Since 2007, over the course of six major releases and a handful of mobile and spin-off games, the Assassin’s Creed saga has been enthralling players.For the uninitiated, these fictional historic action-adventures tell the tales of a centuries old conflict between the Templar order and the Assassin’s brotherhood.Viewed in third-person, in each game, players control an … Continue Reading ››
I’d held off getting a PlayStation Vita. I own two PSPs- an original phat one and one of those lighter ones with a better screen. I’ve hardly used either of them.I love the idea of being able to play games anywhere, but the opportunity to actually do so seldom arises for me. The only time … Continue Reading ››
I recently had the joy of taking a hatchet to a massive Dragon Age: Inquisition review to get it down to a publishable size. Instead of just throwing all those words away I decided to clean them up and mount them here on Vic B'Stard's State of Play. Enjoy.EA Games has swapped Sims and sports … Continue Reading ››
I was lucky enough to be sitting in the audience at The Galen Center in LA as Halo: The Master Chief Collection was unveiled to an unsuspecting audience at the Xbox E3 media briefing. Of course, the crowd went wild.A few short months later and here we are, 343 Industries and Microsoft Studios have just … Continue Reading ››
In the future the word is dying. For the human race to survive the best and the brightest are sent to the stars to start a new civilisation beyond Earth. Or so it goes in the rather poignant intro video to Civilization: Beyond Earth, the latest turn-based strategy game from Firaxis.Sid Meier'sCivilization games are … Continue Reading ››
Xbox One exclusive, Sunset Overdrive, is a game that doesn’t take itself at all seriously. It offers players a tongue-in-cheek take on the apocalypse and, to be honest, it’s a refreshing change from some of the gloomy titles that we’ve been playing of late. Yes I’m looking at you The Evil Within.When Fizzco decides to … Continue Reading ››
I never thoguht I'd catch myself playing a Skylanders game. But, after playing the likes of Alien: Isolation and The Evil Within, reviewing Skylanders Team Trap was the perfect antidote to all that horror.The closest that I’d previously got to playing a Skylanders game would have been Spyro the Dragon back on the original PlayStation. … Continue Reading ››
Formula One, the most prestigious and most glamourous motor sport championship in the world. Every year we watch as madmen hurtle around circuits at breakneck speed with only a flimsy carbon fibre chassis between them and their certain doom.For as long as there have been video games, there have been Formula One games.I remember my … Continue Reading ››
