Review by Matt S. Of the many genres of art out there, transgressive art is my favourite beat. It was the main topic that I studied back at university, and I’ve seen, read, or experienced it all: Antonin Artaud, Marquis De Sade, Stelarc, Michel Foucault and Georges Bataille. From the…
Read MoreReview by Nick Hu. In the year 2185, a multi-species project leaves the Milky Way galaxy, for a 600-year voyage through dark space, to establish colonies in the Andromeda galaxy. That’s the basis of the newest game set in the Mass Effect universe, which sees the player take on the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We live in a world where very serious questions are being asked of western interventionism and imperialism, colonialist attitudes, and the nationalism of western powers. With ISIS and Syria, we’re finally starting to realise that over a century of meddling, king making, and warring in places…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ninja Theory is well known for making exceptional games that simply don’t sell that well (Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Journey to the West), or exceptional games that sell well but end up being quite controversial (DmC: Devil May Cry). Dexed is a different kind of game. It’s…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. Wild Guns: Reloaded is a remake of a game from back on the Super Nintendo, which is unusual in itself, as most remakes are focused on newer games from PS2 and later. But, I do like that Natsume has gone back farther and brought back this…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Virtual Reality requires an entirely different approach to game design, and it’s going to take some time for developers to truly start to master what VR can do. Remember back on the PlayStation 1, where developers had access to the right kind of hardware to easily…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Battlefield 1 is fascinating to me, in large part because the game takes a step into the past with its World War 1 source material and in doing so gives the Battlefield franchise a future full of exciting potential. With excellent multiplayer and a single player…
Read MoreReview by Hamza A. The cleverly-titled Shadow Warrior 2 is the sequel to 2013’s Shadow Warrior – which itself is a reboot of the legendary 1997 original by relic studio, 3D Realms. As part of the three major titles released using the now-defunct Build engine (the other two being Duke…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. I must admit I started to lose interest in the Gears of War games after the third, but I was excited to see where the game would go under a new development team in The Coalition. The good news is that the new development team has…
Read MoreGame theory by Harvard L. Goichi Suda is a bit of a hero to many on the DDNet team. His unwavering commitment to games that are transgressive and creative, even to the detriment of their critical rating, is noble, and the fact he’s managed to build up a major Japanese…
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