The sun shines bright in the ice blue sky, but it does not raise your spirits. The trail before you is long, the weather is bleak, and death is biting at your heels. You’ve been marching for days – weeks – trying to escape the mechanical beings that threaten your…

As the latest edition to MercurySteam’s Castlevania reboot, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD has faced some harsh criticism since its release, and not for its ridiculously long title. From its lower difficulty level to its confused sense of identity, Mirror of Fate certainly is a little…

Originating from Germany, The Dark Eye is a pen-and-paper RPG that never caught on much elsewhere. In a similar vein to Dungeons and Dragons, this universe shares much of the same fantastical background. Dwarves and Elves despise each other and there is a demonic undead army that hates everyone else.…

Magic the Gathering’s newest set known as Theros brings with it a number of new cards whilst also reprinting others back into the Trading Card Game. Alongside the main set of packs that the set brings, there are decks which people new to the game can pick up and play…

As part of the Theros set, Wizards of the Coast have released a Challenge Deck. The Challenge Deck functions differently to standard play, which allows for more variance within the card game. With each card in the deck not usable in standard play, how then does the deck work and…

Some of the most fun you can ever have in a game is when you can have great moments with your friends. Playing a game that has cooperative multiplayer to go alongside a single player experience can help make a game more fun. This is very true with a new…

Final Fantasy has taken players on journeys throughout multiple different worlds and realms. From saving princesses, killing bad guys and saving the world, the games have always been individual gems. When Final Fantasy XIV was released not a lot of people got on board. But after a change in the…

Etrian Odyssey is an interesting concept with a classic twist, you exploring through long dungeons like a dungeon crawler, but at the same time give you the old school JRPG experience while drawing your own map. Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan is the series' continuing attempt to try and bring…

Almost a year after we first skulked through the streets of Dunwall, the final piece to 2012's fantasy stealth adventure has arrived. Following on from April's “The Knife of Dunwall”, the regicidal assassin Daud returns for a second time to finish his quest for absolution. Does this six hour slice…

Civilization V: Brave New World      Players: 1 - 8 Genre: Turn-Based Strategy Platform: Windows Developer: Firaxis Games After Gods and Kings release last year Civilization V hit its stride. Although the initial release of Civilization V was seen as a downgrade by some fans, Firaxis have been toiling…

Soul Sacrifice Players: 1 - 4 Genre: Action  Platform: PS Vita Developer: Marvelous AQL   Soul Sacrifice has been called “The Vita's answer to Monster Hunter” on more than one occasion, so naturally I was excited to get into the game with hopes of another epic monster game with expansive exploration and…

Platformer rage can affect the best of us, turning once peaceful gamers into The Incredible Hulk incarnate. It isn’t even a condition regulated by skill level. Whilst your everyday platformer might not be enough to get a seasoned platform gamer frothing at the mouth, a couple of hours on Super…

Games such as Diablo 3 and Torchlight 2 are a different experience for gamers to behold. They require you to be on the ball all the time in order to combat a combination of puzzles, enemies and environments. A new comer to the genre, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing,…

Zeno Clash II is, rather unsurprisingly the sequel to Zeno Clash, the first-person fighting game released back in 2009. Developed by ACE team and published by Atlus, Zeno Clash II takes us back into the fictional fantasy world called Zenozoik. The game’s creators describe the world as ‘stonepunk’ and it…

Lissandra, the newest champion for League of Legends, has been out for the public to play with for a while now. Her damage output and emphasis on movement impeding effects are a unique touch to the current meta game, but is it worth getting a hold of her? Does her…

The next instalment of the Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem Awakening, is now available for owners of Nintendo's 3DS. The series has always had a passion for strategy and story coinciding with one another to bring a new and different experience to gamers. This title is poised to bring out…

Poor little Luigi, he’s always trailing behind in the shadow of his brother, Mario. It’s always been like this, and you ought to think Luigi must be used to it by now. Luigi has had his time in the limelight, although it frightened the life out of him having to…

GOD MODE is a 4 player co-op 3rd person shooter which is set in Hades (hell in a toga basically). You play an undead warrior trying to break out of hell… and that is really all there is to it. If you are a fan of stories in you games…

The Monster Hunter series has always been a classic in Japan and while it has sold very well in the West, it was nowhere near as loved as it is in the East. To be honest, who can blame the western fans? For the longest time, players in the US…

What happens when you take Greek mythology, mix it up with a lone spartan warrior and add in a pinch of all out brutal warfare? You get the God of War series, one of the best series to come out exclusively for the PlayStation. The games have all been a…

After another session of play testing in the player test realms, Quinn & Valor have become available to the LoL public. The champion brings some interesting new twists into the game with an addition of an AoE (Area of Effect) blind, great focusing potential and an interesting ultimate. The tag…