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…

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…

I have been dying to see a developer create a game to compete against the now illustrious Souls Series by FromSoftware. For years those games have graced my television screens, but there have never really been any direct competitors out there to this type of RPG. That was until CI…

The PlayStation 4 has been home to many different genres over its year in existence, but when it comes to high fantasy turn based combat games, there is somewhat of a gap in the market. Natural Doctrine is intended to be placed within this void, to give next generation gamers…

Platinum Games continues its dominance of the spectacle fighter genre with the release of Bayonetta 2, bringing over the top action exclusively to the Wii U, to the dismay of some fans. With many outlets praising the game as the second coming of Karate Christ, does this action game blow…

It sure has been a long time coming, but Level-5 and 1-Up’s adorable RPG, Fantasy Life, has finally made it to Western shores. Released in Japan back in 2012, the game has made moderate waves over the course of its already lengthy life, but will Fantasy Life’s new audience enjoy…

If you didn’t fund the project on KickStarter, Freedom Planet is a nostalgia inspired throwback to the mascot platformers that filled the video game market in the 1990’s. It follows the adventures of three young freedom fighters who are attempting to bring peace to their shattered home world that has been…

Teslagrad is the first singleplayer game produced by Rain Games, following the tale of a young boy who must adventure through an ancient tower and harness the powers of electricity and magnetism to escape. Is it an attractive proposition, or is it one that will repel you? The game takes…

In an attempt to capture the essence of 8-bit platformers from the NES era, the team at Yacht Club Games has dug up many of the genre’s tropes and reworked them, trying to add design elements from the modern era to spice up this aging game style. However, is the…

Final Fantasy has taken players on journeys throughout multipleworlds and realms. From saving princesses, killing bad guys and saving the world, the games have created an illustrious franchise. When Final Fantasy XIV was released not a lot of people got on board. But after a change in the direction of…

With Destiny of Spirits, Sony tries its hand at the social game scene by creating a collectable monster game for the Vita, which relies heavily on swapping creatures with friends, engaging in large scale raids to take out legendary figures whilst raising up your rag-tag band of mythical monsters and…

The Elder Scrolls series is a franchise that has numerous awards and worldwide renown. A large contingency of players love the games and have shared many different experiences in the diverse worlds. But one question kept coming up, why can't we play with our friends? That question has finally been…

If you think the world of Sanctuary is safe, think again. After battling the forces of evil, you would think nothing would disturb the peace, right? You couldn’t be more wrong. The souls of many are on the line as the Angel of Death makes an appearance in Diablo III’s…

Many people say that video games nowadays lack a certain level of challenge. Gamers comment on a title’s testing aspects more than ever before and need to feel the euphoria of overcoming a difficult opposition. No game of the current generation can give you nearly as much of this sensation…

It would be easy to describe Thief by what it isn't, rather than what it is. It isn't Dishonored, it isn't a direct sequel to the rest of the Thief series, and it isn't that great. That isn't a fair way of reviewing something however, and I don't want to…

As the grand finale to the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, the somewhat unhelpfully titled Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII tries to improve upon the issues of the games it follows. After the linearity of XIII, and the back and forth muddle of XIII-2, Lightning Returns successfully combines the two into…

After the success of Donkey Kong Country Returns on the Wii and Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo has once again asked Retro Studios to make an all-new entry in the jungle-based platform adventure series. Deciding to take full advantage of their latest home console, Retro has released Tropical Freeze, which adds all-new…

After my stellar review of the first episode, it has been a cruel four month wait until The Wolf Among Us: Episode 2 – Smoke and Mirrors. Picking up the morning after the initial episode's conclusion, it was almost as if the extended absence never happened at all. Two hours…

Gone are the days of table top role-playing, where you and your friends got together to explore a scenario created by the dungeon master. Why are these days behind us? Because Cryptic Studios, along with Perfect World Entertainment, have created Neverwinter, an MMORPG that brings the adventures to a new…

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood comes from a strange cross of Limbo-esque gameplay mixed with the artistic style of a Pixar movie. Oh and a big magic pen, throw that in there too. Created by Press Play, a Danish studio recently acquired by Microsoft, Max is a 2.5D platformer and…

Spellforce 2: Demons of the Past is the latest addition to the generally successful Spellforce series published by Nordic Games. Not a direct expansion of the previous titles, Demons of the Past is a stand-alone entry that doesn’t require a single one of its predecessors to be able to play…