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Sydney’s EB Expo 2015 breaks last year’s attendance record

From October 2nd to October 4th, Sydney Olympic Park played host to Australasia’s biggest gaming event, The EB Expo 2015. 36,750 gamers attended the show over the three days, an even bigger turn out than last year.

The Exhibition Centre was alive with sights and sounds that wouldn’t have looked out of place at the video-gaming Mecca that is E3 in Los Angles. Some of the booths, notably the huge Xbox booth, looked as if they’d been dragged across the Pacific from the LA show back in June. Continue reading Sydney’s EB Expo 2015 breaks last year’s attendance record

Destiny: The Taken King PlayStation 4 review

Destiny: The Taken King continues the Destiny saga into its second year. The recent patch, bringing the base game up to version 2.0 suggests that we are not going to see Destiny 2 any time soon, the developers, Bungie, seemingly happy with a major annual premium content drop instead.

Is it time to return to Destiny with The Taken King? Continue reading Destiny: The Taken King PlayStation 4 review

NHL 16 PlayStation 4 review

EA Sports continues its dominating season of sports titles. This time we are back on the ice for NHL 16, the second version of the game for the new-gen systems.

Last year’s NHL 15 was divisive. It was the first to use EA’s new Ignite engine and whilst the visuals were an improvement, a lot of the game modes that fans were expecting just weren’t present at launch. It was like they just ran out of time.

EA Sports have approached NHL 16 with their tails between their legs, and quite rightly so. Last year’s effort was a skeleton of what it should have been. Continue reading NHL 16 PlayStation 4 review

Forza Motorsport 6 Xbox One review

Microsoft’s tent-pole circuit racing sim series makes a welcome return with Forza Motorsport 6 after last year’s successful open-world spinoff, Forza Horizons 2.

For Forza Motorsport 6, the series second entry on the Xbox One, have developers Turn 10 been paying attention to some of the other very high quality racing games out there? Could this be the best-looking racing game ever made? Continue reading Forza Motorsport 6 Xbox One review

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain review

The fifth main title in Hideo Kojima’s acclaimed Metal Gear Solid series, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, is finally upon us. Fans have been salivating over what could be the last Metal Gear Solid game for years now. But has it been worth the wait?

The drama surrounding the development of Metal Gear Solid V has almost been a convoluted as Kojima’s sometimes barking mad in-game story-lines. Continue reading Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain review