Impressions by Matt C. Welcome to what will be the last of my Stormblood diary series. When I left you last week, I’d just finished the main story, which left me with mixed feelings – it had a great build-up to a rather anticlimactic final act, which wasn’t helped by…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. A lot of long-time fans of World of Warcraft felt burned by the last major expansion, Warlords of Draenor. Myself included. That expansion got off to a good start but quickly lost momentum for a number of reasons. Legion has been out for a little while…
Read More17 yeas after its original release, Baldur’s Gate is getting a new expansion. Available through the updated Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, Siege of Dragonspear boasts 25 hours of gameplay. I can already see Matt’s reaction: “ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy!” Related reading: Matt’s five-star review of Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition on iPad. Set between…
Read MoreMost people know the story of Final Fantasy XIV by now. The original game was a bomb, but because it’s Final Fantasy and Square Enix couldn’t afford to let it die the company brought its MMO superstar, Naoki Yoshida, on to the project to completely reboot it and effectively start…
Read MoreReview by Patrick B. After the enjoyable Western Front Armies expansion, Company of Heroes 2 has had additional content to expand on its core game with the Ardennes Assault add-on. The single player campaign takes a look at the US Army fighting the German war machine, this time in the…
Read MoreReview by Shaan J. Having already spent a dozen or so hours in a rather rainy recreation of Seattle (I thought the real Seattle was permanently rainy? – ed), I wasn’t all that excited to jump back into the world of Infamous for a second time. inFamous: Second Son came…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s truly impressive that Blizzard has been able to find yet another way to release Diablo 3. Following the PC launch of the game way back in 2012, we’ve already had one release of it on PlayStation 3, and now it’s been re-released, and simultaneously made…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Coming hot on the heels of the brilliant first expansion to the core Europa Universalis IV game, Paradox Development Studio has announced that its second expansion will be called Wealth of Nations, and will focus entirely on expanding the trade side of the game. Now, if…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. How could a developer – even one as experienced in producing strategy games as Paradox Development Studio – possibly hope to add to the experience of the near-perfect Europa Universalis IV? A game that deep, that rich with content, couldn’t possibly offer even more through an…
Read MoreEuropa Universalis IV is without a doubt one of the finest strategy games we’ve played in some time. It’s a game that essentially offers endless depth, which is why it’s so impressive that there’s even more to come via the first (comprehensive) expansion pack. We’ve done two reviews of Europa…
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