy to pick on the elderly. They’ve had their time, lived to their fullest and no longer need to justify why they were good back then, even if time hasn’t been so kind to...