No Man’s Sky sparked mild controversy last week after news broke that review copies wouldn’t be reaching press until launch day. This prompted many to jump to the conclusion that Hello Games had something to hide; that perhaps NMS’s wasn’t the magnum opus we were promised. Hello Games was quick to step in and claim …
Telltale seems to be going through a rough patch at the moment, which we’d wager is down to spreading the talent a little too thinly. We’ve heard barely anything, good or bad, about the extra Minecraft Story Mode episodes while The Walking Dead: Michonne was over before it started. Batman: The Telltale Series – out …
General consensus has it that We Happy Few – available now on PC and Xbox One in early access form – has the potential to be something really quite special, but it needs a lot of work in order to achieve that greatness. It also seems that it isn’t quite what people expected, either. The …
We feel conflicted as to whether releasing a game set during winter in the middle of summer is a brilliant idea or not. It’s certainly something up for debate – we recall Nintendo delaying the N64’s 1080 Snowboarding in Europe from summer to winter, believing it would do better when the weather is chilly outside. …
While the Ghostbusters movie has surprised naysayers by gaining a steady string of 3 star reviews, most of which bill it as a fun ride, Activision’s console tie-in hasn’t been quite as lucky. The first review to surface was a miserable 2.0 from Polygon, who claimed that it “wouldn’t be worth the $50 asking price …
When Sonic Adventure launched on Dreamcast we recall reading that Japanese gamers found the opening boss battle off-putting. At the time we thought it had something to do with simply being thrown in the deep end, but now we believe it had more to do with Japanese etiquette. The lack of a proper introduction went …
We’ll start this round-up with The Technomancer, as it seems that the post-apocalyptic RPG has flown under the radar. Not that it sounds like you’ll be missing much – like Spider’s Bound by Flame before it, reviews suggest that it’s a barely above average affair. “Somewhere below The Technomancer’s drab grey and brown sand is …
With over 20 new games either out now or imminently, it’s a very busy week for new releases. In the words of just about every YouTuber ever, let’s get straight into it. We’ll start with the Wii U first, as the system sees four new retail releases – an unprecedented amount, considering we usually see …
Bikes, bikes and more bikes. This week sees the release of MotoGP16: Valentino Rossi and Tour De France 2016, both at retail and on the download services, while Ubisoft’s E3 surprise Trials of the Blood Dragon is available now on PSN and on the Xbox Store. MotoGP16: Valentino Rossi is in fact the second motorbike …
Although quite a few retail releases are out this week – six, unless mistaken – they’re unlikely to take away precious self-space from EA’s Mirror’s Edge Catalyst. Reason being, they’re all something of an acquired taste. Kirby: Planet Robobot and Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter do however stand a very good chance of penetrating the …
Dead Island and its equally mediocre sequel see current-gen revamps this week with shiny new visuals, fancy lighting effects and whatnot. Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry was quite impressed with the digital makeover, making good on that age-old saying: “You can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter.†Deep Silver are also throwing in …
It’s fair to say people held off buying DOOM on launch day due to the lack of reviews. The open beta didn’t entirely fill gamers with confidence either. Overwatch is another that didn’t receive pre-launch reviews, yet that seemingly didn’t stop gamers from coughing up cash beforehand. The difference? Overwatch’s open beta was met with …
The original Homefront was a big seller despite mediocre reviews. Certainly profitable enough for THQ to commit to a sequel. Since THQ filed for bankruptcy in 2013 the America-set shooter has changed hands an unprecedented amount of times, passing from Kaos Studios to Crytek UK (nee Free Radical) and then finally over to Nottingham-based Dambuster …
There’s a retro tinge to this week’s round-up, what with DOOM, Raiden V and Arcade Archives TwinBee making up roughly half of this week’s new releases. The other half? MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies on PS Vita, She Wants Me Dead and the highly anticipated Uncharted 4 on PS4. We rounded-up the majority of …
As much as we’d like to tell you if Battleborn – from Borderlands creators Gearbox – is worth coughing up the cash for, the majority of renowned gaming sites are still busy penning their reviews. This is all down to the public PvP servers not going live until launch day. You can however read up …