After the deluge of video game releases at the end of last year, it is only now that I’ve found the time to get right into what may well my favourite game of 2016, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.It’s hard to believe that Sid Meier’s revered series has been going for 25 years. The grand-daddy of … Continue Reading ››

From the Beginning Hour demo and both PSVR demos, “The Kitchen” and “Lantern”, it’s been pretty clear that Capcom has something different in store for us with Resident Evil VII Biohazard.For a gaming series, as old as the PlayStation itself, a proper reinvention has been well overdue. Sure, the series has changed things up in … Continue Reading ››

The Last Guardian is a game that’s been a long time coming. Fumito Ueda’s follow-up to his classic PlayStation 2 games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus has been in development since 2007. It’s taken so long to finish that many thought the game would never see the light of day.Continue Reading ››

The revered JRPG series finally gets its log-awaited fifteenth instalment, Final Fantasy XV.Final Fantasy XV has been a long time coming, having been in development for ten years. It’s taken so long that it’s had to be shunted from its original Final Fantasy Verses XIII title (FFXIII released in 2009) all the way up to … Continue Reading ››

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 ››