The Ghost are back, this time trapped on a hi-tech island under siege by a one of their own, gone bad.Ghost Recon Breakpoint is the follow up to 2017’s Ghost Recon Wildlands. The new game swaps the drug-fuelled warzone of Bolivia for the far less contentious fictional island of Auroa, the South Pacific Island paradise … Continue Reading ››
Polish developer CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt still holds its own across console and PC, some four years after it’s initial release.Incredibly, now owners of the modestly-powered Nintendo Switch can also sample this magnificent game. But how does a game that bought even the mightiest PC to its knees four years ago … Continue Reading ››
Once again, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre played host the Australian calendar’s biggest gaming extravaganza, PAX Australia 2019. From Friday 11th October to Sunday 13th, gamers from all walks of life congregated to see the latest offerings from major game publishers and small independents, alike.Founded in in 2004 by Americans Jerry Holkins and Mike … Continue Reading ››
EA Sports serves up this years Ice Hockney bonanza, NHL 20.Secretly, I wish football was more like ice hockey. I’m talking real football here, that’s soccer for the uninitiated. Hockey shares a lot with the beautiful game, but it’s just so much more visceral. Rugby just doesn’t cut it, the game’s too slow, too caught … Continue Reading ››
In a gaming industry packed with sequels and reboots it’s nice to see something truly unique. Patrice Désilets, the visionary mastermind behind the Assassin’s Creed games, and his team have created a game experience like none other.We are all out of Africa, as they say. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey takes us back 150 million years … Continue Reading ››
2K continue to push the envelope to give us yet another slick, gorgeous-looking entry to their long-running basketball franchise.NBA 2K20’s gameplay is fast. And I found this more than a little daunting it having been a while since I last played an NBA 2K game. Compared to EA’s rival NBA Live series, NBA 2K doesn’t … Continue Reading ››
25 years after its original Game Boy release, Nintendo’s classic, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, has been re-imagined for the Switch.First release way back in 1993 on Nintendo Game Boy, the game was reissued in 1999 for the Game Boy Color. With fresh graphics, yet again, Nintendo are bringing one of their classics to … Continue Reading ››
Does the fifth instalment of the Xbox, and now also Windows PC, exclusive Gears of War franchise offer something new or is it more of the same?After Microsoft purchased the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games back in 2014, they handed the reins over to their new in-house development studio, The Coalition. The Canadian … Continue Reading ››
