When Metro 2033 hit consoles back in 2010, the bleak post apocalyptic shooter based on a rather fantastic novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky, was received extremely well. Yes it had problems but the tone 4A games... Continue Reading »
Iron Sky: Invasion – a space romp in which you must shoot down an attacking Nazi force, sounds weird right! According to Iron Sky’s timeline the Nazis retreated to the far side on the moon... Continue Reading »
When Dragon’s Dogma saw its release last year, it showed off Capcom’s fine work on building a rich action-RPG with some unique ideas, great combat and a brilliant gaming world. However, it... Continue Reading »
Ah, space, that final frontier. Many a Bank Holiday have I spent sat happily in front of the TV with a Star trek movie on. From the incredibly camp overacting of Shatner’s Kirk to the thespian, almost... Continue Reading »
I can still remember a younger, wide-eyed and very innocent Kevin, sitting at the PC with my brother, when we first discovered the Holy Hand grenade in the original Worms (1995). I would played that game... Continue Reading »
I can’t say I was ever into DC Comics as a child and so my knowledge of its heroes and villains is restricted to that of TV and film, I suspect I may not be alone here and while I may not be the... Continue Reading »
Ninja Gaiden (2004) was seen as one of the greatest action games of the generation, its sequel while still applauded, had its issues and Ninja Gaiden 3 is the first game not to have Tomonobu Itagaki in... Continue Reading »
Not many TV show tied-in games have achieved great success, in fact you could say the only game to do so was Telltale’s The Walking Dead, whereas Survival Instinct showed us exactly how not to... Continue Reading »
Third person shooters, for me at least, seem to be one of those genres full of hit and miss titles. Ranging from great titles such as Metal Gear Solid and Max Payne to hidden gems like Binary Domain but... Continue Reading »
Manga’s been around for ages. My first Manga experience was the legend that is Akira and that quickly moved on to the equally awesome Ghost in the Shell. It took a bit of a nosedive when the dodgy Manga... Continue Reading »
Five and a half years after Irrational Games’ last adventure, they have returned to the franchise that brought them so much acclaim back in 2007. This is no sequel, it’s barely even a prequel,... Continue Reading »
The Walking Dead is quite simply one of the most fantastic franchises in zombie history, maybe even in all media and art related history. It’s a big (and perhaps many might think naïve) statement, but... Continue Reading »
The name of the game is (obviously) sniping and as you might expect the missions are completed covertly and by using your surroundings to stay hidden – this was the idea in the first game except... Continue Reading »
My love of Gears of War is no secret, I have a range of merchandise and the Gears of War 3 limited edition Xbox 360 so when Gears of War: Judgment was announced I got extremely giddy, that was until I... Continue Reading »
When you first load Tomb Raider you will get a sense of nostalgia but this is different, forget everything you ever knew about Lara before I remember my first encounter with Lara Croft, it was 1996 and... Continue Reading »
Having really enjoyed Crysis 2 I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to get my hands on 3 to see what Crytek could bring me this time around. After taking on the Cell Corporation and the Ceph in the previous... Continue Reading »
Ah Raiden, many will remember this ‘unwanted’ character from his Metal Gear Solid 2 days. Now he is the lead in his own game – Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, a spin-off from the ‘Solid’... Continue Reading »
It’s hard work being an Alien fanboy – there hasn’t been an exceptional addition to the film series since 1986 (despite two direct sequels and the “should-have-been-awesome” Aliens vs... Continue Reading »
Poor Isaac Clark, after Dead Space 2 you would think he would get a bit of a break, but the Necromorphs are back and he is the only one who can save us. Despite doing his best to move on, his past always... Continue Reading »
Hitman HD Trilogy is the latest title to receive the HD overhaul, included is Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts and Hitman: Blood Money. In new copies of the game there is also a DLC code for... Continue Reading »










