The Ghost’s are back! Returning to the present day after the so-so Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ghost Recon: Wildlands drops players into a huge and diverse digital representation of Bolivia.Back in 2001 Tom Clancy’sGhost Recon was a bit of a game changer. Taking a page out of Red Storm Entertainment’s Tom Clancy-inspired Rainbow Six … Continue Reading ››
With Horizon Zero Dawn, Killzone developer Guerrilla Games swaps interplanetary war for a stark future were robotic creatures roam a lush post-apocalyptic Earth.Well, make that post-post-apocalyptic. Whatever it was that lead to the demise of the world around us happened over a thousand years ago.Nature has reclaimed the world, decaying ruins covered with lush … Continue Reading ››
Yakuza Zero is a prequel to the main series and is set in the December of 1988. It tells the origin of the series’ protagonists, Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima, two unlikely Yakuza.Part fighting game, part soap opera, part graphic novel, the Yakuza games have a cult following, especially in Japan, but they’ve never really … Continue Reading ››
If there’s something that VR is lacking, it’s a decent strategy game. Having played games like Final Approach, seeing a miniature world below you, via your virtual reality head mounted display, is pretty awesome. Everything looks like freaky Lilliputian animated models.Aussie outfit, Blowfish studios, kind of fills that void. And I say kind of.This real-time … Continue Reading ››
After the deluge of video game releases at the end of last year, it is only now that I’ve found the time to get right into what may well my favourite game of 2016, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.It’s hard to believe that Sid Meier’s revered series has been going for 25 years. The grand-daddy of … Continue Reading ››
From the Beginning Hour demo and both PSVR demos, “The Kitchen” and “Lantern”, it’s been pretty clear that Capcom has something different in store for us with Resident Evil VII Biohazard.For a gaming series, as old as the PlayStation itself, a proper reinvention has been well overdue. Sure, the series has changed things up in … Continue Reading ››
Bandai Namco are giving gamers another helping of DLC for their popular, if unforgiving, Dark Souls III.Dark Souls III: The Ringed City joins last year’s DLC addition, Ashes of Ariandel, in giving players even more opportunities to come to an unfortunate end.At … Continue Reading ››
The Last Guardian is a game that’s been a long time coming. Fumito Ueda’s follow-up to his classic PlayStation 2 games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus has been in development since 2007. It’s taken so long to finish that many thought the game would never see the light of day.Continue Reading ››