Square Enix’s decision to release the new-gen entry to their Hitman franchise as a series of episodes was a bit of a surprise. Having played through the content released with the first episode a few times now, it makes perfect sense. Continue reading Hitman returns: a look at episode one
Dirt Rally PlayStation 4 review
Colin McRae’s legacy lives on with the back-to-basics gameplay of Codemasters’ Dirt Rally. A far cry from the over-the-top antics of the last few Dirt games, Dirt Rally is a comparatively real-world rally-driving masterclass.
Shunning arcade antics and arena stunt shows, Dirt Rally offers rally fans the same sort of apology Codemasters gave fans of their Grid games with their pure-bred street-racer Grid Autosport. I’ll you now, console fans, Dirt Rally is the rally game, and perhaps the motorsport game that you’ve been waiting for. Continue reading Dirt Rally PlayStation 4 review
AC1 Sentinel World of Tanks interview with The Chieftain, Nicholas Moran
Wargaming.net is famous for its free-to-play historic military battle games World of Tanks and World of Warships. In the pursuit of historical accuracy, the publisher has also been involved in the recovery and preservation of classic military hardware.
The game publisher recently permanently loaned an Australian AC1 tank, that they purchased and imported from the USA, to The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum in Cairns. I was there at the unveiling of the newly restored tank. Continue reading AC1 Sentinel World of Tanks interview with The Chieftain, Nicholas Moran
Lego Marvel’s Avengers Xbox One review
It’s the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s turn for the Lego treatment in the multi-movie mashup that is Lego Marvel’s Avengers.
TT Games have been fusing their unique Lego-inspired humour with pop-culture favourites for years now. Drawing heavily on the last few Marvel movies, Avengers invites us back into the TT’s Lego Marvel Universe. Continue reading Lego Marvel’s Avengers Xbox One review
Quantum Break Xbox One review
Lauded as the next big thing at the Xbox One launch way back in May 2013, Remedy’s twice delayed wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey sci-fi game/TV show hybrid, Quantum Break, is finally here.
I’m a huge fan of Remedy, going all the way back to the original Max Payne. Their Alan Wake is a one of my favourite games, dripping with the kind of immersive storytelling that is the Finnish developer’s hallmark.
With Remedy being no strangers to including live-action footage and TV-style episodic structures in their games, I wasn’t surprised way back in 2013 when Microsoft announced that the Windows 10 and Xbox One exclusive, Quantum Break, would merge an interactive game with a live-action TV show. Continue reading Quantum Break Xbox One review
Just Cause 3 Sky Fortress DLC review
Just Cause 3 gave me plenty of late nights/early mornings when it was released earlier this year. Square Enix are now extending that mayhem with the release of the first DLC expansion, Sky Fortress, available separately or as part of the Land, Air and Sea Season Pass. Continue reading Just Cause 3 Sky Fortress DLC review
Dirt Rally gets real
April sees the arrival of Codemasters’ Dirt Rally on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In anticipation, the award-winning publisher put their money where their mouth is and set out to prove to me just how close their rally game is to the real thing.
I’ve been playing Dirt Rally on PC since the game’s early access last year. Unlike the last couple of interactions of Codemasters’ Dirt series, Dirt Rally goes back to the franchise’s roots, offering up a solid and rather unforgiving rally experience. Continue reading Dirt Rally gets real
Minecraft Story Mode PC review
Open-world block-building game Minecraft gets the campaign mode you didn’t know you needed in Telltale’s Minecraft Story Mode.
Minecraft Story Mode follows on from the celebrated developer’s other game based on popular franchises: The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Game of Thrones and Borderlands. Continue reading Minecraft Story Mode PC review