Shogun 2 Total War –Trimming a ten year old bonsai tree.

Creative Assembly is going back to the title that started the Total War genre with more than 10 years of experience. Going back now is what most of the development team has always wanted, making the game they wanted to make right from the outset. What we got to see at E3 was pre-pre alpha, [...]

E3: Sonic Colors Preview

If Critical Gamer had a “Surprise of the Show” award, I’m sure this would be a top contender.

Reach Out And Talk To Someone

At some point, we have to face facts: not everyone is a hardcore gamer. Worse yet, the ratio of people actively playing games to the people who don’t know their thumb from their arse-end is something like 1:1,000.

Alpha Protocol: review

Billed as ‘The Espionage RPG’, Alpha Protocol is an attempt at mixing strong story telling elements from the role playing genre with third person shooter mechanics from the action/adventure genre, resulting in a mixed bag of results.

More Sega classics set for 21st century sequels?

A soon as Sonic 4 – the ‘proper’ Sonic sequel fans were crying out for for years – was announced, the internet was ablaze with electronic cheers and rumours. It now seems that perhaps more Sega classics will be getting ‘proper’ modern sequels. This has been hinted at not by the Sega teaboy whilst tipsy down the pub, but Sega America’s vice – president of sales and marketing, Alan Pritchard.

Resonance of Fate: review

There is often a learning curve in games. New mechanics to get the hang of, new implementations of old systems or just methods that aren’t considered to be the norm. Resonance of Fate (known as End of Eternity elsewhere in the world) joins the ranks of games that have a wall of understanding that needs to be penetrated to really get into it, a wall so thick you might need to lay siege to it for a few hours before you even make a dent.

Iron Man 2 – Enemies & Destruction trailer

Iron Man 2 – The Video Game looks to include lots of hovering, flying and fighting with big robots armed to the gnashers with everything required to make a smoking crater out of a small country.

Sonic Classic Collection: review

The most important question is: how good a job does the compilation do? Official emulations tend to be lazy and, in the case of compilations, bafflingly random.

Aliens Vs Predator: review

Even if you haven’t seen any, chances are you’ve at least heard of one of the Aliens or Predator movies or maybe even the ones where they crossed paths. They’ve also been involved in a number of games too and Rebellion, who already have a few under their belt, have taken another stab at perfecting the mix of xenomorphic creatures, hyper advanced hunters and squishy moving targets.

Sega releases Sonic the Hedgehog 4 teaser

Hoping to rescue his rather tarnished reputation with gamers, a certain pointy blue rodent has cropped up in a teaser video released by Sega, showing a return to the formula that made him so popular, in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1.

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