News Ubisoft Announces Assassin's Creed IV
Pirate themed adventure coming to Xbox 360...
Talking Point What the Steam Box Means for the Future of the Xbox
A Catalyst for a Revolution...
News - February, 2013
Thursday28th Feb 2013
News Ubisoft Announces Assassin's Creed IV
Pirate themed adventure coming to Xbox 360...
Ubisoft has announced the next installment in the popular Assassin’s Creed franchise, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. The Pirate-themed adventure is coming to Xbox 360 and all other major platforms (PS3, Wii U and PC), with the PS3 release receiving 60 minutes of exclusive gameplay. A confirmed...
Wednesday27th Feb 2013
Crysis averted?
With consoles dominated by simplified mass-market FPS titles - like Activision’s Call of Duty behemoth - the arrival of the Crysis franchise was a breath of fresh air. Initially a PC exclusive that garnered a reputation as a hardware-crushing FPS for the hardcore gamer, it would be easy to assume that the incredible graphics that...
Sunday24th Feb 2013
Review Capcom Arcade Cabinet (Xbox 360)
Once more, with feeling.
Another year goes by, and another game publisher has a notable birthday. This year, Capcom is celebrating the formation of its business 30 years ago, in 1983. To mark the occasion, they’re releasing a series of classic arcade titles on Xbox Live Arcade. We assume that when their 35th birthday rolls around during the next...
Wednesday20th Feb 2013
Talking Point What the Steam Box Means for the Future of the Xbox
A Catalyst for a Revolution...
The most exciting time for gamers everywhere is rapidly approaching... The dawn of a new generation of consoles. Sony have already set the date for their supposed PS4 announcement, leaving Microsoft as the only company yet to release any morsel of information regarding their next-gen system. Speculation is running...
Tuesday19th Feb 2013
Review Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Xbox 360)
Hack-tastic.
Let’s get it right out of the way. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance isn’t your standard Metal Gear title. With Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Vanquish) picking up the developmental reins, it was never going to be and as much as we love the stealth subgenre’s favourite son, it isn’t a bad thing. There are some cunning nods to previous...
Monday18th Feb 2013
Review Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition (Xbox 360)
Under Your Skin
42 seconds. That’s how long it will take the average gamer to start cursing, the first time they play Under Defeat. Not at all coincidentally, that's also around about the length of time it will take for them to lose their first life. Fear and panic doesn’t prepend the inevitable expiry, oh no. It just happens. And then it...
