I return to the world of Warhammer, over twenty-five years after last playing the now legendary table-top fantasy role-playing game with Total War: Warhammer.When I first played the real-time strategy game, Shogun: Total War, way back in 2000, it reminded me of the childhood table-top battles I used to play using tiny metal Citadel Miniatures.The … Continue Reading ››
Battlefield developers, DICE, return to the Glass City to give us another go at EA Games’ free-running franchise with Mirror’s Edge Catalyst.2008’s Mirror’s Edge was an under-rated affair on the Xbox 360 and PS3. The parkour-inspired rooftop running became exhilarating as you got going, but these moments were short lived, coming to an abrupt stop … Continue Reading ››
The L.A. gaming extravaganza, E3, is almost upon us. But there’s another gaming expo, a lot closer to home, offering almost exactly the same experience for a lot less cash.Tickets for the EB Expo in Sydney are now on sale at www.ebexpo.com.au. Dedicated gamers will be heading to Sydney Olympic Park at the end … Continue Reading ››
Gearbox Software, creators of the seminal Borderlands series of first-person shooters brings us a new franchise with Battleborn.It seems that the retro-shooter is having some sort of renaissance at the moment which both the remake of the classic Doom and newcomer, Overwatch, employing mechanics that offer a purer gaming experience than your Call of Dutys … Continue Reading ››
Id Software reboots the great-grand-daddy of first-person shooters, Doom, for a new generation of players and hardware.I doubt I’ve been alone in wondering what the frantic action of the classic first person shooter, Doom, would look like polished up and running on today’s hardware.Well now we know.Continue Reading ››
Agent 47’s episodic new-gen outing gets its second chapter- set in the absolutely huge picturesque Italian town of Sapienza. This beautiful seaside town has a dark secret and Agent 47 has been sent in to sort it out.Hitman’s episodic release was a pretty controversial decision for Square Enix. As the original video game stealth assassin, … Continue Reading ››
Geralt of Rivia’s monster-hunting adventures conclude with Blood and Wine, CD Projekt RED’s final DLC expansion for the award-winning RPG, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.The Witcher 3 ranks as one of the best games that I’ve ever played. Set in a beautiful world, with a fantastic story and excellent gameplay, it’s a fantasy epic absolutely … Continue Reading ››
I will forgive you for not having heard of A Crowd of Monsters’ episodic adventure game, Blues and Bullets. Were it not for a review key falling into my inbox from the publisher’s kindly PR people, I wouldn’t have either.And that would have been a shame.Whilst episode one was released late last year, the rather … Continue Reading ››
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