• Assassin’s Creed: Unity Trailer Shows Of RPG Elements That Make Me Happy

    Ubisoft have released a new trailer for the forthcoming Assassin’s Creed: Unity, a game which was already looking mighty good. It has just gotten even better, however. The new trailer focuses on RPG-style elements, such as the inclusion of skill trees and a relatively substantial looking customisation/loot system that let’s you equip various types of…

  • Destiny Review – It’s Your Destiny To Grind…And Grind…And Grind

    Like a proverbial fireball from the heavens Destiny has arrived in a blaze of high sales and fire, but not before the deadly and dangerous hype train pulled into the station in order to deliver the preachers spouting their nonsense, coaxing the people to believe that the fire would be great and amazing and Earth…

  • Planetary Annihilation Review – Death Star!? I’m In!

    After a successful Kickstarter and significant amount of time in Steam’s Early Access system, Planetary Annihilation finally achieved “release” just a few weeks ago. Yet it wasn’t without controversy, with many people on the game’s forums arguing that it was not ready to move to a full release just yet, that it needed more work…

  • Logitech Announce G910 Orion Spark, The “Most Advanced Mechanical Gaming Keyboard In the World”

      IN a dark room in an equally dark building atop a tall mountain in an undisclosed location Logitech engineers have been working hard to create a new keyboard named the G910 Orion Spark RGB, going incredible lengths of time without food and water, their mysterious chanting echoing across the valley. Okay, so maybe they…

  • Microsoft Officially Own Mojang, Notch To Leave The Company

    Following rumours last week Microsoft have now officially own Minecraft, having bought developer Mojang in a whopping $2.5-billion deal. Although many speculated that if such a deal would take place it may compromise Minecraft’s availability on anything but Xbox and PC, Microsoft have vowed that they will continue to keep Minecraft playable on Playstation, iOS…

  • Flockers Review – Like Lemmings, But Woolier

    Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: Xbox One Developer: Team17 Publisher: Team17 Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Do you remember Lemmings? The goal was to guide a torrent of seemingly suicidal Lemmings to the end of the level by issuing commands like dig, or equipping them with parachutes so they could fall from great heights…

  • Rockstar Announce Grand Theft Auto V Xbox One, PS4 And PC Release Dates

    Owners of current gen consoles and computers alike rejoice, for Rockstar have finally revealed when we can get out grubby mitts on the Xbox One, PS4 and PC versions of GTA V! Okay, so console gamers can rejoice a little harder, because sadly PC owners are going to have to wait a little while extra.…

  • Are Microsoft About To Buy Mojang? Rumour Mill Says Yes

    Well, here’s a rather unexpected rumour that’s doing the rounds. According to the Wall Street Journal a “person with knowledge of the matter” has told them that Microsoft are in discussions to buy Mojang, the company that created and owns Minecraft. According to the aforementioned “person with knowledge” the deal could be worth up to…

  • Take A Moment, And Just Listen

    Graphics hog the spotlight. As gamers we spend hundreds of words describing how beautiful a view is from atop a cliff, or marvelling at the level of detail displayed within a world. We ooh and aah at slick animations and realistic facial effects, or exclaim how amazing the rain looks as it glints on a…

  • The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Coming To Xbox One

    It seems that The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is coming to Xbox One at some point. The news comes via the game’s official Facebook page where the above image was posted, along with confirmation that it will run at 1080p and 60FPS. When asked in the comments whether it was out now, the reply…