Tango Gameworks and Bethesda’s The Evil Within promised “a return to the roots of survival horror”, and with one of the fathers of the genre Shinji Mikami at the helm, it definitely had plenty of potential. Sadly, the game was heavily marred by technical bugs, poor design choices and an almost incomprehensible narrative. All the key ingredients for a great game were there, but they weren’t executed properly. But it seems old Shinji and his pals had a few tricks left up their sleeves, and the two story-focused DLC’s, The Assignment and The Consequence almost completely redeem the franchise. Many […]
Read more »One of the more unique and entertaining aspects of Dragon Age 2 was the Black Emporium DLC; a secret shop full of all kinds of bizarre and powerful items. When Dragon Age Inquisition was launched, many fans were disappointed to learn that the game lacked a comparable place to spend their gold. But that is about to change. Read on for the details.
Read more »Yooka-Laylee (previously entitled ‘Project Ukelele’), a 3D platformer being made by a team of ex-Rare developers, is the official title of what is set to be the spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie from the Nintendo 64.
Read more »Bladestorm: Nightmare is a near seven year old game rejigged for the new era of consoles, although why anyone thought it was a good idea to do that, instead of just building an entirely new game, is beyond me. It’s like someone in the back office wasn’t ready to pull the trigger on a sequel, and settled on another cliched ‘HD update’ instead.
Read more »As Jake the Dog has been known to say… Get your hero on, dude! A new Adventure Time game is in development, and it might be the title that finally brings the Land Ooo to consoles in all its endearingly bizarre glory. So stuff a sword and the Enchiridion in your backpack, and read on to learn all we know about the game.
Read more »Mortal Kombat X features microtransactions that unlock “Easy Fatalities” for 99 cents, or a pack of 30 for $5.
Read more »Destiny’s second expansion, House of Wolves, is set to launch of the 19th of May. The expansion, which was officially announced last year, is set to follow the story of the first expansion, The Dark Below, with a new Awoken storyline.
Read more »‘The Force Awakens’, a free DLC based on the Battle of Jakku, a location that is going to be in the upcoming Star Wars movie, has been announced for Star Wars Battlefront.
Read more »What’s a Star Wars game without Darth Vader, right? At a presentation at the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim yesterday, Star Wars Battlefront developer DICE revealed that Darth Vader will be a playable character in the game’s online multiplayer mode.
Read more »Star Wars games have had an uneven history. For every Knights of the Old Republic, there’s been a Masters of Teras Kasi. SO in order to make Star Wars Battlefront as authentic as possible, LucasArts have given DICE and EA unprecedented access to Star Wars props, costumes and original sound clips.
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