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…

Risen 3: Titan Lords Review – Not Quite A Titan

The Risen games have never been exceptional RPGs, and yet somehow over the years they’ve gained a small but loyal group of fans who are willing to overlook the many flaws in order to find the sense of adventure buried beneath. While the first Risen was actually kind of good, Risen 2 was poor, so can this third game get things right? Sort of.

Sacred 3 Review – Sacred, But Not Sacred

Platforms: PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 Reviewed On: Xbox 360 Developer: Keen Games Publisher: Deep Silver Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: 2-4 player co-op Going into Sacred 3 I was somewhat nervous, having largely missed out on both of the first two games, playing just a few hours of each. I read through both game’s Wikipedia entries,…

Assassin’s Creed: Rogue Announced For PS3 and Xbox 360

With Assasssin’s Creed: Unity due to arrive later this year on Xbox One and PS4, Ubisoft promised fans of the series who weren’t ready to the make the console jump that they wouldn’t be forgotten about. Enter Assassin’s Creed: Rogue, arriving this November for PS3 and Xbox 360. Set in the 18th century Assassin’s Creed:…

Gearbox Announce Battleborn For Release In 2015

Gearbox have announced their brand new IP titled Battleborn, a first-person shooter for  PS4, Xbox One and PC  to be released sometime in 2015 The trailer above shows a game featuring a beautiful art-style and some great character designs, but is otherwise pretty boring with music that felt utterly at odds with the on-screen action. Battleborn…

Sniper Elite III Review – Testicle Surgery With Bullets

Platforms: Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PC Reviewed On: Xbox 360 Developer: Rebellion Publisher: 505 Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes Having missed the previous two games, but heard from many people that Sniper Elite V2 was actually a title worth playing, I went into Rebellion’s later effort largely blind, having only an understanding…

Murdered: Soul Suspect Review – Casper, The Friendly Detective

  Platforms: Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3,PS4 and PC Reviewed On: Xbox One Developer: Airtight Games Publisher: Square Enix Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No A good detective story has the capacity to keep its audience in thrall until the very end, but is also requires spot-on pacing in order for it to work. The mystery of…

Watch Dogs Review – Can’t Hack The Hype Machine

Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and Wii U Reviewed On: Xbox One Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes In Watch Dogs we find yet another horrible example of the artificially bloated hype that both the media and publishers like to squash their games with, creating expectations so grand they can…