After a lacklustre 5th entry, Activision have gone back to basics, reinvigorating the original Tony Hawk Pro Stater 1 and 2 in the hope of capturing past glories. Have they succeeded?I never had a skateboard as a kid. Growing up as the son of a nurse, they were seen as too dangerous. In saying that, … Continue Reading ››
Crystal Dynamic’s Marvel’s Avengers is now out. The Tomb Raider Studio has bought the comic book heroes to live as a third-person brawling looter, similar to Bungie’s Destiny games.I played the Avengers closed beta on PlayStation 4 and the open beta on PC. I … Continue Reading ››
Slightly Mad Games, fresh from their sale to Codemasters, bring us the third entry in the Project CARS motor racing franchise.As Project CARS 3 loaded, I got the same feeling wash over me as I do with most annually iterative sports game. I knew Project CARS 3 would be different to its predecessor, but just … Continue Reading ››
EA Sports’ biennial UFC entry, UFC 4, starts this new season of EA Sports games.This forth entry in EA’s brutal mixed martial arts UFC licenced franchise is more about refining the gameplay than offering anything new. In fact, UFC 4 streamlines the game, removing the Ultimate Team mode that didn’t make much sense in the … Continue Reading ››
2K cements its PGA Tour golf licencing deal and adds PGA Tour Golf 2K21 to the 2K line-up of sports sims.If you’ve played a golf game in the last decade, you are going to be very familiar with PGA Tour 2K21.Whilst PGA Tour … Continue Reading ››
2K Games continue their revered XCOM series with a new entry aimed at introducing new players.XCOM: Chimera Squad is a Windows PC-only continuation of 2K’s XCOM sci-fi turn-based strategy game series. The game is set after the events of XCOM 2’s expansion pack, War of the Chosen.
Whilst we wait for the release of the re-imagining of the original Mafia game, right now, the Mafia IIDefinitive Edition is available to play.2010’s Mafia II took what was a nice idea in the first Mafia game and improved it in every way. Ground-breaking at its original release back in 2002, the original Mafia … Continue Reading ››
The isometric Wild West real-time-strategy franchise returns with Desperados III.I’ve never played a Desperados game before. Considering that the last game in the series came out over a decade ago to only so-so reviews, it’s hardly surprising.In the, sometimes, frantic mess that is … Continue Reading ››
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