To say that I’m excited about the imminent arrival of Grand Theft Auto V would be an understatement. I’ve been following the trailers and images for months, soaking up anything and everything that I could find about the game.

Last week, when I should have been reviewing The Bureau: XCOM Declassified and Total War: Rome 2, I instead decided to write something about Rockstar Games. In the days that followed I played every Rockstar release from the first Grand Theft Auto right up to Max Payne 3. I had one goal in mind: to get dome insight into what we are going to get next week, with GTA V, based on what Rockstar have done in the past. Continue reading Week in review: The Rockstar legacy →

It’s been a while since I’ve done a Week in review, mainly because it have been a while since I’ve reviewed anything. I was, however, pretty sure that some of my missives had slipped out onto the intertubes without me making reference to them in this here column.

Let me just take a look.

It seems the last time I mentioned my reviews was back in June when I was more preoccupied with E3 than anything else. The last batch featured Metro: Last Light, Injustice: Gods Among Us (a game with the shittest non-inclusive DLC season pass ever) and the surprisingly good Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. Continue reading Week in review: Fuse, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, and Total War: Rome 2 →

As Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag fast approaches, Ubisoft have released a pretty cool video entitled “The Actors of Black Flag”. The video gives us a look at some of the characters as well as some insight into the splendid production values Ubisoft have put into the game. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag “The Actors of Black Flag” video. →

Now I fucking love zombies. They scare the shit out of me. They are the only horror genre that really gets under my skin.

But I’m a bit picky when it comes to zombies in games. Whilst the likes of Left 4 Dead thrill me to bits, your Call of Duty: Zombies, the recent Resident Evils and even the Dead Risings miss the mark as far as I’m concerned.

A couple of other zombie games that I really enjoy (and I seem to be all alone in this) are Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide. Full of tech issues, I know, but all completely fixable (on the PC, anyway); leaving players with a couple of amazing open-world romps though zombie infested tropical paradises. Continue reading Free-running zombie-fest Dying Light gameplay trailer released! →