One of the smarter moves that The Walking Dead (both the show and the comic) made was in declaring the end of the world unimportant. Sure, it was a pretty big deal for the characters, but for the viewers it’s all been about the “post” part of post-apocalypse. Shit happened. …
Read More »MGS5 companion app takes the (phantom) pain out of the big world & even bigger story
Want all the 80s anthems of MGS 5 (opens in new tab) in your ears while you plan your stealthy method of attack from your mobile? Of course you do and that’s just what the MGS 5 companion app is for. Announced on the Konami blog (opens in new tab) …
Read More »Henry Cavill says Superman will not appear in Suicide Squad
With Batman already confirmed to make a brief appearance in Suicide Squad (he even pops up in the trailer (opens in new tab)), there have been rumours that Henry Cavill’s Superman might drop in for a cameo. However, those rumours can now be safely put to bed, with Cavill himself …
Read More »Finally! A way to take your dog with you when you play VR
And here we were scared of VR being lonely. Devs StressLevelZero have created a way you can take your trusty canine into VR worlds with you and the result is pretty incredible. Not to mention disturbing when you see a furry pooch be effortlessly transformed into an armoured spiky worm …
Read More »The Bridge review: Escher pressure
With a great many contemporary games obsessed with rendering the real world in increasingly authentic detail, it’s refreshing to play something that goes in completely the opposite direction. The Bridge is a puzzle game that explores a bizarre, dreamlike world built from structures clearly inspired by the works of Dutch …
Read More »Metroid in Unreal Engine 4 is shiny and chrome
Metroid Prime: Federation Force looks fun, but I understand why a lot of series fans are rolling their eyes at it. They don’t want cartoony co-op escapades; they want sharp, foreboding, atmospheric Metroid. Even if Nintendo isn’t inclined to give it to them, the creator of that Sonic Unreal Engine …
Read More »The Hitman: Agent 47 reviews are in, and everybody hates it
The new Hitman movie, Hitman: Agent 47, isn’t very good. At least that’s what critics’ early reviews of the film, in theaters tomorrow, are saying. And though the reviews differ on the details of what precisely was most offensive about this adaptation, there’s an underlying theme to most critiques: it’s …
Read More »Velocity 2X review: Speed is everything
As you might have guessed from the name, Futurlab’s slick sci-fi actioner is a game primarily about moving very quickly. Sure, it has plenty more verbs in its vocabulary – you’ll also leap, slide, throw, shoot and teleport – but its defining characteristic is speed. You’ll earn stripes and stars …
Read More »BioShock developers new horror game, Perception, is “going to f**k with you”
“When I was hit with this concept – the seed of Perception – I wasn’t planning on starting something up. But as soon the idea came, I was like – oh man, oh man, oh man. I need to find a way to make this happen.” Bill Gardner had been …
Read More »How aggressive spanking helped make God Hand a gaming classic
Real violence hurts and has consequences, so winners don’t do punch-ups. Yet in even the weediest noob some ancient brain-part still finds fights exciting. Which is why videogames have, over the years, provided us with countless fantasy worlds revolving around a man punching another man. Few are as divine as …
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