I've spent the last week playing a PC preview build of the upcoming Project CARS 2 racing sim.2015’s Project CARS is a proper racing simulator. It was built by racing enthusiasts for racing enthusiasts. The result was a technically superb racing game with an unforgiving learning curve that alienated much of its potential audience.With Project … Continue Reading ››
I’ve been wondering around wearing a Get Even t-shirt since E3 2014. Whilst there in LA, a few chaps from The Farm 51 explained the 3D scanning technology employed by their upcoming game, Get Even.I’ve often wondered whatever happened to that game.I was quite surprised to see the game mentioned in a press release and … Continue Reading ››
Since 2013, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has allowed fans of the veteran RPG series to journey together across the land of Eorzea.The game is a retooling of the original Final Fantasy XIV massively multiplayer online game, which shuttered in 2012 due to lacklustre gameplay. A Realm Reborn relaunched the game with a new … Continue Reading ››
I’d be lying if I said that I’d never fired a rifle before. I have, but I’ve never had the desire to shoot a living creature. I gassed a mouse, once, with lighter fuel – by accident – as a horrible kid, but I’d never dream of killing an animal now.I eat meat, though. But … Continue Reading ››
After six months of Oculus Store exclusivity, Superhot VR is now available from Steam for the HTC Vive, as well as on PlayStation VR. I recently got to kick some butt with the PC version of the VR actioner on the HTC Vive.I’ve been playing the non-VR version of Superhot for a while. It’s a … Continue Reading ››
Who didn’t spend hours as a kid driving toy cars across the lounge, along the coffee table, through the kitchen, over the dog and up the stairs? In the early nineties, the fledgling Codemasters bought tabletop racing to life with their Micro Machines game. The top down racer featured toy vehicles and circuits across breakfast … Continue Reading ››
Warner Games and Netherworld continue their alternative take on the DC Comics’ universe with Injustice 2.Build from the ground up for the new gen consoles, Injustice 2 features some breathtaking visuals and inspired redesigns for DC’s ironic characters.The DC Universe of Injustice is messed up. Following the imprisonment of Superman, with Batman having toppled his … Continue Reading ››
Ubisoft’s Steep continues the emerging tradition of offering DLC that gets increasingly bonkers.Recently, the already none too serious Forza Horizons 3 added a batshit mad, but totally awesome Hot Wheels-inspired island to the game. Players are invited to break the laws of physics in improbable, tricked-out rides with the ability to loop the loop around … Continue Reading ››