Big Ben and Kylotonn’s World Rally Championship games have big shoes to fill. Shoes so big, courtesy of Codemasters and their Dirt games, that I tend to feel a bit sorry of them.For the past few years I’ve been hoping and praying that their WRC games can stand up to the Codies latest. Up till … Continue Reading ››
The release of Firaxis’ XCOM 2: War of The Chosen was just the excuse that I needed to return to their excellent turn-based sci-fi strategy game.Initially released in September 2016, XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the reboot of the classic, X-COM: Enemy Unknown from way back in 1994. A deep, turn-based … Continue Reading ››
Creative Assembly returns for another fantasy take on their popular strategy war-gaming series with Total War Warhammer II.For me, one of the major draws of the Total War games is the historical aspect. I wasn’t holding out much hope for last year’s fictional fantasy-based Total War Warhammer. Thankfully I was pleasantly surprised.Continue Reading ››
This year my counterpart in New Zealand and myself swapped reviewing duties when it comes to this year’s basketball games. Traditionally, or at least for the last couple of years I’ve reviewed EA’s NBA Live rather than NBA 2K. For the first time in a while, I’ve got to check out what 2K have been … Continue Reading ››
Telltale Games continues to mine famous third-party franchises to bring us their take on Marvel’s cosmic heroes with Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy- The Telltale Series.There’s no doubting that the game seeks to cash in on the popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe characters, the second movie of which is now out on Blu-Ray. Fans … Continue Reading ››
Whilst keen to take a look, I wasn’t entirely sure where a Bluetooth speaker would fit into my life. Don’t get me wrong, I’m quite partial to streaming Spotify to my Samsung M7 or to my Yamaha home theatre system.I was surprised, however, just how useful (and super cool), the Bose Soundlink Micro Bluetooth Speaker … Continue Reading ››
The first Dishonored game was an outstanding mix of stealth with more than a tip of the hat to Bioshock. Beautiful to look at, we were lucky to have it. The Knife of Dunwall and The Bridgemore Witches expansions, which followed Empress Jessamine Kaldwin's assassin, Daud, established Arkane Studios as masters of their art.Dishonored 2 … Continue Reading ››
Whilst others may lament that this year’s game isn’t that much different than last year’s effort, and rate the game accordingly, the new story campaign, alone, makes the game a worthwhile purchase. I mean, come on, Activision has been regurgitating the same Call of Duty gameplay for years.FIFA 18 further refines digital football, allowing players … Continue Reading ››
