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2015 Year Review - Part 2

3 January 2016

A packed November saw the release of triple-A titles: Need for Speed, Call of Duty Black Ops 3, Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Star Wars Battlefront. Not bad at all compared to some previous years. Disagreeing with many, but agreeing with my street racer heart, I was most eager to play Need for Speed. Teased screenshots and videos...

2015 Year Review - Part 1

31 December 2015

2015 has been an awesome year for gaming, which has come as a welcome surprise given this is only the second full year of the 'next-gen' consoles. Brilliant games launched throughout the year, especially in the period from September to December, and I have a pretty big backlog that'll keep me playing games from this year well into 2016.

How Hearts were Broken with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

8 October 2015

For fans of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series, the 29th September 2015 will be a date difficult to forget. This was the launch day for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 which has subsequently become a front runner for the worst game of the year. The hype was big at first, then it slowly grinded (sorry) to a halt. Previews from gaming media...

Far Cry 4's Brilliant Hidden Story

5 September 2015

The general consensus on Far Cry 4 is a beautiful open world with fantastic gameplay and so many interesting and diverse side quests to complete. The main story is never seen as the highlight, and many reviews mention a distracting story or weak characters aside from Pagan Min. And I would be inclined to agree with this...

The Longest 3-Way Fight Between Racing Games

29 August 2015

This time last year Driveclub, The Crew and Project CARS were all due to launch in the ever-popular 'fall' period of 2014. In the 12 months prior I had been very interested in each and was now wondering a few things: Which game would be my favourite? Which game would score the highest reviews? And which game would generate the most sales?

The Incredible Universe of No Man's Sky

16 July 2015

Wow. After seeing IGN First's 18 minute gameplay demo with Hello Games founder Sean Murray, No Man's Sky is back to being this incredible, pushing boundaries further than ever game, that I cannot wait to play. This adequately comes after my first slight disappointment with the game at E3, where we saw little new gameplay...

Final Thoughts on E3 2015

27 June 2015

Firstly, here are some games I'm surprised we didn't see at E3 (live on stage anyway): Drawn to Death, the next game by David Jaffe, as from the last footage I saw it looked near completion. Apparently this was playable on the show floor but still no idea on a release window. The next Ratchet & Clank, which is now famous for...

E3 2015 - Sony & Nintendo

21 June 2015

Quite unbelievably The Last Guardian opened Sony's show. A game that's not be seen at E3 since 2009. It was another great moment from the crowd, as Shawn Layden said "our first game tonight has been long anticipated by the gaming community". That gave it away instantly as gasps quickly turned to cheers.

E3 2015 - EA & Ubisoft

20 June 2015

Despite all the Star Wars hype, my most anticipated game at EA was the new Need for Speed, and they finally showed a gameplay demo that matches their intentions. There really is deep, and more importantly, specific car customisation. The camera panned around a stock Subaru BRZ which was littered with...

E3 2015 - Bethesda & Microsoft

20 June 2015

Considering this is the first time Bethesda has had its own conference at E3, and it was held a day before anyone else, they really nailed it. The near 20 minute gameplay demo of the revitalised Doom was an awesome gorey way to kick things off. I've never played a previous Doom game before but you can always tell...

Top 10 Moments from The Walking Dead Season 1

24 May 2015

As I loved so many moments from The Walking Dead Season 1, I thought I'd put together my top 10 moments based on my first play through. This game really is a story telling masterpiece, with such an emotional ending, it deserves every bit of critical praise it's received. Note these are in episodic order rather than my favourite...

The new Need for Speed "Returning to its Roots"?

23 May 2015

Earlier this week a new Need for Speed game was announced, simply as "Need for Speed", and apparently it will "return to its roots". Now I know the franchise has been around since the mid 90's but from the screenshots and teaser trailer we've seen so far, this definitely looks like a return to the Need for Speed Underground era...

Triple-A Games Lacking Content

26 April 2015

I completely agree with Ryan McCaffrey on IGN's Podcast Unlocked episode 192. The bar seems to have been lowered for triple-A shooters for the amount of content shipped with the game at launch. The games themselves are excellent, riding the hype train right from initial trailer to the first few weeks after release.