Review by Matt S. Let’s make this clear from the outset; as a game, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 isn’t too bad. As with its predecessor the focus is very much on a fast, fluid combat system, and while it’s a little generic at times (especially the boss battles, which…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Being acquired by Tecmo Koei has done the world of good for GUST. After some teething pain with its first Tecmo Koei release, Atelier Ayesha, GUST’s second project under the publisher, Atelier Escha & Logy, is a true masterpiece. It’s intelligent, mature, and faultlessly charming. It’s…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sony’s just successfully launched the PlayStation 4 in Japan, but it hit another milestone today which has largely flown under the radar. The PlayStation Vita has turned two, and despite poor sales throughout its life so far, we think it’s a nifty console. In fact, we’d…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The PlayStation 4 launched two days ago in Japan, and has sold 320,000 units in those two days. This number is significantly better than the launch of the PlayStation 3 (less than 90,000 in its first two days), and it’s worth noting that Japan is a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Thief clearly aspires to be the thinking man’s FPS. It’s a game that genuinely wants players to complete objectives using clever thinking rather than physical conflict, which is the precise opposite of what most AAA-games ask of their players. And then it’s told through the eyes…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. This isn’t going to be a full-length review, since it is just a single pinball table DLC for Zen Pinball 2. But I did feel like it was worth running a brief review on it, because of the many (many) tables available through Zen Pinball 2,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The Tomb Raider reboot is worthy of a great deal of praise. It was quality entertainment when it was originally released on last-gen consoles, and the same remains true for the upscaled PlayStation 4 game. If you are a console-orientated person, and don’t have a high-spec…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the best things about a new console generation is that publishers tend to create new IP and be a little more experimental at this time. The Order: 1886, an upcoming PlayStation 4 title to be published by Sony, is an example of that trend…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I never thought someone would think to modernise Tempest. The classic arcade game from 1981 was certainly a wonderful game for its time, but it never became iconic like some other classic games (think Space Invaders, Asteroid and Pac-Man). But here we are with TxK, which…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sony’s early momentum with the PS4 continues, with the manufacturer announcing that to date it has sold 5.3 million units worldwide. This figure means an additional 1.1 million units for the year to date. This also means the console will shortly overtake the Nintendo Wii U…
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