Watch Dogs 2, Ubisoft’s sequel to 2014’s hacker game switches location from Chicago to San Francisco. We have a new protagonist in Marcus Holloway, who is bent on taking down corporate big brother, Blume Inc., the company responsible for CTos, the network that has become the rather sinister internet of things.The theme behind the Watch … Continue Reading ››

The lack of a new Assassin’s Creed game this year has created a vacuum that Ubisoft have decided to fill with a remastering of the life and times of Ezio Auditore.Assassin’s Creed is one of Ubisoft’s most popular franchises. The games follow the centuries old conflict between the Assassins and the Templars. The basic premise … Continue Reading ››

Two years after release and Ubisoft’s open-world racer, The Crew, still feels fresh. It was a formidable game from the start, getting players to form crews and pitting them against one another.  Against the backdrop of a full narrative campaign the game was one of the first to blur the line between the multiplayer and … Continue Reading ››

Compared to the Ride or MotoGP games, Moto Racer 4 is a pretty easy-going arcade motorcycle game. It wants you to have a good time rather than conquer the steep learning curve usually favoured by two-wheeled racers. Depending on your personal preference, this is either a good thing or a bad thing.This rather forgiving gameplay … Continue Reading ››

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is many things. It’s a top-class first-person shooter, it’s a visual feast, it’s a triumph of single-player narrative adventure, it’s a pant-wettingly exciting multiplayer game, but it’s not Call of Duty.It’s a sci-fi shooter with more in common with Microsoft’s Halo and EA’s Titanfall series than the classic military FPS … Continue Reading ››

As much as I love virtual reality, you can count the number of “proper” VR games on two hands. There’s plenty of fantastic experiences, but not many of which offer the same sort of rounded gameplay as you’d get sitting in front of your TV or monitor.Ubisoft’s Eagle Flight offers a glimpse into the future … Continue Reading ››

Rollercoaster Tycoon is back! Well, it is, but this is not it. This is Planet Coaster, from the same guys that did Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 and 3. And it’s a cracker.From Sim City to the latest Eastern-European transit game, I find it so easy to get lost in management simulators. Add the option for a … Continue Reading ››

Bethesda Softworks and Arkane Studios invite us to return to the bizarre steampunk world of Dishonored for more stealth, assassinations and slaughtered whales.Dishonored 2 opens fifteen years after the events in the first game.  In 2012’s Dishonored, we played as the Royal Protector, Corvo Attano, framed for the murder of Empress Jessamine, the young Emily … Continue Reading ››