Review by Matt S. With the death of THQ, many of us who were fans of the original Darksiders and its sequel assumed that it would be the last that we saw of the series. Then Nordic Games (now THQ Nordic) grabbed the license for itself, formed up a new…
Read MoreA new horror game, called Agony, released recently, and it is, by a significant margin, the best depiction of hell that we’ve seen to date. So we discuss how hell should be depicted in a game first up this week. We also talk about Assassin’s Creed, now that a new…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I sympathise with any developer that tackles hell as a topic and setting for their work. Especially the Judeo-Christian concept of hell. See, the problem with hell is that it, by its very nature, needs to be depraved. It needs to be shocking, grotesque and extreme.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Madmind, a studio of eight people with veteran experience across such high-profile titles as The Witcher 3, The Division and Enemy Front, has announced work on its first game, and lordy lord is it an ambitious one. Agony is all about escaping hell. Which means, naturally,…
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