The idea that our machines may soon become sentient is a popular one right now and the subject of the master of interactive storytelling, David Cage’s latest offering, Detroit: Become Human.As with previous games from French outfit, Quantic Dreams, Detroit: Become Human is more interactive movie than straight video game. Anyone expecting any sort of … Continue Reading ››
Following on from last year’s Morrowind, the second full-blown expansion to Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online, Summerset, is now available.The Elder Scrolls Online has gone from being a questionable folly, with Bethesda dipping their toes in a saturated MMORPG genre, to coming out on top with a beautiful, immersive addition to their Elder Scrolls mythos.The … Continue Reading ››
The madcap adventures of Monkey D. Luffy’s and the Straw Hat Pirates go portable.The One Piece manga series, written and illustrated by Eliichiro Oda started out as a serial in Japan’s famous Sh?nen Jump weekly anthology magazine. It has since been collected into graphic albums, available the world over, spawned a cartoon show by Toei … Continue Reading ››
Creative Assembly takes a trip to Ancient Britain in a spin-off of their award winning Total War series.Set in 878AD, Thrones of Britannia: A Total War Saga covers a period of internal turmoil as Alfred the Great seeks to unify the kingdoms of Britannia. As if finding common ground amongst the English, Welsh and Gaelic … Continue Reading ››
Monster Hunter: World brings the acclaimed series to current-gen consoles and, if you believe the PR, to the masses. What was once a series with a dedicate niche fan-base is now, apparently, suitable for all.Ordinarily I’d run a mile from reviewing a title like Monster Hunter: World. These esoteric Japanese-centric games, whilst they have their … Continue Reading ››
Bikes, buggies and quads slide and jump around in the mud for another instalment of THQ Nordic’s off-road racing franchise in MX vs ATV All Out.Twenty years ago, Rainbow Studio’s Motocross Madness was one of my favourite PC games. I spent hours doing crazy jumps and stunts across what was one of the first open-world … Continue Reading ››
Whilst racing in cars translates well to a 2D screens, motorcycles don’t always fair quite as well. After 2014’s shocking Motorcycle Club, can French outfit, Kyotonn bring some of the class from their WRC rally games is TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge?The Isle of Man TT (the TT stands for Tourist Trophy) … Continue Reading ››
Taking the simplistic building-block look of Minecraft and the mechanics of a JRPG, Dragon Quest Builders in now out on the Nintendo Switch.I like Minecraft. I was a little late to the party, but I’ve now got the game on pretty much every platform that it’s available on. I’ve spent hours digging holes and making … Continue Reading ››
