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4th October 2017

Valve Cracks Down on Metabombing

The Corporation Strikes Back
25th September 2017

Microtransactions: the scourge of the games industry

What are they, and why should you care?
25th September 2017

The Ubisoft Rebrand

Ubisoft has changed its logo, but will it change its stripes?
18th September 2017

Review: Destiny 2

Has Bungie delivered on their ambitious vision?
6th December 2016

Final Fantasy XV – Review

As a jumping-off point, Final Fantasy XV is a great place to be introduced to the series, and is also rewarding for fans. It took ten years, but it was worth the wait
28th November 2016

Nintendo Classic: Review

After about 2 weeks with it, my early impression is that I’m quite bad at most of the NES titles I’ve tried
28th November 2016

Battlefield 1: review

It’s been just over a month since the highly anticipated launch of Battlefield 1, so what’s the skinny? Was it worth the wait?
15th November 2016

The dawn of the NES

In Japan, a small consumer electronics company called Nintendo was having lots of success with their console the Famicom. Wanting to garner international success, they locked their sights on the USA
10th November 2016

PlayStation hacked again

Over the past few days, and possibly even before that, it has appeared that Sony’s PlayStation Network has been hacked in some form, but this time limited to the UK
26th October 2016

Crash, Bang, Wallop

Continuing my kick on the 1980s that started last week with the British home computer, and how influential it was in not only British video games, but the computing industry, I’d like to cross the pond and talk about North America’s adventures with video games

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25th October 2016

Point-and-Click: A Golden Age for Gaming?

I always knew there was something special about this genre of games
17th October 2016

Loading, ready, run

While the US was being lorded over by the Atari 2600, the UK, and most of Europe was getting involved in the home computer
17th October 2016

Gears of War 4 – Review

Gears 4 feels like a great starting off point for a new trilogy, in places it even feels like this was what they were going for with the original Gears of War
9th October 2016

Grand Theft Auto V: The game that just keep giving?

Rockstar Games first released the latest instalment of the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto franchise back in 2013, to almost palpable anticipation, and they certainly did not disappoint. With sales in excess of 60 million copies across multiple platforms, GTA V’s success rivals that of the King of Pop and his 1982 album Thriller. But […]
6th October 2016

Syndrome: Indie survival horror

Jump scares, creepy sounds and bad lighting are key features of survival horror games, but they are not the entire basis of the genre
4th October 2016

Forza Horizon 3

Call yourself a Forza fan? Horizon 3 will be just up your street
2nd October 2016

Destiny: Rise of Iron – Review

Robert Parris offers his thoughts on Destiny’s newest expansion
26th September 2016

The Best Things in Life are Free(ware)

You can get a lot for free, bottle openers, frying pans, and even decent games. Here are some great free games that you can play
19th September 2016

God of War Retro Review

God of War first released onto the PlayStation 2 in March 2005. A lot has happened since then…
19th September 2016

Does anyone need the PS4 Pro?

At an event held in New York on the 7th September, Sony unveiled two new versions of the PlayStation 4