There’s nowhere quite like Hong Kong- a bizarre mash-up of eastern mystery, skewed by its British colonial history. It’s a city that has produced some of the most awesome action movies ever made, giving us legends like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat.Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition is a remastered version of the hit … Continue Reading ››
Tying together two things that I have a bitter-sweet relationship with, Japanese-style story-telling and the Kinect, I knew that my experience with Microsoft Studios’ D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die would be interesting if nothing else.D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die is a game solely controlled with speech and Kinetic gestures. It’s an odd experience that requires … Continue Reading ››
Be careful what you wish for. How it pains me to write that phase at the start of my Alien: Isolation Review. But that single line succinctly explains my experience with the game.Alien: Isolation has everything I’d want in an Alien game.Set some years after Ridley Scott’s classic 1979 Alien movie, the game cast players … Continue Reading ››
Following hot on the heels of Dead Rising 3, yet another day-one Xbox One release makes the transition to the PC.Ryse: Son of Rome is an epic and very cinematically presented tale of conflict and treachery set during the Roman occupation of Britain. The plot follows the life of Marius Titus, a Roman legionary whose … Continue Reading ››
Originally intended as a PlayStation 4 launch title, DriveClub has been a long time coming. Despite an extra year to polish it up, In the middle of my review the multiplayer servers packed up, so I was unable to really check out the multiplayer aspect of the game.I did, however, take the time to check … Continue Reading ››
At the EB Expo 2014 in Sydney, Ubisoft were showing off a live theatre demo of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Unity. Afterwards I sat down for a chat with Ubisoft Montreal’s Jeffery Spacer, Unity's production manager.Darren: Hello Jeffery, thanks for taking the time to chat with me.Jeffery: No problem.Darren: Now, I’ve got to ask, what’s … Continue Reading ››
Ordinarily I’d avoid a Middle-Earth game like the plague. I’m a bit funny when it comes to fantasy games and even funnier when it comes to movie tie-ins.Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is both.To say my alarm bells were ringing as slipped the disc into my PS4 would be an understatement.Shadow of Mordor is a … Continue Reading ››
After three days of gaming fun the doors shut on Sydney’s EB Expo 2014, until next year, bringing to a close what is possibly the largest video game expo in the southern hemisphere.Packed with publishers demoing their new AAA games, local indie developers showcasing their upcoming projects, merchandise stalls, live shows and Q&A sessions, the … Continue Reading ››
