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Reboots and re-imaginings seem to be all the rage across both Hollywood and the video games industry these days, and if there’s one heroine who was due such treatment then it was probably Lara Croft. Back in her PlayStation heyday she was the star of bona-fide triple-A titles on a consistent basis, but after several missteps it seemed it was time for developer Crystal Dynamics to take Lara back to the drawing board…
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham marks the fourth brick-busting instalment in the series to be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One since their respective launches this time last year, and yet the quick turnarounds on each production once again show no sign of diminishing quality with Batman’s third adventure. Having said that, Beyond Gotham is less of a Batman adventure and more of a DC adventure. Much as LEGO Marvel…
November guarantees us colder weather, longer nights, the unveiling of the John Lewis Christmas advert and, most inevitably of all, a new Assassin’s Creed. In fact this year we have two: Rogue for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Unity for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Unity is the one Ubisoft really needs to deliver, as they look to launch their most popular triple-A franchise into the current generation with…
There’s something comforting about the fact that Team17 are still cranking out Worms games in 2014, almost 20 years since the anthropomorphic critters made their debut in 1995. No matter what exciting improvements and steps forward for the industry we hope for when a console hits store shelves, one thing we can always be certain of is a new version of Worms. For the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the West…
Some of the best pieces of single player downloadable content in recent years have been quirky, offbeat interpretations of their core games – the likes of Mass Effect 3’s brilliantly self aware Citadel campaign, Red Dead Redemption’s Halloween special and Far Cry 3’s riff on 1980’s B-movie action flicks are the ones that come to mind – but Ubisoft have taken a rather different approach with Assassin’s Creed: Freedom…
High Moon Studios has a history of bringing well known franchises to the gaming space with a verve and panache that is not often seen in licensed titles. Both 2008’s The Bourne Conspiracy and 2010’s Transformers: War for Cybertron were surprisingly well received, and they followed up the success they had with their first Transformers effort by delivering the equally impressive Fall of Cybertron last summer. This…
Michel Ancel - the creator of Rayman and project lead on the latest title to feature the limbless hero, Rayman Legends - seems to stick out like a sore thumb among his contemporaries. You only need to observe someone like Cliff Bleszinksi preach about the emotional core of Gears of War to know that, in many ways, it has become an industry that takes itself too seriously. Whilst nobody would discount the game of the…
As easy as it is to be cynical about the annualisation of Assassin’s Creed and the milking of Far Cry, it cannot be denied that Ubisoft certainly aren’t afraid of taking the occasional gamble. Last year saw the release of two new properties from the French publisher in the form of loot-driven shooter The Division and open world snowboarding game Steep, while Rainbow Six: Siege has become one of the surprise success…
Let’s begin with the elephant in the room: 1-2-Switch should have been packed in with the Nintendo Switch. Following in the footsteps of the cultural phenomenon that was Wii Sports and the charming Nintendoland, 1-2-Switch has been positioned as the ideal way to get friends and family involved with your new toy and showcase its gimmicks, but its £39.99 price tag is hard to justify, even more so than it would have…
The stunning success of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, may have lapped up all the attention, but that’s not to say that there’s no other fun to be had among the rest of the Nintendo Switch’s launch lineup. As it turns out, the adorable puzzler Snipperclips is particularly worthy of taking up a spot on your new console’s home screen. This unexpected indie delight is a simple concept both to explain and to…
Having seen how quickly upcoming platformer Yooka-Laylee smashed its crowdfunding target, there seems to be a real appetite for the return of the style of game that defined so many of our childhoods on the Nintendo 64. The team at Playtonic has been unashamedly vocal about their desire to recapture the magic that made Rare such a beloved developer before Microsoft reduced the studio to a Kinect factory, with the…
Remaking games from the eight and 16-bit eras was all the rage a few years ago, and indie developers who grew up with hits like Super Mario Bros and Mega Man were keen to craft their own contemporary takes on that period of gaming as well. As a result we got critical darlings such as Shovel Knight and Axiom Verge. Developer Lizardcube could be accused of being somewhat late to the party with a remake of Wonder Boy…
The old adage that looks can be deceiving has not rung as true as this in quite some time. At first glance, Playdead’s Inside looks like a very simple follow-up to their debut hit from 2010, Limbo. Both see you take on the role of a faceless child in a dark and dangerous world, running to the right; solving puzzles and avoiding danger as you go. It doesn’t take long, though, for Inside’s true nature to reveal…
From technically impressive but fairly unremarkable cover shooter, to one of the industry’s premiere franchises – it’s been some journey for the Uncharted series. The jump from 2007’s Drake’s Fortune to the 2009 sequel Among Thieves in particular was quite incredible. Among Thieves set new standards for action games, rewriting the rulebook and inspiring other developers to try and replicate its success. Not even…
For years, playing from a first-person perspective meant you were shooting. Whether it be monsters from hell, alien lifeforms or modern day terrorists; gaming through the eyes of another meant you were probably going to war. Things have changed in recent years thanks to the emergence of first-person exploration games like Gone Home and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, which forego action and spectacle in favour of…
If there’s one aspect of gaming that’s really come into its own in recent years, it’s storytelling. Books, TV shows and films have been able to totally immerse us in their worlds by crafting gripping narratives and filling them with characters that we can relate to and care about, but games are traditionally more focused on things like mechanics and level design. Those that concentrate on narrative, like Telltale’s…
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