Within 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 MoreCassie Cage, a new fighter in the Mortal Kombat ring and the daughter of Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage (surely Sonya could have done better for herself), has a move where she punches a guy between the legs so hard that his testicles explode. And Mortal Kombat X is kind…
Read MoreIt took a while for the Japanese developers to really start jumping on board with the PlayStation 4, with the first year of the console’s existence being marked very heavily with games from western developers, but only a few notable examples from Japan. Now, though, after a truly spectacular couple…
Read MoreResident Evil brings an episodic format to the direct sequel of the new Revelations series that it introduced back in 2012. Rather than give players the whole game in one go, Capcom decided to release this one in weekly instalments. It’s a very interesting idea that really supports the already…
Read MoreBloodborne’s finest moments is in its first hour or so. That’s not to say the rest of the game declines in standard, but the statement is rather an acknowledgement that the first tentative steps into this visionary experience is one of horrible, wonderful awe. No game setting has been so…
Read MoreWhile I wouldn’t go as far as to say it surpasses his other horror titles (most notably those from the Resident Evil and Dino Crisis series), The Evil Within marked a return to form for veteran developer Shinji Mikami, one that I eagerly waited for over the years. Related reading:…
Read MoreToukiden: The Age Of Demons was a very positive first attempt in Koei Tecmo’s effort at building a Monster Hunter killer franchise. It managed to offer some tweaks to the core concept that sees players spending nearly an hour of their day battling a single, hulking beast. But more importantly…
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 MoreI never thought that Koei Tecmo would return to the Bladestorm franchise. After releasing the original early in the PlayStation 3 life cycle (so early that trophies hadn’t been implemented yet), it quickly became a largely forgotten cult hit, and with no real indication that Koei Tecmo was happy with…
Read MoreLet’s get something out of the way right away: Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is not an attractive game. It was never going to be. It’s a PSP game, designed to run on a tiny screen and with some of the most primitive 3D hardware ever produced, that has been blown…
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