Critical News

Typoman brings literal word play November 19th

Posted by on Nov 13, 2015

Sometimes – just sometimes – a game comes along that reminds you videogames can do things movies and books are incapable of. A game that takes a smart idea, and runs with it at...

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Interviews

Do you have (a) Minutes? Red Phantom Games interview

Posted by on Feb 12, 2015

RPG is a great videogame acronym. It stands for Role Playing Game, Rocket Propelled Grenade, and – as of fairly recently – Red Phantom Games. This particular RPG is a...

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Articles

A console gamer vs World of Tanks

Posted by on Aug 7, 2015

This isn’t a review. Why bother? It’s free to download to try for yourself! This is however what I make of the game after playing it for a week or so. Why not read it...

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Reviews

Tales from the Borderlands – Episode 5: 2015 catchup review

Posted by on Dec 16, 2015

Format: PC (version reviewed), OS X, iOS, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Vita Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Telltale Games Developer: Telltale Games Players: 1 Site:...

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Recent Posts

Frozen 6-in-1 Games: board game review

Frozen 6-in-1 Games: board game review

Nov 12, 2015

RRP £14.99 Game provided by the distributor If you have young kids, and especially if you have at least one young girl, chances are you know the entire Frozen soundtrack off by heart whether you want to or not (and it’ll probably be ‘not’). At least it’s actually a pretty good film. And what to get the Frozen fan/s in your life this...

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns – Review

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns – Review

Nov 11, 2015

Format: PC Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: NCsoft Developer: ArenaNet Players: 1-Many Site: http://heartofthorns.guildwars2.com/ Game code provided by PR Guild Wars 2 (GW2): Heart of Thorns is very much like the – now free – base game; packed with content and full of brilliant MMO game-things which equates to it being a fairly good normal game. Perhaps...

BlazBlue Chronophantasma Extend: review

BlazBlue Chronophantasma Extend: review

Nov 6, 2015

Format: PS4, Vita (versions reviewed), PS3, Xbox One Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: PQube Developer: Arc System Works Players: 1-2 (online & offline) Site: http://blazblueuniverse.com/#homepage Game codes provided by the publisher Blazblue is one of those games that, generally, you either try and then fall in love with immediately, or give curious glances...

Persona 4: Dancing All Night – review

Persona 4: Dancing All Night – review

Nov 3, 2015

Format: Vita Unleashed: November 6th (EU), Out Now (NA) Publisher: NIS America/Reef Entertainment Developer: Atlus Players: 1 Site: http://www.atlus.com/p4dan/ Game code provided by the publisher Persona 5 is finally visible on the horizon, but we’re not quite past the Persona 4 spin-offs yet. We’ve had an (awesome) enhanced Vita remake, the...

Minecraft Story Mode: episode 2 review

Minecraft Story Mode: episode 2 review

Nov 2, 2015

Format: Xbox One (version reviewed), PS4, PS3, 360, PC, Wii U Unleashed: Out Now (Except Wii U, which is coming later, no really) Publisher: Telltale Games Developer: Telltale Games Players: 1 Site: https://www.telltalegames.com/minecraftstorymode/ Game code provided by PR Episode one of Minecraft Story Mode showed a lot of potential, with an ending that...

Until Dawn: catchup review

Until Dawn: catchup review

Nov 2, 2015

Format: PS4 Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Developer: Supermassive Games Players: 1 Site: http://www.supermassivegames.com/games/until-dawn Game purchased by reviewer The survival horror genre has been making a bit of a comeback recently thanks to games like Alien Isolation, The Evil Within and SOMA. Until Dawn takes a stab (excuse...

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate: review

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate: review

Oct 30, 2015

Format: Xbox One (version reviewed), PS4, PC Unleashed: Out now Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Ubisoft Players: 1 Site: http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-gb/games/assassins-creed-syndicate/ Game disc provided by the publisher On paper, Syndicate is the best entry in the Assassin’s Creed series yet. It’s clear that Ubisoft have been listening to...

When you gonna give to me, a gift to me? Is it just a matter of time, Nintendo?

When you gonna give to me, a gift to me? Is it just a matter of time, Nintendo?

Oct 29, 2015

During a meeting with investors, Nintendo have announced My Nintendo, the successor to their popular Club Nintendo rewards programme, which was withdrawn in September. The new service will allow members to earn points as they play games, as well as when they buy games and DLC. There was no information on how points would be awarded in game, but it sounds like...

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