Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End review round-up

Since the PS4’s launch we’ve found Sony’s first-party support somewhat questionable. Knack, Killzone: Shadow Fall and inFamous were pretty yet vacuous, DriveClub had a botched launch, The Order: 1886 was woefully short and for the past year or so Sony has churned out little more than HD remakes of PS3 games, all of which seemingly …

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Two weeks on top for Ratchet & Clank

As far as this week’s chart is concerned, the purchasing habits of the British public make for interesting reading – ¾ of all top 40 titles have enjoyed a sales boost, thanks to a combination of retailer promotions and the long bank holiday weekend. The bottom half of the top 40 sees the return of …

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Party Hard – Review

Now here’s a game bound to polarise. Playing as a disgruntled neighbour, the idea is to gatecrash numerous parties – which vary from an outdoor BBQ to a VIP night at a posh casino – and murder every single guest without getting caught. Or in fewer words: kill innocent people simply because they’re making too …

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Dead Island Retro Revenge stuff unearthed

We’ve never been particularly fond of the Dead Island series. The concept of an open-world zombie game with online co-op play is alluring, especially given the sundrenched location of the original, but the games themselves are full of undeveloped ideas and have a general whiff of ineptness about them. As such, we’re more interested in …

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Star Fox Zero – Review

From as far back as the 16-bit era the Star Fox games have arguably featured control systems that take time to acquaint with. The original Star Fox introduced easily confused ‘90s kids to inverted controls – ourselves included – while early N64 release Star Fox 64 added somersaults and other aerobatic manoeuvres. These initially wayward …

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UK chart sees four new arrivals

Last week was surprisingly busy for new releases, and as such this week’s UK top 40 is a hub of activity. Backed by a steady string of glowing reviews, and with the movie release just days away, Ratchet & Clank on PS4 takes the chart’s top spot. It’s the first in the series to bag …

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Star Fox Zero & Guard review round-up

We always expected Star Fox Zero to arrive to a mixed reception, which it indeed has. The reasons for indifference don’t simply boil down to motion controls though – the game’s length and lack of replay value also came under scrutiny. Other critics felt that it’s a little too similar to the legendary Star Fox …

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Dead Star – Review

Around a year ago Atari launched Asteroids: Outpost on Steam, a miserable mess that left fans of the arcade classic dumbfounded as to why Atari had turned the top-down space shooter into a sandbox survival game. In an ideal world they would have given Dead Star creators Armature – who are also currently working on …

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Dark Souls III claims UK chart top spot – a franchise first

The amount of momentum Dark Souls has built up over the years is nothing short of incredible. Series predecessor Demon’s Souls made #6 in the UK chart back in 2010, while the original Dark Souls debuted at #3 in 2011. Until today Dark Souls II held the accolade of being the highest charting at launch …

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