Alex Bullock
29/04/2024
XCOM 2 Review
My rag-tag, six-man squad of escaped convicts and lone wanderers is in pretty decent shape. Sneaking below an overpass we manage to hack into a mech, then snipe his lone alien lookout in one fell swoop. Cover blown, I have the mech sprint towards the obje...
29/04/2024
Assassin's Creed Syndicate Jack the Ripper DLC is out next week
It turns out that you do know Jack: Assassin's Creed Syndicate's Jack the Ripper DLC launches next week, and he seems to be someone familiar. Joint protagonist Evie Frye returns for the standalone adventure, set twenty years after the events of...
29/04/2024
EVE: Valkyrie Is An Oculus Rift Pre-Order Incentive
Virtual reality space dogfighting sim EVE: Valkyrie will come bundled with all Oculus Rift pre-orders, founder Palmer Luckey has announced. CCP Games' hotly anticipated spin-off is slated for release alongside the Oculus headset in Q1 2016, with sup...
29/04/2024
Hype Train: Fallout 4 Invades London Underground
With less than a week until the post apocalypse kicks back into gear, Fallout 4's charm offensive is in full swing. We've had beer, bobbleheads and Nuka Cola Quantum: now prepare yourself for a trip to the Metro. London's Oxford Circus t...
29/04/2024
Life Is Strange Episode Five: Polarized Review
A couple of hours and several frustrating misdirects into Life is Strange’s finale - tellingly titled Polarised - and I’m a bit worried. A customary but ill-timed sag in the writing and a lack of agency have taken the sheen off episode four&rs...
29/04/2024
BBC Three To Stream League of Legends Live From Wembley
BBC Three has announced plans to stream the League of Legends world quarter finals next Thursday, a first for a UK broadcaster. Radio 1 DJ Dev Griffin and journalist/Ginx TV presenter Julia Hardy will front the coverage, with commentary from established...
29/04/2024
The Gamechangers Won't Be The Death of Games On TV
There was a sad inevitability about the reaction to The Gamechangers, the Grand Theft Auto documentary which aired yesterday on the BBC. It seemed to come into being all too quickly, from Daniel Radcliffe’s surprising casting a few months ago to its...
29/04/2024
FIFAddict: Thoughts From A Thousand Hours of FIFA 15
With the latest instalment in EA Sports' most domineering franchise only a week away, suggesting improvements may seem a little futile. For me, they would be anyway. FIFA is an annual addiction, and as such, my only recourse is to reflect on the ways...
29/04/2024
Life Is Strange Episode Four: Dark Room Review
There are a few convenient parallels between Dark Room and Inside Out, my two cultural outlays from this past week. Both address the inner monologues and daily travails of young women with almost remarkable success. Both are sharply written, addressing we...
29/04/2024
Summer Games Done Quick Is Back To Emasculate You
Charity speedrun marathon Summer Games Done Quick is live, and ready to destroy everything you ever loved. The bi-annual event brings together the world's finest speedrunners - using skill and glitches to beat games as quickly as possible - with the...
29/04/2024
Industry Pays Tribute As Satoru Iwata Passes Away
Fans and developers alike have flooded the internet with affection for Satoru Iwata, after news broke this morning of the Nintendo CEO's passing from bile duct cancer. While Iwata made his name with beloved titles like Kirby and Earthbound, much of t...
29/04/2024
The Steam Summer Sale Is Live
It's that time again folks. Prepare your wallets and entreat upon the altar of Lord Gaben, for Steam's latest seasonal sale is upon us. Valve have had a bad run of PR disasters recently, but there's nothing like halving the price of your enti...
29/04/2024
XCOM 2 Unlikely To Launch With Gamepad Support
PC exclusive XCOM 2 is unlikely to launch with its predecessor's excellent Gamepad support, according to its creative director, as the team focuses on honing a more traditional interface. In an interview with IGN, Jake Solomon spoke about lofty goals...
29/04/2024
Life Is Strange Episode Three: Chaos Theory Review
If episode two of Life is Strange showed what games stand to gain from the episodic format, the third deals with a familiar problem: the mid-season lull. With the plot established and time travel puzzling shorn of its novelty value, the greater part of ep...
29/04/2024
[Editorial] Why Not Every Game Can Be The Witcher 3
Does anyone truly dislike CD Projekt Red? I want to be more reserved, more pessimistic. Google's increasingly liberal interpretation of its infamous 'don't be evil' pledge has proved the dangers of canonising good intentions. Yet it’...
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