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New Thief 101 Trailer Makes Me Very Excited For The Game
Square Enix have just released a six minute long video detailing just what to expect from the forthcoming Thief reboot, and I must say it’s managed to achieve its intended goal of making me rather excited. I’ve been cautiously optimistic about Thief for a while now. There’s been some preview articles that have picked apart…
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Firefly: The Board Game – Review
Published by: Gale Force Nine Designed By: Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski, Sean Sweigart Players: 1-5 Playtime: 2-4 hours Promotional review copy supplied by 24/7 Games. Aside from the wonderful world of videogames the second most dangerous thing to ever ask me about is sci-fi. Should this topic somehow arise in conversation you’ll quickly discover that…
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An Update On What’s Coming, And A Quick Apology
Hello one and all, So, before I really get going I want to offer a pre-emptive apology for any delays in the coming week or two and for any posts that seem to be of an even lower quality than I normally produce. Yesterday my beloved dog Rocky passed away after 13-years of life, having…
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Microsoft Acquire Gears Of War License And Hand It To Black Tusk Studios
Microsoft have now officially required the right to the Gears of War brand from Epic Games, placing development of a new game in the series in the the hands of thus far unproven Black Tusk Studio, who has also been working on an unannounced fresh IP, the future of which is now uncertain. In regards…
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Broken Age: Act 1 – Review
Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Double Fine Publisher: Double Fine Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No This game was tested using an AMD Radeon HD 7790 graphics card kindly supplied by AMD. Click here for details on that, the Radeon HD 7790 and the test system used for all PC games. Expectation, and it’s more dangerous sister hype, can be…
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Former Ubisoft Employee Describes Working On Assassin’s Creed 3 As A “Mindf*ck” And Reveals Developmental Problems
It’s hardly a secret that Assasin’s Creed III left a lot of fans feeling rather unhappy. Now a former employee of Ubisoft has stepped forth on Reddit to vent some of his frustration about the development of Assassin’s Creed III. The person, henceforth referred to as Preludes, began by explaining that Assassin’s Creed III suffered…
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Microsoft And Machinima Respond To Youtube Marketing Controversy
Just days ago it was revealed that Machinima partners were being offered extra money to advertise the Xbox One in their videos. So long as they showed at least 30-seconds of gameplay footage and said nothing negative about the console they would earn an extra $3 for every 1,000 views. This in itself was not…
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Alienware Reveal That They Will Release A New Steam Machine Every Year, And That The Machine Can’t Be Customised
At CES this year numerous manufacturers took the show’s floor to present their custom Steam Machines, including Alienware, creators of stupidly priced computers. A week after CES Alienware announced that their Steam Machine would launch in September of this year be priced to compete with current-gen consoles, which would be somewhere around £350-£450. Sounds okay…
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Microsoft Partnered Up With Machinima To Offer Youtubers Extra Money Advertise The Xbox One, And Kept It Very Quiet
An interesting story has surface via Ars Technica which suggests that Microsoft seemingly teamed up with Machinima to offer Youtube content creators extra money for advertising the Xbox One in their videos. A Tweet on the official Machinima Twitter account appeared stating that anyone promoting the Xbox One would earn an extra $3 CPM, which…
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Capcom Release Massive 13GB Update For Dead Rising 3
Over the years I’ve seen some pretty hefty updates released for games, but Dead Rising 3 might just take the cake with its whopping 13GB patch that’s just hit today. That’s right, if you plan on playing Dead Rising 3 you better be willing to allot some download time, although obviously the Xbox One does…
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