Spiritual successors have become something of an industry standard in the last few years, and the latest RPG to draw inspiration from a previous franchise is The Legend of Legacy. Although it does not have the same public presence as Final Fantasy, Square Enix's SaGa franchise last saw an entry…

There were many great TV shows we grew up with in the 90s. You have Pokémon which is now in its very successful 20th anniversary and even Yu-Gi-Oh that last year had a new video game release. But one show in particular hasn't had a video game adaptation come over…

Street Fighter V comes at an all-time high for fighting games, with the scene getting bigger almost every month as new fans flock to this sub-genre of competitive gaming. Capcom are very aware of this, building Street Fighter V as a platform for years to come, hoping to outlast the…

The Razer BlackWidow Tournament Edition is a smaller keyboard made with tournament buffs and LAN party goers in mind, by reducing the size of the keyboard to make it more portable. However, this downsizing has not affected the quality of the product as much as you might think. It is still…

The Ultimate Ninja Storm series has become the equivalent FIFA or COD of the licensed games world, with new releases of the franchise seeing slight changes to the core fighting system, some roster updates and a Story Mode which covers the next little bit of the lumbering Naruto Shippuden series.…

After a few months away, The Odd Gentlemen have invited us to return to Daventry once again. With the strong start offered by A Knight to Remember, we are offered to join Graham in another tale of his past adventures, affectionately named Rubble Without A Cause. The second episode takes…

Dragon's Dogma is a fantasy RPG title by Capcom which originally released for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 back in 2012. It was fairly well-received in reviews and amassed a cult following from fans due to the interesting Eastern take on Western Fantasy genre conventions and tropes, borrowing ideas…

In the first few years of the PlayStation 2's lifespan, two musical rythym games named Frequency and Amplitude were released by Rock Band developers Harmonix. Although both games received widespread critical acclaim, the series fell into obscurity until last year, when Harmonix decided to reboot the series through KickStarter. The…

Gothic horror had quite the calendar year in 2015 with Bloodborne, Sunless Sea and the Order 1886 all taking elements from that particular genre of horror to make their game worlds seem that little bit more uncomfortable. Among the Gothic crowd was an Early Access title called Darkest Dungeon, a…

Nobody really agrees on when the Resident Evil series jumped the shark, but there is no denying that at this point it has well and truly lost its way. Even Capcom seem to realise this, if their rerelease of Resident Evil Remake and the recent announcement that they will be…

After the surprise hit of 2015 that was Rocket League, it is no surprise that Sony is trying to tantalise us with another PS Plus exclusive competitive car-based multiplayer title. This one going by the name of Hardware: Rivals; a 10-player arena-based vehicle combat game where players attempt to murder…

Originally a spin off from the Dragon Slayer series by Nihon Falcom, The Legend of Heroes series has now been in active development for over twenty-five years. The latest entry in this long-standing franchise is The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel. Unlike some of the previous instalments, it…

The Gods are dead, the sun has frozen and the foul scourge of the Dredge are trying to wipe out any trace of human life on earth. Well, that's only if me and my army of men, giants and crazy fire-witches have anything to say about it. This Banner Saga…

Pulse puts you in the shoes of a young girl named Eva, who has betrayed her parents' wishes and decided to take a pilgrimage through some dangerous land. The nice little twist in this story is that Eva is blind, meaning she doesn't see the world as it is but…

After becoming an avid fan of the Rainbow Six series, I have been lying in wait for the next title since Vegas 2. Vegas 1 & 2 were magnificent games for both the single and multiplayer elements, but now it seems the developers are going with a more multiplayer centric…

Back in the days of the Nintendo Wii, a game by former SEGA employees under the name of Rodea was in development. For reasons unknown, it never received a release outside of Japan, but thanks to the efforts of NIS America and Kadokawa Games, Rodea the Sky Solider has landed…

Immersion is arguably becoming one of the hotter topics in the game industry, especially with several VR platforms launching next year. The first two Sword Art Online games took this to the next level, as the protagonists of the story could not leave the Virtual Reality MMO they were playing…

2015 has been the year of the great big sandbox. We’ve had The Witcher 3, Phantom Pain, Fallout 4, Mad Max, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and to round a year of fast travelling, endlessly repeating quests and universally weak plot lines, we have Just Cause 3. Just Cause 2 was held…

The Razer Orb Weaver is not your usual gaming peripheral, catering to a specific set of gamers looking for a gaming-specific keyboard with the extra fat trimmed away. These half-keyboards / gaming keypads are designed to fit into your hand with programmable controls that can be customised to your liking…

The world of Fallout has been growing larger and larger with every iteration. Whether you’re climbing out of Vault 13 in search for a water chip or emerging from Vault 101 in search of your father, the experiences are immense with the landscapes, characters and action that inhibits the wasteland.…

I’ve not played the original Knights of Pen and Paper, so I was unaware of what awaited me as I made my journey into this pixel-art oddity. Knights 2 is a traditional turn-based RPG game that lampoons the even more traditional Dungeons and Dragons. You control a party of high-school…