One of the reasons that many games fall foul of the economic climate is because they are not budgeted accordingly. They end up bloating; fostering multi million pound development budgets with hundreds of staff and, in addition, enormous marketing budgets to try and drive as many customers to those games as they possibly can. Tearaway,…
The Endless games have been a revelation for me. Emerging out of nowhere Amplitude Studios launched with Endless Space; a 4X strategy game set in space with the most incredible soundtrack. After that the team released Dungeon of the Endless and, subsequently the excellent Endless Legend. Dungeon of the Endless, though, remains my favourite of…
Tom Clancy is a household name these days. Both within videogame culture and in literary circles. His extensive canon is heavily focused on war time and fighting, so it was only natural that videogames would take notice of his work. Despite having a lot of games to his name they tend to fall into three…
Originally starting life as a touch screen phone game, Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery: EP (yes, that’s spelled correctly) is a bizarre, arty take on stories about nature and man’s place within the world. In it you control a soldier exploring the world at your own pace; there’s very little combat and lots of exploring to…
Valve, the videogame development house behind games like Half Life, Counter Strike and Left 4 Dead, are also the bright minds behind Steam; an online program, store front and community hub for millions of PC gamers around the world. A few years ago Valve decided to have a Steam Christmas Sale; thousands of games with…
The PS4 touchpad takes some getting used to, but it can be extremely handy in some games. Take GTA 5 as an example, you can roam around or undertake missions and use the touchpad to answer your phone or send text messages. This brings me nicely on to my second point; typing. you no longer…
We’re now 6 months on from the last solid Mafia 3 rumour, when the casting call was published online by AGB, and it’s a shame there hasn’t been any confirmation as yet. The game may well be in development, but it’s fair to say that fans would have expected more, especially considering the fact that…
With the FIFA 15 demo released, we now know what improvements we ought to expecting and we’re going to talk you through a few of the main ones. New Tackling System Size and strength is extremely important this time round and if you love defensive play then it could be good to have the likes…