• Far Cry 4 Review – Not Such A Far Cry After All

    Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4 Reviewed On: Xbox One Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes This game was provided free of charge by the publisher for review purposes. Having just leapt down from a gyrocopter in order to wing-suit my way into the enemy base I have inadvertently pissed…

  • Abstergo Entertainment Employee Handbook Review – It’s All Getting A Bit Meta

    As a gamer for a very long time I’ve been especially lucky to see videogames morph from a hobby that the general public viewed as dirty and only for the geeks, into a mainstream phenomenon. Now it’s not just videogames, there’s books and toys and soundtracks and all sorts of merchandise. Most of it is…

  • The Art Of Assassin’s Creed: Unity Book Review – The Art Of Stabbing People In The Neck

    Reviewing an art book is not an easy task. Provided the pages are of a decent quality and there’s plenty of pretty pictures to look at what more could you really ask for, except perhaps a free copy of the game in question and a cup of tea to go with it? Still, there’s certainly…

  • Logitech Daedalus Prime Review – Whose Naming These Things? Seriously?

    This mouse was supplied by Logitech for review. I’ve often wondered how you design a mouse around a specific genre. Surely everyone wants an accurate sensor, comfort and nice feeling buttons, right? But a genre specific mouse is exactly what Logitech are claiming to have made with the new Daedalus Prime which is aimed at…

  • Logitech G910 Orion Spark Review – Don’t Push The Red Button! Or The Yellow One.

    This keyboard was provided by Logitech for review. Type the words “gaming keyboard” into Google and you’ll be buried under a tonne of search results displaying a bamboozling array of different products that seemingly aim to confuse customers through a litany of claims, many of which are stupid. Logitech’s latest offering is actually pretty straightforward…

  • Assassin’s Creed: Rogue Review – Stabbing The Stabbers

    Playing Assassin’s Creed: Rogue after tackling the supreme beauty of Assassin’s Creed: Unity is, to the say the very least, somewhat jarring. While Unity’s gameplay is still clumsy in its own right it highlights Rogue’s as being even more so, a series attempting to stay alive by adding more and more mechanics to its structure.

  • Review Embargoes; The Good And The Bad

    With reviews for Assassin’s Creed: Unity being held until 12-hours after the game’s launch the topic of embargoes has once again become a point of heated debate, sparking articles and massive forum threads. So let’s jump in shall we? Because if everyone else is yelling their opinions about it, why can’t I? Exactly what is…

  • Ubisoft To Change Policies On Reviews

    Having been the punch bag of the Internet over the last week or so Ubisoft have responded to criticism in that lovably vague PR way by essentially saying, “we’re still right, but we’re going to graciously acquiest to the public anyway.” Speaking to the BBC Ubisoft  said, “We are working to adapt our services and communications…

  • Happy (Slightly Belated) Birthday, Skyrim

    Note: this was written on 11/11/14, the exact date of Skyrim’s birthday, but obviously publishing was delayed a few days. Three years ago today Bethesda released the epic Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a game that would devour the lives of thousands upon thousands of unsuspecting gamers, transporting them to a cold realm filled with dragons…

  • Assassin’s Creed: Unity Review – One Small Stab For Mankind

    Although I adored Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag there was no denying that the core mechanics of the series were falling apart, the once glorious parkour and stealth systems laboring to remain remotely relevant in a world where such things have been done so much better. Sailing the high seas was fun, but Assassin’s Creed needed…