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Tody’s Take: Assassin’s Creed Seriously Needs To Step Up

I seem to be rolling in the controversial headlines when it comes to my column rants, hey? Well, this time it will be different to my last column on Call [...]

Preview: Asura’s Wrath

Cyberconnect 2 are probably known best for their work on the Naruto games, with their most recent and notable titles being Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm on PlayStation 3 and Naruto [...]

What We Want From Final Fantasy Versus XIII

Just in case you haven’t seen the sort of gameplay to expect from Final Fantasy Versus XIII This is not a wish list and this isn’t a list of features [...]

A Gamer’s Perspective — The Disappearance Of Cheats

You know what I haven’t used in ages? Apart from the common sense to choose opening sentences that don’t contain innuendos regarding my sexual activity, that is. Ahem. Moving swiftly [...]

Preview: Twisted Metal

There have been five main games so far in the Twisted Metal series, of course not counting the two spin-offs in 2001 and 2002, with the most recent title being [...]

February 2012′s Game Releases

January has flown past and we’re now in a new month with plenty more exciting games. There are some big names spread across February and March, so you’d better get [...]

Indie Review: SOL Exodus

SOL Exodus is here, Freelancer fans it’s time to rejoice… well I mean there’ll probably be a sequel to look forward in the future, and that’ll be cool right. SOL [...]

5 Games We’ll Remember In 20 Years

The games that we’ll make our kids play while they’re taking a break from virtual reality porn. Let’s be clear, these games are those special experiences that brought something so [...]

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Experience Points: What Would Be The Skyrim Killer? Part 1

Gamers often try to come up with the best possible idea for an RPG combining design concepts from other games. They change up the norms and standards, and propose new [...]

Hater’s Corner — Skyrim’s Climax Is A Joke

I don’t usually write columns, as I’m sure most of our frequent readers have noticed. I hardly even read columns, much to the dismay of my fellow writers (sorry guys), [...]

Review: Blackwater

I knew this day was coming. I’ve been around long enough so it was just a matter of time, but finally I have something that allows me to rid myself [...]

Indie Review: Dustforce

Essentially, the game runs on combo system so depending on the amount of dust-related items you dispose of your score will be reflected as such. This also involves completing the [...]

Competition: Win Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning On PC, PS3 And Xbox 360

At the moment, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the big thing happening. We’re talking about it, we’re promoting it and you should be getting ready to play it. But, perhaps [...]

Hands-On: Path of Exile

And so the republic of hack and slash role playing gamers was plunged into despair and chaos as the evil galactic Blizzard empire announced possibly another year of development for [...]

Review: Uncharted: Golden Abyss

If there is one thing I absolutely cannot stand it’s when a studio takes a name from a popular and revered franchise, and butchers it with a cheap, uninspired spin-off [...]

Hands-On: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Name: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Genre: Action RPG, Open World Players: 1 Multiplayer: None Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3 & PC Developers: 38 Studios, Big Head Games Publishers: Electronic Arts Release [...]

What Makes A Gamer: Are You What You Game?

In the previous feature, we discussed what gamers eat and how that may define them as a gamer. Now we face a more ‘integral’ question. One which I think resonates [...]

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Review: Sonic Generations

If you had to dig inside the head of your typical Sega fanboy and remove every memory of Sonic in all of the games that were released featuring the speedy [...]

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Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Innovation Isn’t Everything

Last week as many of you may have read by now, our very own Azhar “Tody” “Potato” Amien released an opinion column that discussed his views on the reasons why [...]

Indie Review: Unstoppable Gorg

Tower defence has been made popular by its many mapped iterations within Warcraft 3. Since then, a horde of clones and wannabes has moved in to make a quick buck [...]

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Dota 2 Beta: Complete Impressions

As we all know, Valve is currently seeing Dota 2 through its closed beta phase, and for many it’s one of the most anticipated games of 2012, as it’s expected [...]

Review: Playstation Vita

For a long time now, the world has waited patiently for a portable device that was able to take the experiences you encounter on a console and put them in [...]

5 Games You May Not Know But Should

It’s quite simple really, these are the games you may not know about or have passed up for other titles. This article is our attempt to persuade you otherwise, because [...]

Preview: Torchlight 2

Developed by Runic Games, former founders of Blizzard North, Torchlight 2, like its recent prequel Torchlight 1, is rather predictably an isometric RPG. As equally predictable however, and as you’d [...]

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Indie Review: Cave Story Plus

Cave Story Plus is an updated version of the original Cave Story released in 2004 and developed by Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya over a four year period. The culmination of his [...]

What Happened To Metal Gear Rising?

Welcome to the second edition of our “What Happened To” feature, in which we analyse games that have undergone drastic change, or have had a complex development period that our [...]

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Experience Points: What Is A Video Game? Part 1

Contention around what exactly constitutes a “videogame” is one of the more highly debatable topics of choice among gamers alike. There are many elements that make up an entire game. [...]

Tody’s Take: The Truth Behind The Hate For Call Of Duty

Now, that’s quite a controversial headline I’ve chosen isn’t it? But there’s an actual reason for that, and I’m about 43% sure that it wasn’t just to attract attention. I [...]

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In A Nerd’s Honest Opinion: Batman: Arkham Awesome

Most successful gaming series end on a trilogy; this is especially the case with a series as well received as the Batman Arkham series. As such, I’m going to assume [...]

Multiplayer Games We Hope To Exceed Expectations In 2012

2012 is looking to be a great year for gaming and in particular, multiplayer gaming. This list is a list of the games everyone expects to be great, but that [...]