Before release, The Crew was championed as a persistent, open world that spans key regions of the United States and turns it into a race track – but has it been successful? You are launched into a massive world that is mainly story driven. Aside from the story there are…

If the video game calendar was given its own Zodiac, then 2014 would definitely be listed as the year of the re-master for Sony and Microsoft. Although it is less common, the trend has continued into the Nintendo world, with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy being the latest release to…

If it wasn’t for Child of Light, I’d be utterly convinced that Ubisoft can no longer make a good game after this past year. Watch_Dogs was disappointing, Assassin’s Creed Unity clearly wasn’t ready for launch and The Crew looks about as interesting as porridge. But Far Cry 3 and it’s…

When Crystal Dynamics first revealed Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light way back in 2010, few realised that a top-down isometric co-op puzzle solver would be a recipe for gaming gold. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light saw positive reviews on release and now, four years later, we…

Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited is a port of the PS3 version of the game Disgaea 4: A Promise Forgotten and has been remade to work with the PlayStation Vita hardware. For those that don’t know, the series is a 2D anime strategy turn-based game and boy is it all…

Do you remember that film when you were a teenager? The one which everyone saw and became obsessed over for a short while? The one which you still quote today with your inner circle? Well, that is what Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is; the belated sequel to that film, the Anchorman…

Civilization: Beyond Earth is an extremely difficult game to describe to a long-time fan of Sid Meier's venerated series without sounding negative, despite it being a good game. To an newcomer, the borderline trite descriptor of “take over an planet through force or integrating humanity into their new world” seems…

It would be incredibly cynical to dub Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare as “Call of Duty: We Now Have A Jetpack Too”, but that's exactly what it is. You dash around maps, pinging across rooftops and rocket sliding through hallways, all the while popping off rounds from near exactly the…

Over the years the WWE wrestling games have been both good and bad. Deciding to walk further and further away from the arcade style of combat, like in Here Comes the Pain on PS2, the series has been focusing more on a realistic experience. I like to think of these…

Dragons battling giants, a fourth playable race and a whole host of open world environments – for Dragon Age fans this sounds like heaven but do these ingredients create a winning recipe in Dragon Age: Inquistion? Placed quickly in the boots of the ‘Herald of Andraste’, the expectations of Thedas…

If there's one thing that you can rely on when it comes to fighting games, it is the possibility of a re-release in the future with additional content. That is exactly what has happened with Arc System Works title Arcana Heart 3, three years after its original console port, and…

There are many things in life that you wouldn't expect to work well together, such as fish fingers and custard, or opposing sub genres of the same kind of video game. However, ATLUS's latest release, Persona Q, has taken the two worlds of Etrian Odyssey and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona,…

  Sunset Overdrive definitely stands out from the usual games that have been hitting the AAA shelves as of late. That said, standing out isn't really a bad thing, as Sunset Overdrive manages to have a very refreshing feel to it while being just about good clean killing. (Disclaimer: The…

I have been interested in This War of Mine since the first teaser trailer came out back in March. While I understood the basic concept behind This War of Mine, I didn't expect the gameplay to be the way it is, and I definitely didn't expect it to dig into…

So, we’ve had the appetiser and now it is time for the main course. Super Smash Bros for Wii U has finally landed and it ushers in a new age of Smash for many. Is this version the definitive edition of Smash or should we hold out for Smash 5?…

The Assassin’s Creed series seems to get more and more ambitious with every entry. The series went from an interesting if flawed third person action game to a full on pirate simulator, with an intensely convoluted dual-plot narrative running throughout. Assassin’s Creed Unity is the latest entry, and it deliberately…

Probably the best game based around the Iñupiat people of Alaska that you’ll play this year…probably. Never Alone is an important and encouraging sign for video gaming as an art-form. Developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people, Never Alone retells and reimagines several Iñupiat stories. Told through…

Every once in a while, you find a game that offers a new experience, and makes you wonder why it hasn't been tried before. That is the case with Rollers of the Realm, the first release from Canadian developer Phantom Compass. They have taken the humble pinball genre, and spliced…

The concept of a sequel is often welcomed by RPG fans, with players longing to see their favourite characters in new situations, and enjoy new styles of gameplay. Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord does follow this trend, but as the original did not receive an international release,…

The long-awaited Payday 2 DLC has arrived in a free update, where players can break out Pete Gold- Er, Old Hoxton. The heist has had a large amount of hype surrounding it from the Payday 2 community, and it manages to capture a lot of what we were hoping for,…

We finally got our hands on the full version of Tales of Hearts R and we are ready to see if the full game creates a greater impression than the preview did. Is it going to be a tale to remember or is it a heartbreaker? As mentioned in our…