EA wasn’t lying when they claimed the Xbox 360 version of Titanfall was in safe hands. Over the years Bluepoint Games have made a name for themselves by releasing a steady string of quality HD conversions, including Konami’s MGS HD collection and Sony’s pairing of Ico and The Shadow of Colossus. Titanfall however is their …
It’s easy to forget that a couple of decades ago many publishers relied almost solely on movie tie-ins to turn a profit. It’s not quite as easy to forget just how awful the majority were – your current favourite movie being transformed into generic 2D platformer was about as much as you could have wished …
There are similarities playing through Ground Zeroes’ main campaign for the first time and taking a trip to the cinema to watch an anticipated blockbuster movie. Not so much in terms of Hideo’s love for lengthy cinematic cutscenes – Ground Zeroes’ interludes are actually surprisingly brief – but rather in regards to the visual splendour, …
Back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s – when almost every other new release was a licensed 2D platformer – the phrase “it’s just like playing a cartoon!†was often used by the overly enthusiastic gaming press of the era. Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace et la withstanding, that was rarely the case – the …
Agent Kendall, low level FBI computer technician, gets given the go ahead on a top arson and terrorism case. She’s everything a fictional female FBI agent should be – good looking, smart, fit, and incredibly over-proportioned. Or polygon heavy, if you prefer. A remake of a game first released in 2011, Bureau: Kendall Rising is …
EA’s plan to take Plants vs Zombies – PopCap’s much loved 2D timewaster – and turn it into a third-person class-based shooter did initially sound disastrous. Yet with some attentive nurturing on behalf of the newly formed PopCap HD studio, we’re reminded of that not particularly well-known phrase: “From tiny acorns mighty online shooters grow.†…
Sandlot’s budget-priced shooter series has been called ‘the videogame equivalent of a B-movie’ so many times that it’s dangerously close to becoming a cliché. When the first EDF was released on PlayStation 2 – under the guise of Monster Attack in the west – it’s true that the comparison was more than fitting. The assortment …
Microsoft has been curiously quiet about Xbox Fitness. You would have thought they’d use the fact that it’s a free download to tempt people into purchasing an Xbox One. That said, who exactly would pay attention? It has had prominent placement on the marketplace, yet people seemingly glance over it because of what it is …
Logic dictates that World of Tanks has no right to be a good game. Tanks are slow and cumbersome. They take an eternity to reload, firing one shot at time. Unappealing on the eye, they lack the refined curves of a sleek sports car; their engines chug and stutter instead of purring. And although we …
It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while, a stinker of a game comes out which makes you consider whether there was a joke involved somewhere. Unfortunately, Airport Simulator is one of those stinkers. Developed by Actalogic and published by UIG Entertaintment, both companies have their roots firmly planted in simulation games, and …
Originally intended to help Microsoft get Windows Phones and Surface tablets out of their warehouses and into gamer’s hands, twin-stick shooter Halo: Spartan Assault makes its final pit stop on Xbox 360 after launching on Xbox One last month. Usually we disapprove of mobile games being converted to console, but considering it has been a …
Pac-Man’s ability to sprout limbs seemingly at will has always disturbed us. For every Pac-Man platformer that has been released over the years, there’s a Pac-Man game where the yellow fellow is forced to devolve and roll around inside mazes like a primitive beast. This CGI cartoon tie-in sees Pac-Man in his arguably most evolved …
Prior to the release of The Walking Dead we weren’t sold on the idea of episodic gaming. The thought of being drip-fed a story over several months seemed alien, but from as early on as the second episode Telltale managed to twist our arm. Each episode was more ambitious than the last, and as each …
News of a movie starring both Batman and Superman may currently be shaking up the world of cinema, but videogames featuring DC’s most renowned duo are a common occurrence. If we take DC Universe on PS4 and the belated Wii U conversion of LEGO Batman 2 into account there have been no less than three …
Instant gratification forms the core of the first NFS from Ghost Games. The opening tutorial is less about learning the ropes and more about showing off the perks of playing as either a cop or racer. Cops get a long list of high-tech toys intended for pursuits, while racers have their own assortment of gizmos …