Games Archive

24th January 2019
Manchester-based Odd Bug announce Tails of Iron
Manchester’s Odd Bug Studios announce new title to kick off 2019

11th December 2018
The Game Awards Roundup
Danny Jones retells The Game Awards action in his Mancunion swansong

7th December 2018
Interview: Everyone Can
“The difference we’re making, you can see it in the smiles, the laughter, the noise level. It’s the sound of fun. It’s a sound every person, every kid, should be able to have,”

6th December 2018
King of the North VI roundup
Felix Hanif-Banks recounts the action at King of the North VI

1st December 2018
King of the North Qualifiers conclude in style
A round of hotly contested qualifiers concluded with some surprising results in the King of the North qualifiers

30th November 2018
Sony pulls out of E3
Sony make the shock decision to pull out of E3 for the first time in 23 years

27th November 2018
Review: Dead Cells
We take a retrospective look at Dead Cells after the game won Indie Game of the Year at the Golden Joysticks

23rd November 2018
Bugs and B-movies: can polish spoil a game?
Bugs can make a game a classic, and can even be their own participatory entity of gameplay, writes Rob Pate
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22nd November 2018
Half-Life, 20 years on
Half-Life still holds up 20 years later, writes Callum Lunn

21st November 2018
Why is Fallout 76 getting such a bad rap?
David Uncle scours the internet to find out why Fallout 76 is being panned

21st November 2018
Golden Joystick Awards 2018 winners announced
2018 has been an unbelievable year in gaming – here’s the best of it.

15th November 2018
1 in 5 Brits don’t know when WWI began, and Bandai Namco plan to address that
Bandai Namco release 11-11: Memories Retold to commemorate the First World War, as the conflict’s centenery passes

15th November 2018
Interview: Aravelle, Mancunian Twitch streamer
Aravelle is a popular Mancunian-born streamer on twitch

8th November 2018
The Mancunion’s favourite female video game characters
With the Misogyny Is Hate movement in full swing, The Mancunion’s game section take a look back at our favourite female video game characters

8th November 2018
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds coming to PS4
Mounting evidence suggests Bluehole’s battle royale sensation could finally be on its way to the PlayStation

8th November 2018
Review: Call of Cthulhu
Robert Pate assesses whether, for him, Cyanide Studios’ new game Call of Cthulhu is worth its steep price tag

25th October 2018
I spent two hours with a pro gaming coach: here’s what happened
Harry Darwin, a Fortnite and eCoaching professional with the patience of a saint, talks to The Mancunion about what it is to coach