Feb 11, 2015

Format: Xbox One (version reviewed), PS4, PS3, 360, PC Unleashed: Out now Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Dontnod Entertainment Players: 1 Site: http://lifeisstrange.com/agegate.php Game purchased by reviewer A good review of Life Is Strange will not delve too deeply into the details of the story, and we want this to be a good review. That makes it a lot...

Feb 10, 2015

Format: Xbox One (version reviewed), PS4, PS3, 360, PC Unleashed: Out now Publisher: Deep Silver Developer: Volition/High Voltage Players: 1 (offline), 2 (online) Site: http://www.deepsilver.com/en/home/ Game code provided by Xbox Saints Row has always been cheerful in its pilfering from other open-world games; and now with typical glee it follows in the...

Jan 29, 2015

For the third and final time we will post a Life Is Strange Dev Diary (First and Second Dev Diaries). This time we get the very wordy talk about the lighting, art, script, music, voice actors and how it wants the indie film vibe – which it really does seem to have. The music is one of the main draws for it and it adds to the indie film vibe with its mellow...

Jan 26, 2015

A somewhat sensationalist headline, perhaps, but one not entirely without truth. The games industry of 2015 is one in which consumers work to please publishers rather than the other way around, and things are only going to get worse. As with any war, there have been victories on both sides – but the publishers won an extremely important battle years ago, and...

Jan 23, 2015

Remember that Life Is Strange developer diary we posted last week? That’s another one up there! Less gameplay footage in this one yet, somehow, still very interesting. It mostly focusses on discussing the time rewind mechanic employed by the main character Max. She will for example retain the memory of everything that happened prior to her rewinding time...

Jan 12, 2015

If the word ‘Dontnod’ doesn’t mean anything to you then, well, let us assure you that it deserves to. It’s the name of the French developing house that produced 2013’s Remember Me, a sci-fi action adventure that remains largely criminally (and ironically) ignored. We’re more than happy to see them return with another game,...