I’ve played a lot of crazy games but I think I can crown a new winner for the most crazy one of all. Tower of Guns is a quick paced roguelike FPS Bullet Hell that puts crazy weapons in the player’s hands to shoot at anything that moves. Bringing back…
Read MoreWithin the first twenty seconds, small cute hugbots emitting pink love hearts float affectionately towards you. Peaceful and placid they just want to be your friend. But you, merciless to the extreme, aim and pull the trigger, scattering their parts into a hailstorm of loot. This then is the intent…
Read MoreHaving never played a Borderlands game before, The Handsome Collection was the right way to start. The absence of the original Borderlands made the narrative opening of the HD version of Borderlands 2 a little alien, but once I was into the rhythm I found myself enjoying my time greatly,…
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.…
Read MoreFatshark is one of the more talented independent developers out there. Forget the cash-in and clearly quickly-developed Dead Island that the studio helmed; Fatshark helmed War of the Roses and War of the Vikings, and these two games were exceptional multiplayer combat games. And now Fatshark is back doing what…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. If there is one genre that ages more sharply than any other, it’s the First Person Shooter, or FPS. Whether it’s Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Heretic, Hexen, or even the likes of Goldeneye, it’s harder and harder to go back to these games and enjoy them as…
Read MoreReview by Patrick B. Far Cry 3 helped reinvent the first person shooter franchise by infusing a memorable narrative into open world gameplay. It also happened to feature one of the most fearsome villains in a game to date in Vaas Montenegro. Far Cry 4 aims to build upon this…
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. With no Battlefield game on the way this year, Call of Duty gets to be the premier holiday season FPSer. With a new developer at the helm promising a host of new features and a revamp for a new generation of hardware, there was a lot…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The FPS genre is one that quite frequently is accused of lacking innovation. Case in point: Call of Duty and its yearly releases. Like a sports title, incremental changes might toss some variety into the formula, but the core game sees very little change. That being said, Halo…
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