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Spyro. A nostalgic series...

11/16/2013

By Leah Stone

I find now that I don’t have enough time for games, or the patience and focus needed to complete them, a problem that comes with being a Gemini, I struggle to complete anything. Plus I’m just no good at video games, plain and simple. I don’t actually remember completing any video games. Ever.
So no, I’m not a gamer. However there is one particular game that I do play, and have been playing since I was small. A game with everyone’s favourite purple dragon. Yes, I’m talking about Spyro.

XCOM - a game where you kill your friends

11/14/2013

By Josh Foote

With the release of the expansion pack Enemy Within tomorrow, I thought it would be good to write up a retrospective of my experiences with last year’s hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown and look at the new features to be added to one of my favourite games of recent memory.

PS4 devs reveal user interface and other features!

11/14/2013

By Joseph Mitchell

With Sony’s PlayStation 4 launch being around the corner (literally, for American readers) the wonderful developers at Sony finally previewed the PS4’s User interface, for the first time a few days ago in New York. We have seen what it should look like before but earlier this week we got to see the PS4 up and running in all of its glory. Here is an outline to tantalize you and get your geek juices flowing while you await the release of Sony’s next home console.

You Should Play... I Am Alive

11/13/2013

By Reece Merryweather-Brown

With many ‘survival-horror’ titles flying around these days it would be easy to miss this little downloadable beauty. Created as a side project, beginning life under the company Darkworks and being finished by Ubisoft’s Shanghai studio, it was set back by a host of delays, but finally made it out, shouting its title with glee, in March 2013. While not a horror as such, it definitely quickens the pace more than any triple A title can usually handle (save The Last of Us’ Survivor difficulty, but that’s another article.)

New Europa Universalis IV add-on next month

11/12/2013

Announced by developers Paradox Interactive a few days ago, new content for the grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV is to hit the shelves of shops and the Steam Store alike on the 11th of December.

DayZ Standalone "ready for Alpha" says lead dev

11/11/2013

By Jamie Kennett

The title says it all, and while it may be somewhat old news for those of you firmly gripping onto the DayZ grapevine, for us more casual Soviet-zombie-survival fans that alighted from the hype train long ago its still a sign that the end of this perpetual development phase is in sight for Bohemia Interactive's standalone version of Arma II's popular zombie survival mod.

A reflection on Beyond: Two Souls

11/4/2013

By Luke Kirby

Beyond: Two Souls is Quantic Dream’s successor to the critically acclaimed Heavy Rain, for the PlayStation 3. You find yourself playing the life of Jodie Holmes, portrayed by Ellen Page, in a psychological/supernatural action thriller alongside Willem Dafoe.

November Gaming - What's in store this month?

11/2/2013

By Reece Merryweather-Brown

Its that wonderful time of year again, just after Halloween, close to Bonfire Night and within touching distance of Christmas. And so, as sparklers fizzle in the hands of happy men, women and children and large (but safe) explosions crack in the sky, spreading glorious colour throughout the otherwise charcoal-black night, I’ll take a look at the most promising games of November...

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