I was never a fan of Dead Island. While the idea of an island infested with Zombies mixed with first person melee gameplay mechanics sounded like something that I would definitely be a fan of, the end result was a mixed bag of unfulfilled potential. Riptide fixed some of the issues, but created some new…
I wanted to like Assassin’s Creed Unity, I really did. It had a lot going for it; next gen visuals, co-op in an assassin sandbox and a lot of positive press leading up to its release. I was always a little skeptical about Unity after they announced that the series would return to a city…
I’ve been waiting for The Evil Within for a year and a half since it was first announced. Survival horror, as a genre, had suffered some serious missteps with the likes of Resident Evil 5, Silent Hill: Homecoming and Clive Barkers Jericho. Not even the awesomeness that was Dead Space could save it. Especially when…
Microsoft have released the gameplay launch trailer for Sunset Overdrive ahead of the games release next Friday. Microsoft says about Sunset Overdrive: Microsoft says: “The awesomepocalypse is here. Experience the open world, hyper-agility, over-the-top weaponry, enemies and factions of Sunset Overdrive – the game that rewrites the rules of traditional shooters and delivers an explosive, irreverent,…
Ubisoft have today detailed the contents of the season pass for the upcoming Far Cry 4. The season pass, which will be priced at £23.99 / €29.99 / $29.99 will include a number of single player and co-op missions along with a number of multiplayer modes. The single player missions include an exclusive mission released…
Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. A longing for the days gone by, allowing us to revisit things we’ve seen a hundred times before. To this day, I can watch Batman: The Animated Series and still enjoy it. It’s timeless. Similarly, the new Alien game, Alien: Isolation, manages to tap into the tense, gritty atmosphere that places…
I leapt from an invisible tower and immediately observed a group of Uruks slave driving some people on top of a cliff. This followed an extremely well done tutorial sequence that had enough emotional weight behind to make me invested in the characters early on and said emotional weight meant I was in no mood to be…
Gary Behan