I was more than a little anxious as I placed Techland’s new zombie game, Dying Light, in my PlayStation 4. I’d been following its extended development for nearly two years and, whilst I liked the idea, what I’d seen in my early previews didn’t inspire much confidence in me. Suffering delay after delay, it seemed … Continue Reading ››
What happens when you take an established franchise and throw the rulebook out the window? Well, you get something akin to Visceral Studios’ Battlefield Hardline. Taking over the stewardship of this particular entry from the franchise founders DICE, the Dead Space developer has taken Battlefield in a totally different direction.You could argue that DICE, themselves, … Continue Reading ››
EA Games’ and Visceral Studios’ cops verses criminals shooter, Battlefield Hardline is now available in stores. I caught up with the game’s senior producer, Scott Probst, lead multiplayer map designer, Jeff Zaring and senior multiplayer designer, Evan Chaplin, during their recent visit to Sydney.What’s it like taking the franchise in such a brave new direction, … Continue Reading ››
Paradox Interactive, publishers of the so-so Cities in Motion transport planning simulators have now entered the full-on city-building fray with Cities: Skylines. After years of disappointment, I find out if this is the city builder that we have been waiting for.Now I love a good city builder, going all the way back to the original … Continue Reading ››
Ori and the Blind Forest blew me away when I first saw it after Microsoft sneaked it out at last year’s E3. Nine months later we can now all play Moon Studios’ labour of love.I’m not much of a fan of indie games. For every gem there’s a dozen or so bits of pretentious rubbish. … Continue Reading ››
This week Ubisoft launched the PC version of the “other” Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed Rogue. And with no current-gen console version at the moment, this is most definitely the next best thing.Unlike Assassin’s Creed Unity, Rogue launched late last year on Xbox 360 and PS3 without a hitch.Borrowing heavily from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black … Continue Reading ››
2K’s four vs. one monster hunting game is now out in the wild. I've spent the last few weeks being the hunter and the hunted in Evolve.Evolve’s developer, Turtle Rock, pretty much invented the concept of narrative-driven co-operative multiplayer game-play with Left 4 Dead. In pitting a group of four players in a drop-in/drop-out zombie … Continue Reading ››
I’ve enjoyed revisiting some of the last-gen’s classic games on my PlayStation 4. The likes of Grand Theft Auto V, The Last of Us Remastered and Metro: Redux have blown me away with their ultra-polished visuals.Well, now it’s Saints Row’s turn with Saints Row IV: Re-Elected and Gat out of Hell for Xbox One and … Continue Reading ››
