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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Release Date And Iffy Pre-Order System Announced
Square Enix have revealed that Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will arrive on February 23rd, 2016. They also announced a fascinating but frankly disturbing pre-order system dubbed “Augment your Pre-order,” which combines pretty much everything bad about the current pre-order culture into a single, irritating idea. Pre-ordering is inherently anti-consumer, and has only become worse over…
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Zombi Review – ZombiU Risen From The Dead
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: PC Developer: Straight Right Publisher: Ubisoft Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review code supplied by the publisher. Released back in 2012 ZombiU for the WiiU was an attempt to show that Nintendo’s console wasn’t just all about brightly colored plumbers and party games. For Ubisoft, though, the game didn’t seem…
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Frozenbyte Posts Frank And Apologetic Video Response To Trine 3 Feedback
Developer Frozenbyte has responded to negative Trine 3 feedback via an open and very honest video. Upon launch many fans felt that the game was overly short and wrapped up with a disappointing cliffhanger ending. In my own review I attempted to explain that while Trine 3 doesn’t manage to match the same level of…
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Trine 3: Artifacts of Power Review – Trine Too Hard (I’m Sorry)
Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Frozenbyte Publisher: Frozenbyte Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: 3-person co-op Review code supplied by publisher. Trine has returned for its third outing, so with two titles already under its belt what innovation has developer Frozenbyte opted to bring to the table? Well, for the first time since the series inception Trine is…
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Shadow Blade: Reload Review – A Mobile Port That Doesn’t Suck. Also, Ninjas
Platforms: PC, Mobile Reviewed On: PC Developer: Dead Mage Publisher: Dead Mage Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review copy supplied by the publisher. Usually when I discover a game is actually a mobile port my immediate reaction is to loudly scream, “NOPE!” at my computer screen, possibly while spraying tea across the room, and then try…
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Batman: Arkham Knight Will Finally Get “Interim” PC Patch In The Next Few Weeks
The launch of Batman: Arkham Knight on PC was one of the biggest PR disasters in quite some. While the game ran well on consoles the PC version was plagued by problems, including being locked to 30fps, horrendous performance, low-resolution textures and much, much more. Following the game being pulled from sale on Steam until…
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Planetary Annihilation: Titans Expansion Announced And Released
Uber Entertainment have sprung a surprise today by not only announcing Planetary Annihilation: Titans, a stand-alone expansion to Planetary Annihilation, but also releasing it, too. Anybody who backed the original game on Kickstarter will get the new pack for free. Meanwhile if you already own the core game on Steam but didn’t back it on…
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Epic 2006 Mad World Trailer For Gears Of War Recreated For Ultimate Edition
Back in 2006 Microsoft and Epic Games managed to deliver one of the greatest trailers for a videogame ever. Called the Mad World trailer it helped sell the idea of Gears of War, one of my favorite games of all time and a landmark title that for many, myself included, felt like the first true…
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 Announced, To Be Founded Via Kickstarter
Larian Studios have announced that there will indeed be a sequel to the incredibly well-recieved Divinity: Original Sin, which got 19,541 backers tp pledge $944,282 in April of 2013. The game got stellar reviews on release, and managed to sell over half-a-million copies. Larian are currently porting to the game to both PS3 and Xbox One.…
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