At this years E3, Capcom announced the release of a standalone playable story demo for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, the next evolution of the popular action-fighting series. Beginning today, the free story demo will be available to download on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One; and provides a sneak peek at the introduction to the […]
At the Sony Interactive Entertainment E3 press conference today, Capcom announced Monster Hunter: World, the latest entry in the 40 million unit selling action RPG series – which will be the first game in the series with a worldwide simultaneous launch window and is planned for release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in early […]
If you’re going to emulate a classic series like Diablo, you might as well get it right. So many action RPG’s have sought to recreate the same kind of balance between combat, advancement and loot collection of Blizzard’s revered classic, but few of them are able to match the formula. Victor Vran: Overkill Edition is […]
If, like me, you loved beat’em ups and miss the days of games like Final Fight and Streets of Rage – where the focus was to just beat up the bad guys and have some fun – well Zheros is a fairly generic throwback to that same idea of hitting things till they blow up, […]
I have a love/hate relationship with walking simulators at the best of times, but a particular bugbear of mine is when they perform badly, which is almost always on consoles. From Layers of Fear to Firewatch, I’ve played some cracking games that were ruined because of poor console conversions. The Town of Light is firmly […]
In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition we take a look at Oh… Sir!! The Insult Simulator – an indie game making the move from a very successful PC release to PS4 and […]
When a game wants to tell the player a story, there can be many methods to do this. Some games though take the impressive option of not using a narrator to explicitly do this, but let the story unfold as part of the game, allowing the player to emotionally connect and interpret it for themselves. […]
First person shooters. Yeah, lets just say that I don’t get along with modern-day FPS games. Give me Doom or its sequels, any games from the Unreal or Quake franchises. Hell, even the likes of Hexen and Duke Nukem 3D. Now THOSE are first person shooters I an get behind. But Call of Duty and […]
Publisher Maximum Games have announced new zombie shooter Dead Alliance, an inventive take on zombie games and team-based first-person shooters expected to launch August 29th on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC. Set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where military bases are humanity’s last city-states, Dead Alliance pits warring teams of players against each […]
Rest that lazy bum and turn on your consoles as Vile Monarch have manufactured another brilliant way to hurl insults through the power of technology! That’s right, Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator is coming to PS4 on May 30th, and Xbox One in June. Take part in the smash hit that has sold over 250,000 copies, […]
When games are inspired by others, they often fight to get out of their shadow. Portal Knights is a game that has two shadows to try to escape from, both Minecraft and Dark Souls. The question is, should it have to? Portal Knights is a new cooperative action RPG game where you pick to be […]
With the game merely days away, Bandai Namco have released the full opening cinematic for forthcoming new franchise entry, Tekken 7 – which will be available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on 2nd June 2017. The blood feud intensified, and the world was forced to take sides. Watch Tekken 7’s official opening […]
To keep platform games fresh, many focus more on the puzzle element rather than killing the character with endless monsters looking for blood. Seasons After Fall is one of those games that uses the puzzle element more, and provides a nice relaxing walk through the seasons. The best way to go into the game is […]
Check out this new story trailer for Bandai Namco’ forthcoming new franchise entry, Tekken 7. This trailer showcases the feud of the Mishima family and its footprint on the rest of the world. From honor, duty, vengeance, all their fights are personal. In a final showdown filled by blood and anger, what began in death […]
I remember the first two Syberia games for the fairly strong story and the fact that they were good point & click adventures when there seemed to be no others around. That was about thirteen years ago though, and now Syberia 3 has arrived to carry on the story, but is it worth the wait? […]
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe have revealed the pre-order contents and the official Accel World vs. Sword Art Online release date – which is now set for 7th July 2017. The PS4 digital pre-order will give access to the SAO ORIGINS PACK that features 4 different costumes; Kirito and Sinon GGO Avatar Costumes, Knights of The […]
NIS America have announced that Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle will also be arriving on the Nintendo Switch in addition to the PlayStation 4 (physical and digital) and PlayStation Vita (digital-only) – with the games release date pushed back to 5th September in North America and 8th September in Europe to accommodate launching on the […]
After 1 million copies sold worldwide with the original title, this Summer the Straw Hat Pirates will dock on PS4 and PC with a brand new revamped version of One Piece Unlimited World Red: Deluxe Edition, AND for the first time ever on Nintendo Switch in September. The game comes with several new features from […]
Playing the first Outlast game, it was a good blend of exploration, running for your life, and escaping monsters. When the sequel was announced, there was a high expectation of what would come. Now we’ve had chance to play Outlast 2, does it manage the same scares or is it just another forgettable horror sequel? […]
Vertigo Games and Jaywalkers Interactive have announced that Arizona Sunshine, the popular PC-based VR zombie shooter game, will be making its PlayStation VR debut next month. This will finally bring the game to VR players on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro, with optional support for the new PS VR Aim controller for the optimal […]
A spin-off from the Saint’s Row video game series, Agents of Mayhem is a single-player, open-world, third-person action game which is coming to the PS4, Xbox One and PC in August. In anticipation of the launch, here’s a new trailer for the games – focusing on the “Franchise Force” of Hollywood, Hardtack and Fortune… As […]
Crunching Koalas have teamed up with Transhuman Design, the makers of Soldat, to bring the rapid skill-based 2D shooter, Butcher, to PlayStation 4 on May 9th. BUTCHER is a fast-paced 2D shooter and a blood-soaked love letter to the cult classics of the genre. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, […]
