So, with the dust of the Smash Bros Nintendo Direct having settled across the Internet and supposed rumours and leaks of stuff appearing all over the place, let me give you my predictions for Smash 4, in the run up to E3 in June. First off, let’s deal with one…

EA announced today that Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will receive micro-transactions. This reveal has shocked a collection of gamers, me included. With many free-to-play titles incorporating micro-transactions in order for the developers & publishers to gain a profit, are games that you have already purchased able to incorporated the…

Teen idol Rise Kujikawa proved to be a valuable asset in Persona 4, but not for the image she showed to the public. Thanks to her special abilities that emerge when using her Persona, she managed to allow Teddie to focus on his battles, whilst she provided information on weaknesses…

Watching a speedrun of a game is an odd experience, seeing someone beat a game as fast as possible by exploiting glitches, ignoring massive portions of what the designers intended for you to play and basically ripping the game to shreds in order to get the best time. With two…

In my struggles getting into League of Legends, I have seen multiple pop ups on the game screen about the LCS (League of Legends Championship Series) and the various results and recaps of matches. Being a curious soul and wanting to see if I can improve my game, I decided…

Having finally obtained a PS Vita and gained the ability to play PSP games, I have been able to try out the Disgaea series, something I have wanted to get into due to my love of other SRPGs like Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics. Having played for a few…

With PAX East coming to a close on last Sunday, now is a good a time as any to go back and look at some of the more ‘out there’ indie games to come from the show. One that has had some coverage and looks incredibly interesting is An Elegy…

Having seen the recent Civilization trailer and its shiny new sci-fi setting, with all of its white spaceship interiors, glowing lights and depiction of Earth as an overcrowded, polluted place which people are trying to escape from, I thought I’d run down the top 5 overused sci-fi clichés which game…

As they played the game over the period of PAX East, IGN's associate editor Mitch Dyer has posted an recent article detailing The Evil Within. The new horror game by Tango Gameworks, with developers from the original Resident Evil titles, has been criticised for creating a silent protagonist in a…

With the release of the current generation of consoles, many savvy gamers will be holding onto their old 360s and PS3s due to the trend of not making current consoles backwards compatible. For me and many others, the lack of backwards compatible systems in this generation is a complete misstep…

Journey into Nyx, the last set in the Theros block is on its way later this month. So of course, with the eve of a brand new set a ton of spoilers are going to be released showcasing the set. In the following video, join me as I show you…

Let me take you back to a simpler time. The summer of 1998 where I, a bright eyed child of 3, had been introduced to the game that would change my life for ever. A platformer about a simple bear and a sarcastic bird, whose adventures deep inside a witch’s…

The mechanics of the Sonic games can be divided into two distinct types; speed and navigating through labyrinthine zones of varying theme. Many people enjoy the former because it is a vast contrast to the Mario franchise, but they do not begrudge the latter for existing. There are a few…

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go to EGX Rezzed, a convention primarily for fledgling studios to show off new indie titles to the general public. Here is a rundown of some of the most interesting games I saw at the show: Overruled! – Dlala Studios…

Titanfall is one of, if not the, most enjoyable multiplayer experiences out there right now. But it’s not all fun and games, sometimes there is annoyance, disbelief and downright rage. Join me on a journey to the Frontier as I look into the most annoying ways to die in Titanfall.…

With Cyber Connect 2 and Namco Bandai's fighting game coming over to western audiences, many people are unsure as to whether JoJo's All Star Battle is going to be as fabulous as we would like it to be. Ever since release footage was poured onto the internet showcasing the game,…

After Peter Molyneux recently came out saying that the Xbox One's bundled peripheral is "unnecessary" and "a joke", people have begun to speak their mind on whether Molyneux is indeed correct. Phil Spencer, the new head of Xbox, has also thrown his two cents into the mix saying that the…

Yes, we're talking plot twists; those moments that completely blindside us, shock us to the core, and make varying degrees of sense. Whether someone is actually alive, dead, or somewhere in between, we all love those moments that make us sit back and drop our jaws. So here are my…

Machinima has always been a medium of entertainment that has intrigued and enticed me, from the second I discovered what it was. When I first found online gaming I was struck by a lot of possibilities that I couldn't have hoped for. Halo 2 was the first game I had…

Recently the gaming world has been anticipating the next big thing to go alongside the new generation consoles. Now we know that this years fascination is in the form of virtual reality. Put away those Virtual Boys, we are talking about new technology in the form of the Occulus Rift…

I recently had the opportunity to play Alien Isolation at this year’s EGX Rezzed in Birmingham and as luck would have it, I managed to run into Gary Napper, lead designer of Alien Isolation over at The Creative Assembly, who was more than happy to answer a few questions about…