Gaming

7+ games for the geeky Valentine’s Day couple

February… the month of love, passion and most importantly, Valentine’s Day. For some this is a time to embrace and celebrate the connection between…

For Honor open beta: our impressions

Ubisoft’s latest video game For Honor, which I played on the PlayStation 4 this weekend, will keep you on the edge of your seat….

Grand Theft Auto IV comes to Xbox backwards-compatibility

Grand Theft Auto V has already made its way to Xbox One, albeit in remastered form, but what about Grand Theft Auto IV? Fortunately,…

Yakuza 0 review diaries: like a fine wine

After missing out on much of the Yakuza series (which is a PlayStation exclusive), I’m glad to finally have my hands on the latest…

New Torment: Tides of Numenera trailer shows off crazy story

A spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, Torment: Tides of Numenera has been on the lips of almost every CRPG fan for the past few months….

PS4 Pro Boost Mode: which games benefit most?

The 4.50 firmware for the PlayStation 4 finally brings external hard drive support, but PS4 Pro users in the beta programme also got Boost…

Humble Bundle and Spiraloid: this week’s top mobile games

We’ve got a solid selection of mobile games for your viewing listening playing (?) pleasure this week, starting with a Humble Bundle for Android….

Where are the Japanese Tactical RPGs we grew up with?

There was a time when the majestic Tactical Role-Playing Game (TRPG) roamed the landscape and were abundant in numbers. Battle were fought and positions…

Just Cause 3 review: dropped frames killed the video star

It’s common knowledge that Batman’s a bit of a badass. Superman’s also an other-worldly deity that could lay waste to a planet in a…

The rise and fall of the 3D Platformer

The platformer genre has been a staple of gaming since the eighties, with famous titles such as Super Mario Bros. becoming big enough to…

The best indie games of 2015

Once again it is almost time for us to wave goodbye to another year, forcefully having to accept the perpetual nature of time. It…

Hard West review: the Wild West Warsaw style

I’m not sure why Western-themed games are so rare. It’s a genre and time that we can more or less relate to, but just…

Xbox store ‘biggest sale ever’ pricing up early [Update]

A few days ago, Major Nelson teased that the Xbox store would be having a major sale starting on 22 December. Well, it seems…

5 boss battles from gaming history worth remembering

Boss battles have existed for nearly as long as video games themselves, and once upon a time they stood at the end of levels…

Microsoft adds 16 more backwards compatible games for Xbox One

Announced today on Major Nelson’s blog, Microsoft has added 16 more Xbox 360 backwards compatible titles for the Xbox One. This comes after the…

8 signs that you might be addicted to gaming

Gaming has become a big part of our society in the past two decades. What was once for children and limited audiences is now…

Yakuza 6 gets the trailer treatment, looks incredible [Video]

Western audiences haven’t had much of a sniff at the Yakuza titles, but the upcoming game will finally make its way across the Atlantic…

Star Wars Battlefront review: beautiful but brainless

Star Wars: Battlefront is DICE’s latest attempt to reinvigorate the Star Wars: Battlefront franchise. Based on the Star Wars franchise (duh), this is the…

5 of the best 2016 Collector’s Edition games

For most consumers, the standard version of a video game is perfectly fine. For fangirls and fanboys alike it’s the special editions, the products…

LEGO Marvel Avengers trailer shows off South Africa as playable area

LEGO’s 2013 Marvel Super Heroes video game was an absolute marvel. It was every fanboy and fangirl’s dream as the title collected an extensive…

Assassin’s Creed Chronicles Trilogy Pack coming soon

If you’ve finished Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and haven’t gotten enough of Ubisoft’s franchise yet then fear not, because there’s a trilogy boxset coming out. The…

Get 25 years’ worth of stellar Neo Geo titles in the latest Humble Bundle

This year is the 25th anniversary of SNK’s Neo Geo arcade video game system. To celebrate, Humble is selling a fantastic compilation of different…

4 terrible Final Fantasy games we hate to remember

News recently hit about Square Enix’s plans to make Final Fantasy VII Remake an episodic adventure, instead of traditional all-in-one titles we’ve come to…

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