For long-suffering fans of the sport of cricket, Don Bradman Cricket 14 from Big Ant Studios was nothing short of a revelation. Finally, after many years of games that were, to put it nicely, budget releases, was a cricket game with ambition and execution and while the end result wasn’t…
Read MoreThe latest episode in Telltale Games’ new Game of Thrones series continues right after the events of the first episode. And to pre-empt a lot of this review; much of what was true with Iron from Ice holds true in The Lost Lords. Telltale Games’ narrative standards have grown considerably…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance, the sixth home console entry to the series that did for grinding as old-school Raiden did for naked cartwheels (he made them cool again, right?), is coming to show us the nuances of vengeance in fall of 2015, exclusively for the…
Read MorePreview by Jedediah H. When The Order: 1886 was announced around the same time the news of the PS4 broke, I was neither impressed nor disappointed. My reaction to the first teaser, despite the title being developed by Ready at Dawn, was a monotonous shrug followed by a response equivalent…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. At first glance Game of Thrones is just another Telltale Games title using the same formula that worked for titles like The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us. That is true, in that Teltale’s take on the click-and-point adventure genre is very narrative heavy, but…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The Crew deserves a lot of credit for having a vision of open world playground that multiple friends could join together in. We have seen this semi-MMO approach in non-RPG games like Destiny of late, and The Crew tries to leverage this line of thinking for…
Read MoreReview by Jedediah H. When I was at an age where I was still too stupid and brittle to be left alone, I spent my time with a kind babysitter who took residence in an eventful cul-de-sac. The kid who lived in the house to the left of my caretaker,…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Oh, my dear PlayStation, has it really been 20 years since your memorable inception? You blew my premature brain out of its bulbous cranium, with your newfangled disc drive (new to us Nintendo faithful, anyway) and vivacious Full Motion Video sequences. Because you were overworked by…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Far Cry 4 is in every way a summer blockbuster movie – only it has been released at a time of year that is decidedly anything but summer. It is full of big, explosive moments and is constantly trying to outdo itself for the big, explosive…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. WWE 2K15 is a solid start to the next generation of wrestling action. Fans of the series from the prior generation will no doubt notice some options missing in action, but the fundamental gameplay shows enough improvement to be optimistic for the future while still offering…
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