Witchers, mutated warriors; created to counter the threat of supernatural beasts against mankind. These monster hunters roam a medieval land, slaying creatures for coin using their mastery of blade, alchemy and magic.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, sees the return of the witcher Geralt of Rivia, in the concluding installment of his three-part tale. I’ve just spent the last week locked away with the PC version of CD Projeckt RED’s latest opus. Continue reading The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt PC review
One of the year’s most anticipated games is now, finally, upon us. The fantasy role playing game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available in stores and online.
I’ve spent the last few days playing the PC version of the game. Whilst I feel that I have only just scratched the surface of what is proving to be an epic experience, what I’ve played so far has been breathtaking. Continue reading The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has arrived
Polish-American one-man army, William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, returns to kick Nazi and mutant butt, alike, in Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. This standalone expansion is a prequel to last year’s hit first-person shooter, Wolfenstein: The New Order.
It’s 1946 and B.J., along with OSS Agent One have got themselves captured by the Nazi as they infiltrate the foreboding Castle Wolfenstein. Their mission: to steal a file containing details of the location of the villainous General Wilhelm “Deathshead” Strasse. With the plan in tatters, Blazkowicz must gun his way out of the fortress and escape from Castle Wolfenstein. Continue reading Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Xbox One review
Now, I’m not much of a sports fan, but I’m very partial to sports games. I learnt the rules of American Football so that I could get my head around Madden NFL 15. So when I was asked to take a look at Sony’s baseball game MLB 15: The Show on the PlayStation Vita just I couldn’t resist it.
As you are no doubt aware, baseball is a game of two aspects: batting and pitching. Unlike most other sports games, it lacks that continuously switching dynamic from attack to defence, instead, one side throws the ball and the other hits it. And, to be honest, this more structured and sedate gameplay does rather lend itself to mobile gaming. Continue reading MLB 15: The Show PlayStation Vita review
In advance of next week’s arrival of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, CD Projekt RED have released the hugely anticipated game’s cinematic launch trailer.
The action role-playing game has already notched up an impressive number of accolades and the game certainly impressed during my preview session earlier this year. Continue reading The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launch trailer unleashed
With the long awaited crowd developed racing simulator Project CARS now on the shelves, it may be time to consider getting a decent racing set-up. Read on as I put the pedal to the metal and take some top-of-the-range kit from Thrustmaster out for a road test.
Now, I love racing games but, apart from the occasional dalliance with my trusty Xbox 360 racing wheel, my on-track antics are reliant on a gamepad. Of course, when I was asked to test out the PC version of Project CARS with a Thrustmaster wheel, pedal and shifter kit, I really couldn’t say no. Continue reading Project CARS with a Thrustmaster T300RS, TP3A and a TH8A
It’s got to be said that racing fans have been a bit spoilt of late. We’ve had Forza 5 and Forza Horizons 2 on the Xbox One, Driveclub on PS4, Ubisoft’s The Crew across all platforms and Codemasters with their F1 2014 and Grid Autosport on last-gen and PC.
With superior lighting and weather effects, huge road networks and meticulously modelled car physics this next-generation of racing games have raised the bar when it comes to virtual motorsport.
Enter Project CARS, a motor-racing simulator that seeks to push the genre to even greater heights. Continue reading Is Project CARS the greatest motor racing game ever made?
As if Assassin’s Creed fans have not been spoilt enough already with both Assassin’s Creed Rogue and Unity less than six months old. It’s now time for some more Assassin verses Templar action.
Ubisoft have released the first game in its Assassin’s Creed spin-off series, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China. This is the first of three 2.5D platform games to be followed by similarly styled adventures set in India and Russia.
This time, the sci-fi/historic series takes us to China in the first half of the 16th Century. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China PlayStation 4 review
