Last year’s NHL 15 was a disappointmen as fans got their first taste of the franchise on current gen systems. The play on the ice was actually quite solid, though overly aggressive hitting and some oddities in player movement helped to break the immersion. However, releasing stripped of most of…
Read MoreOver the weekend the news broke that EA had silently killed off a whole bunch of its older games for iOS. You can still download them if you have already purchased them, but they’ve disappeared off the App store and you won’t be able to buy any of them going…
Read MoreThere is a stigma attached to any title that releases on a yearly basis, based on the expectation that the game cuts corners and is essentially the same title as the prior year, just with a new coat of paint. There are times when this does appear more true than…
Read MoreWith Gamescom being dubbed the second biggest video games conference after E3 (although we’d argue the Tokyo Game Show should at least have that second-place spot), several industry bigwigs are having briefings at this year’s event. Read on to learn about EA’s press conference, featuring eight upcoming games. Need For…
Read MoreGolf is a sport that is more difficult to adapt to a videogame than it sounds on paper. After all, it’s a ridiculously sedate sport in real life, with walking between shots being about the closest it comes to action, and games tend to cut the walking bit out of…
Read MoreGet your pre-orders in while you can, because with the number of Faith fans out there this one’s going to go fast! EA has announced the Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Collector’s Edition and it’s chock-full of goodies any Mirror’s Edge fan would love to get their hands on. The Mirror’s Edge…
Read MoreIt’s been teased about for a very long time, but thanks to EA and Sony, we’ve been given the first glimpse into the gameplay of Star Wars Battlefront. Developer DICE has taken every liberty to making Star Wars Battlefront as authentic as possible. Permission was given to their designers to…
Read MoreObviously we’ve seen a lot of big blockbuster games through E3 so far, from Assassin’s Creed to Fallout, Halo to FIFA. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s a little indie platformer that’s winning the show (at least, as far as games from the presentations that have already been completed…
Read MoreMass Effect, Mass Effect, Mass Effect, Mass Effect, Mass Effect, Mass Effect, Mass Effect, Mass Effect, Mass Effect, Mass Effect, Mass Effect. We’re kinda looking forward to one particular EA game. And were we impressed with what we saw (and some of the other games that the publishing giant has…
Read MoreWhen I was recently talking to some of the development team at Visceral, the studio behind Battlefield: Hardline, in the lead up to the release of the game, I couldn’t help but ask them whether the events over in Ferguson had impacted on the development of Battlefield: Hardline or not.…
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