EA Sports continue their new season of sports sims adding this year’s ice hockey extravaganza, NHL 18, to the line-up.A favourite of mine, EA’s NHL series has been entertaining fans for nearly 25 years. Whilst the first current-gen iteration was a bit feature-poor, in subsequent years the franchise has gone from strength to strength.The fast … Continue Reading ››
Saints Row spin-off, Agents of Mayhem goes all out and turns the action up to eleven.When Volition’s first Saints Row came out as an Xbox 360 exclusive, it filled a gap in the crime genre pre-Grand Theft Auto IV. Unlike Rockstar’s GTA game, with Saints Row, I found that the Volition had confused satire with … Continue Reading ››
Over the weekend, at PAX Prime in Seattle, Astro Gaming revealed their new Astro A20 Wireless Headset. PAX-goers got a sneak peak of the new headset, the companion to Astro’s A10 Gaming Headset.The upcoming A20 features two models compatible with the Xbox One family of devices (Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X) as … Continue Reading ››
It’s that time again, as EA Sports starts its annual barrage of sports sims, all polished and updated for the new season. Kicking things of nicely is the latest iteration of their American Football franchise, Madden NFL 18.And this year it’s all change.Following FIFA 17’s lead, last year, with it’s single-player campaign mode, “The Journey”, … Continue Reading ››
For the Formula One World Championship, the 2017 season really has changed everything. Rule changes allowing more down-force has allowed drivers to push their cars harder, making races faster. This has changed circuit characteristics to the point that some turns can now be taken at such speed that they are not really turns at all.In … Continue Reading ››
Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: The Lost Legacy started out as a single-player DLC pack for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. During development, however, the DLC morphed into its own standalone game.The decision to continue the Uncharted series focusing on the franchises supporting characters is an interesting idea, and one that could pay dividends.
I've spent the last week playing a PC preview build of the upcoming Project CARS 2 racing sim.2015’s Project CARS is a proper racing simulator. It was built by racing enthusiasts for racing enthusiasts. The result was a technically superb racing game with an unforgiving learning curve that alienated much of its potential audience.With Project … Continue Reading ››
I’ve been wondering around wearing a Get Even t-shirt since E3 2014. Whilst there in LA, a few chaps from The Farm 51 explained the 3D scanning technology employed by their upcoming game, Get Even.I’ve often wondered whatever happened to that game.I was quite surprised to see the game mentioned in a press release and … Continue Reading ››
