Review by Matt S. Untitled Goose Game is the perfect game in its simplicity. It gives players a toybox, and then encourages them to mess it up in whatever wildly creative way they can dream up. Every second of it offers up the driest of dry humour which, coupled with…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Chile’s ACE Team has consistently been South America’s strongest performer, with titles such as Abyss Odyssey, Rock of Ages, and SolSeraph showing the team’s talent for distinctive, creative vision. The team’s newest one, The Eternal Cylinder, will be published by Good Shepherd Entertainment, and it is…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Open worlds have become almost the standard for video game development, at least as far as major releases go. Over the last generation, the open world has certainly replaced the shooter as the standard go-to for new and major projects. Yet, open worlds aren’t always the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Red Faction: Guerrilla was a major hit for THQ (as in, the original THQ prior to bankruptcy, not the Nordic Games-renamed THQ Nordic). It soared well over the million units threshold, and was a critical darling too; on Metacritic the aggregate score for PS3 and Xbox…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. There seems to have been an influx in Lovecraft-themed games released in the past few years, and some really have been exceptional — The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker comes to mind, as it takes familiar themes and puts them into a contemporary context. Others, such…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Judgment is not really a “new Yakuza title”. Nor is it any form of sequel. It shares elements of what came before, and the comparisons are there at the superficial level. The narrative does take place in the same universe, and the setting – Kamurocho –…
Read MoreIt was a huge week for Persona news last week, so naturally that dominates the chat we had on the podcast! We also took the opportunity to chat on about Yoshi, given the recent new game and the fact we hadn’t had the chance to talk about that until now.…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. I like to believe there was a collective feeling of apprehension in the audience at E3 when Days Gone was first announced. The game’s elevator pitch is simple. Zombie apocalypse. Open World. Motorcycles. A PS4 exclusive by a Sony in-house studio based in Bend, Oregon, in…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Assassin’s Creed Liberation has landed on the PlayStation 4, courtesy of the HD remaster of Assassin’s Creed 3 that was recently released on it. Related reading: Read my review of the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin’s Creed Liberation Liberation is, by far, my favourite game in…
Read MoreReview by James T. Generation Zero brings to mind a festival I once attended which was evacuated overnight due to heavy rainfall. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the memo and awoke from my tent to a scene as close to an apocalyptic event as I can imagine. An eerie, desolate landscape…
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