When it was first announced that StarCraft ll was going to be split into three parts, fans were somewhat upset. To be fair, It did kind of sound like Blizzard was trying to extract every last penny from its fan [...]

A Sunday afternoon stroll along the beach, followed by a glass of merlot and a cigarette over a game of chess. These are the pursuits on offer in Bientôt l’été, Tale Of Tales most ambitious work to date. Life’s simple [...]

It seems the retro nostalgia bubble has no breaking point. Any and every video gaming platform is rich with games harking back to the ‘good ol’ days’. Super Icon Ltd’s Life Of Pixel has ensured that PlayStation Mobile is no [...]

Fifteen months ago I reviewed the original version of this Serious Sam and I can’t believe where the time has gone. It only felt like yesterday I was blasting through Mommy’s Best Games’ (MBG) superb 2D representation of the Serious [...]

If I were to describe the Devil May Cry series in one word, it would be, ‘inconsistent’. There are the highs, like the first game. Which while difficult to go back to now, was hugely influential and effectively gave birth [...]

In 2010 Platinum Games won the hearts and minds of many gamers with the double punch of Bayonetta and Vanquish. Sure, MadWorld and Infinite Space had previously been received fairly positively, but it was this brace of games, Bayonetta especially, [...]

Quirky puzzle games with a simple core idea, a striking aesthetic and bundles of quick-to-play levels are not exactly in short supply on iOS, in fact there are hundreds of them. Hundreds, geddit? Hundreds? Hundreds? Bueller? I wish more people [...]

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” So said Albert Einstein, and (less notably, but more pertinently to the topic at hand) Vaas Montenegro, Far Cry 3’s antagonist. Given that [...]

Catcha Catcha Aliens! is an iOS game that blends aspects several other games. Can it exceed the sum of its parts? Let’s find out. All I knew about Catcha Catcha Aliens! before playing it was that Jonathan Ross and Stephen [...]

What is this I’m feeling? Is it pleasure? Pain? Hitman: Absolution leaves mixed emotions after the series’ long break. There was a time, some ten years ago, when Hitman was one of the staples of my gaming diet. Alongside Max [...]