ANNOUNCEMENT 17 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

The Deathwing Rise Up to Strike Again With New Co-op Loadout…

To coincide with this weeks' Midweek Madness, Streum On have released a pretty hefty update for Space Hulk: Deathwing. A game which received an extremely mediocre reception at launch, but has consistently improved ever since. This latest patch having actually been available as a Beta build for several months, allowing players to fully play test…
NEWS 17 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

This Release Really Styx It to Ya

Styx: Shards of Darkness is now available, and it is everything you could want in a sequel. It looks frikkin' amazing, retains all the charm, and most of the abilities, of its predecessor, with more skills added on top, to be unlocked, it also has Styx being an absolutely cu...uh...not very nice if you die.…
ANNOUNCEMENT 13 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Free The Dwarves Update Adds New Game Modes

Now here's an odd one for you, seemingly to coincide with being Steam's Deal of the Day with a nice, crisp 40% off the top, THQ Nordic have released a new patch for The Dwarves, for free! It adds in a some new maps and challenges, a Very Easy difficulty for the campaign, Free Key binds,…
NEWS 09 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Space Jammers: Rockstar Kittens Plundering Space

The title says it all...Space Jammers! A shmup about kittens, in space, plundering other planets to fund their rock band. I will now simply say words at you for a while, to make it look like there is more content here. Words words words words words words words words words, words words words words words words…
NEWS 09 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Today We Tell a Tale of Guardians of the Galaxy

Due this “Spring” there's actually a chance to check out a Crowd Play preview of Telltale's Guardian of the Galaxy Episode 1 at SXSW, in Austin Texas, on March 17. Sadly featuring none of the actors from the films, it does still have Nolan North, like every other game in the universe. Details of the…
ANNOUNCEMENT 08 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

LEGO Worlds Unleashed on Our World

Because LEGO Dimensions was...a thing or something, now we have LEGO Worlds, which gives you all the LEGO you could ever want, and lets you go build...stuff, then invite people to come visit and see the massive, throbbing pink di...uh, dinosaur in the middle of the town square. There are also story missions to embark…
ANNOUNCEMENT 08 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

The Banner Saga 3 Sees The Return of Ubin

That's right, in a move that surprised absolutely no-one, the Dredge will have their butts handed to them in the successfully Kickstarted Banner Saga 3...by Ubin the Scrivener! Asking for a paltry $200k, because they probably already had all the money they needed from the rather profitable first and second games. Stoic hit their funding goal…
ANNOUNCEMENT 07 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Launch Into The Wildlands

Yes folks, it is here, and it is awesome! Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands has officially arrived to eat up every waking moment of my life, for the next few weeks at the very least. So of course, Ubisoft have graced us with a launch video that makes no sense whatsoever. Filled with explosions and…
ANNOUNCEMENT 03 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Ghost Recon and Nvidia GameWorks Equals…GhostWorks?

Because Ubisoft insist on noshing on Nvidia's dangly bits, of course there's a video showing off all the fancy features GameWorks will bring to Ghost Recon Wildlands...not that I'm an AMD fanboy and I'm just being bitter...cough. Anyhoo, having spent (way too) many hours in the two beta periods, I'm already well aware of just…
ANNOUNCEMENT 03 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Styx: Shards of a Co-op Trailer

As revealed last time, Cyanide have added a co-op option to the entirety of Styx: Shards of Darkness. One of those drop in, drop out, spawn a clone of the main character and just go with it, types of affairs. But unlike some of the other examples of that approach, Cyanide have actually constructed the…
NEWS 02 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Rebellion Remake Rumble Reaches Rogue Trooper

Because alliteration is cool! Anyway, for those who don't know, Rogue Trooper was a comic book adaptation from the distant days of 2006. It's also an early example of covered based shooting, earlier even than the infamous Gears of War franchise, which everyone knows "invented" cover shooting. It was actually ahead of its time in…
ANNOUNCEMENT 28 Feb 2017­ by L Coulsen

Fox and Ubisoft Massive Open Pandora’s Box With a New …

That's right, in a curious partnership, Fox Interactive are teaming up with Ubisoft Massive and Lightstorm Entertainment (Jim Cameron's company) to bring Avatar to life as some kind of open world, sandbox type...thing. Details are actually really sketchy at the moment, in favour of metric shittons of PR speak. All about attention to detail, everyone…
REVIEWS 24 Feb 2017­ by L Coulsen

For Honor

When For Honor was first shown back at E3 2015, many a gamer was wowed and rapidly jumped it to the top of their most anticipated list. All the more so when the Alpha turned up a little over a year later. Already boasting a really solid, smooth, and beautiful looking experience that only seemed…
ANNOUNCEMENT 24 Feb 2017­ by L Coulsen

LEGO City Undercover Is…a Thing

What happens when you take the gritty, hard-boiled 'John Woo' style of action cop film, then stick LEGO over the top of it? Yep, that's right, refined awesome! Featuring two player co-op, LEGO City Undercover puts you in the shoes of a hapless, happy go lucky and completely clueless undercover police officer. A veritable master of…