Sorry America, you might miss out on getting your hands on this Two bits of news over the past day, and more specifically the reaction to that news has once again made clear to me a start divide between the gamer and the game maker. It’s become almost an us-and-them rather…
Read MoreI know this is treading on supremely hot coals (is this to be the first discussion I need to lock down? If after reading this you feel the need to comment, folks, please be civil), but I really feel the need to say this: Video games are the dominant form…
Read MoreGenres are a useful tool for developers, critics and consumers alike. Simple words are – through the power of thematic and stylistic associations – capable of describing a game that we may never have even seen before. A simple, single word – “platformer,” “rhythm game,” “RPG,” tells us exactly what…
Read MoreThis was inevitable, but the rumours behind the development of a new numbered Final Fantasy game have begun. According to this source, FFXV has already been in development for four years and will release on current-gen consoles. What’s more interesting, though, is some of the rumoured gameplay details – specifically…
Read MoreI’m still working through Spelunky to review it. I want to give the game a fair go, and true to reputation, it’s beating me raw, so I’m not getting very far. I’m not even that good at the easy platformers. At this stage I’m not quite sure if I’ll ever…
Read MoreHe might be only the most recent in a long stream of industry veterans to speak out against traditional development models and for freemium gameplay, but American McGee is a voice worth listening to – this guy deserves a whole lot of respect. The man behind the rather brilliant American…
Read MoreOne of the parties rumoured to be in discussions with Vivendi to acquire Activision Blizzard, following the news that it may well be up for sale, is Microsoft. This would be bad news for both Sony and Nintendo, and even Apple. Love it or hate it, Activision Blizzard is the…
Read MoreOuya is proving to be a bit of a big deal. Its Kickstarter program shows there is a lot of support for the very concept, and Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft should be very concerned. It’s not the first indie project, of course, and it won’t be the last, but Ouya…
Read MoreDLC has a pretty bad reputation, I’d say. Gamers across the world like to think that the existence of DLC means that the developers are no longer giving us complete games out of the box. That’s not true at all, of course – there’s a couple of exploitative bits of…
Read MoreI’m a big fan of Theatrhythm. It’s a game project with a lot of soul, and reviews across the board – mine and the response on Metacritic has, so far, been very positive indeed: 80 aggregate score from critics, and 97 from users (at time of print). As a games journalist,…
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