EA has been teasing for awhile now about the reveal of a new Need for Speed game. This morning they followed through and released a brand new teaser trailer announcing their newest game. The game is simply being titled Need for Speed, but the official site claims it’s the start of a new era. The new trailer shows a variety ...
Read More »NHL 16 Features Detailed
EA’s NHL games have been a bit of a mixed bag over the past couple of iterations. I’m looking at you NHL 15. A quick look at Metacritic and you can see how poorly the game went over with players. So, it makes sense that EA would want to fix some of their problems for NHL 16. And it seems ...
Read More »Bargain Bucket: Murdered: Soul Suspect – Re-Review
Some games get unfairly slated by critics at the time of their release, with reviewers focusing more on technical deficiencies rather than humour, story-telling and soul. A game like Deadly Premonition which was bashed in the media at its time of original release for Xbox 360 is a prime example. The game was a clunky mess, but had a story ...
Read More »Schrödinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark Review – Physics, Fun, and Cats
Schrödinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark first launched on Steam back in September 2014. Now, with the help of Team 17 – the minds behind the Worms series, developer Italic Pig has released the quirky action-adventure platformer on Xbox One and PS4. With a clever sense of humor, unique gameplay, and a great amount of replayability, Schrödinger’s Cat establishes itself as ...
Read More »PC vs. Console: Converting to the Master Race
You may be familiar with the console wars in which the fans of three factions; Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, battle it out on discussion boards and comment sections, determined to prove why their console is better than the other. Until very recently there has been a faction mostly overlooked, which is actually showing its face more commonly in these discussions, and ...
Read More »Capcom set to release more HD Remasters
Like a fart in an elevator, remastered games are going no where, according to Capcom at least. The publisher of the Resident Evil and Street Fighter franchises have recently announced they plan to follow up the successful remastering of the original Resident Evil with more remasters of past favourites. During a recent financial briefing, the Japanese publisher announced, “HD remasters of our catalogue hit titles will ...
Read More »Revealed: The Most Watched Games in Youtube History
Who would have thought that watching people crafting mines was so telegenic? If only all those soot encrusted frontiersmen – exploited by the Man, coughing their lives away in a cloud of tuberculosis and coal-dust – had had access to a second-hand $50 DV camera off eBay. They could have been internet superstars. Google have released a list of the ...
Read More »What happened to Motion Controls?
Christmas 2006, my family and I crowded around the TV after the turkey had been picked clean and watched in amazement as my little brother flailed his arms around hitting tennis balls, and throwing bowling balls, he was having a temper tantrum because I had taken over his brand new Nintendo Wii. It was the first time me or any ...
Read More »Madden NFL 16 Cover Athlete Selected
Each year a new Madden NFL game is released and each year a new athlete is selected to don the front cover of the case. This year a vote was held to decide amongst fans who would hold the honour of becoming the cover athlete. The vote was held for two weeks at ESPN.com, Madden Ultimate Team, and Madden NFL ...
Read More »Beginning of the End for Last-Gen Consoles?
It seems as though the eventual switch to new-gen consoles is inevitable. As of today a major company has officially done just that and in doing so has brought the last-gen’s end that much closer. After the official reveal for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate the company confirmed that it would no longer be releasing games for the last generation of consoles – with the ...
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