16 Oct, 2010

In the continued absence of a second sequel, Mass Effect is a Knights of the Old Republic fan’s proverbial wet dream. Seamlessly blending BioWare’s signature good-or-evil dialogue system and mission-based RPG gameplay with Gears of War-style cover-and-shoot set-pieces puts Mass Effect at the top of its game. If someone were to hold an Alliance-grade...

15 Oct, 2010

Remedy’s cult favourite psychological thriller Alan Wake, this week see’s the final instalment of its downloadable episodes with the offering of ‘The Writer’. Released on October 11th exclusively on Xbox Live and priced at 560 Microsoft Points, ‘The Writer’ attempts to conclude the secondary story created by its predecessor ‘The Signal’,...

14 Oct, 2010

SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog series is one of my earliest and fondest gaming memories – Sonic 2 was a game my 8-year-old self had no qualms about screaming at his mother like a rabid, baying hyena to get his hands on – but in recent years it’s lost its way to a catastrophic degree. The problems started with Sonic’s inevitable shift to...

13 Oct, 2010

Note: This review contains no spoilers. This is it.  Even though Halo will live on with 343 Industries at Microsoft, this is the swan song from the team behind the Halo franchise, it is fitting then that Reach brings us back to the planet that Master Chief was trained at.  Based just before the events of the original Halo game, as Nobel Six you work through...

8 Oct, 2010

It’s hard to recall a series that’s gone down the toilet in such spectacular a fashion as Silent Hill. Following mind-blowing first and second instalments and a questionable-yet-solid third, the series has descended into mediocrity in more recent years, especially with the release of handheld prequel Origins in 2007 and current-gen debut Homecoming. It’s...

7 Oct, 2010

This article is likely to contain spoilers for those who have yet to play ‘The Sacrifice’. I have tried to keep them to a minimum, but just a heads up for you all! So it is finally upon us fellow Dead Heads! After all of the waiting, following teasing trailers and a weekly comic strip running parallel the impending story, The Sacrifice is finally available!...

4 Oct, 2010

The Mega Drive was my first ever games console and I absolutely adore it, I still have the beautiful little contraption in the Loft (my room is a loft conversion so it’s right through a little door next to my bed, don’t worry). I have about 30 games for it and I love all of them no matter how lame some of them might be because they remind me of my...

3 Oct, 2010

Team 17 of ‘Worms’ fame, bring us ‘Alien Breed: Impact’, a Playstation 3 updated version of Alien Breed Evolution (released on the Xbox 360 Arcade), a stylish sci-fi shooter adventure title based on the classic series of the same name. Set aboard a futuristic space craft name ‘Leopold’, you play as engineer Conrad who after the craft collides...