May 16, 2015

Having become a father just shy of four years ago, the time I get to play games has been somewhat reduced today, compared to my responsibility-free younger years. However, I still save a few hours throughout the week for my favourite hobby, and have just recently introduced my son to the delights of Nintendo’s catalogue of games on the Wii U. Seeing his...

May 12, 2015

Format: PS4, PC Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Versus Evil Developer: Swordtales Players: 1 Site: http://toren-game.com/#/home Game code provided by PR Toren is a very heavily story-led game. It takes elements from myths such as the stories of Icarus, Sisyphus, and the tower of Babel; but people who buy The Sun needn’t feel left out, as there’s...

May 2, 2015

Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor to the fondly remembered and still available 3D platformer Banjo-Kazooie series that has not seen a new game since the polarizing Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. It’s being made by Ex-Rare staff at Playtonic Games and funded through Kickstarter, which has surpassed the £1,000,000 (which is $1,513,850...

Apr 28, 2015

The season pass for the new Batman game is going to cost anybody foolish enough to buy it £32.99. That will buy you content released over a six month period (so perhaps there’ll be another season afterwards!) including dress-up costumes for Batman and his car, challenge maps, race tracks for Batman’s car to brrm-brrm around, more...

Apr 26, 2015

Following on from Microsoft reducing the price of the Xbox One for a limited time in the UK, Sony have announced that the PlayStation 4 is getting a temporary price cut to £299 until April 28th. This deal is limited to five retailers: Argos, GAME, Tesco, Amazon and Very. When we looked at these retailers’ websites, we noticed that they have discounted...

Apr 21, 2015

Game code provided by the publisher Toren is an interesting game. It also looks to be both linear and story focussed, so I won’t give a full retelling of what I experienced and presume to be the opening to the game. Especially as what I played, I thought, could equate to a short game in its own right. Also, I’ve heard it has been compared to ICO;...