After a sixteen-year hiatus, Bigben and Kylotonn bring us V-Rally 4, but do the former WRC team have the chops to take on such a revered franchise?With September being the traditional launch month for Bigben’s World Rally Championship games, the appearance of V-Rally 4, instead, suggest some licencing changes are afoot. Whilst Kylotonn have upped … Continue Reading ››
Fatshark’s excellent Warhammer Vermintide 2 gets it first DLC, Shadows Over Bögenhafen.Taking more than just a leaf out of zombie slashers Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, Vermintide 2 is a third-person melee combat game whereby player take a role in a party of four. Like it’s zombie- filled Left 4 Dead cousins, … Continue Reading ››
I recently checked out an hour and a half of Rockstar’s highly-anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2. Here’s what I thought of it.Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game that’s been a long time coming. The last Red Dead came out way back in 2010 and I’ve been looking forward to returning to the twilight years … Continue Reading ››
Who would have thought that Forza Motorsport’s “missing” campaign spin-off, Forza Horizon would ellipse it’s pure racing brethren and become THE racing game on the Xbox One.Whilst Turn 10’s Forza Motorsport games may give us the physics and the cars, they can be a rather dour affair. Still one of the best racing franchises out … Continue Reading ››
Is upgrading to Intel’s 8th generation of CPUs a worthwhile investment? I take a look at the Intel Core i7-8700K.It’s been a year since I road-tested Intel’s 7th generation Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake CPU. The chip has been running the whole time with its four cores overclocked to 4.8GHz (from 4.5GHz), without issueSo, what about … Continue Reading ››
Micron’s Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4-3000 is designed to offer top quality memory for gaming at a reasonable cost. I put a set of 32GB modules through its paces.I’ll be honest with you, I can’t help but mess about with PC settings. Most of what I know about PCs is down to be pushing PCs until … Continue Reading ››
Two’s company in this delightful sequel to Coldwood Interactive’s acclaimed platformer.It’s been out for a little while, but you, like I, may have not yet made the time to play this gem of a game.Coldwood Interactive’s first game, 2016’s Unravel, also published by EA Games under their EA Originals banner, had players controlling Yarny, a … Continue Reading ››
Lara Croft is back in in the third chapter of the re-imagining of the classic series. For this game, things are apparently taking a dark turn for the novice tomb raider.The story continues to follow Lara’s quest to disrupt the intentions of Trinity, the shadowy organisation responsible for her father’s death. This time out Lara … Continue Reading ››
