All Posts by: Andrew Bryant
LEGO Batman Review
Andrew Bryant packs his LEGO Bat Shark Repellent and joins the (plastic) dynamic duo in their fight against crime.… Read More…
Review: LEGO Batman
It’s safe to say the game that restarted the LEGO gaming franchise, LEGO Star Wars, was a bit of a fluke. From a (at the time) minor British developer and released to cash-in on the Star Wars hype around the release of Revenge of the Sith, nobody really expected much, given the lack of interest in previous LEGO games. BOY was everyone in for a surprise…!
Aimed at the younger casual gamer with a strong focus on group-play, the game was an overnight success. It’s melding of an almost flawless drop-in/drop-out gameplay mechanics, a warped sense of humour and an … Read More…
Far Cry 2 has narrow view of the world
A little over a year ago, in a major startling development for the industry, a game was released… A relatively minor spectacle, it crept in from somewhere left-field relatively unnoticed and radically under-hyped, landing on a few different platforms. It was called BioShock and it didn’t like Widescreen monitors/TV.
Much hilarity ensued and after much accusation of widescreen-ism, 2K relented and patched a toggle into the game enabling everyone to see an extra 10 o of visualitude either side, allowing a glimpse of Jacks dislocated wrench shoulder where the weapon designer cut corners. Anyway, after that minor debacle (satiated by … Read More…
Zee GOG-gles! Good Old Games.com reaches Public Beta
After a few months of not-so-private closed beta-ing, Good Old Games has been released on the unwashed masses willing to throw down money for Vista compatible versions of greats like Fallout , Sacrifice & FreeSpace 2 (and not-so-greats, like Earthworm Jim 3D , I.G.I. 2 & Conquest of the New World ).
The official word is…
From today on, GOG.com is officially available to every classic PC games fan that wants to satisfy his need for DRM-free Good Old Games.
“The success of the Early Access Beta showed us that there is huge demand for DRM-free classic PC games, and
BBBRRRAAAIIINNNSSS – WoW World Event heralds arrival of Lich King Expansion
Just like the Scourge Invasion that preceded the release of the Burning Crusade expansion back in 2007, Blizzard has started to spread the plagued tendrils of the Lich King (their words) amongst its server population as a prelude to the arrival of the long-awaited expansion to the biggest MMO the world has ever seen.
Perks apparantly include zombification (does WoW support location based damage?), plagues and much much n00b griefing!
WoW Insider has the full scoop here. … Read More…
Holy Sh*t – Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2 launch date announced
It’s been a little while coming, a fact I can forgive for the debut’s brilliance, but PA & Hothead Games have announced the official launch details for the next in their series of turn-based twisted RPG-em-ups.
Press Release after the hop, skip & jump…… Read More…
Far Cry 2 Performance Review
As I type this, a large number of you (myself included) will either have a small parcel winging its way to them (via your preferred postal service) or a large number of itty-bitty bytes filling your computers hard disk
Contained within said package will, apparently, be a prime candidate for game of the year… a promised tour-de-force 40-hour African safari with blood, guts, violence, and many, many zebras. Yes, Far Cry 2 has shipped for a large deal of people.
In anticipation of it hitting doormats/hard drives, Guru3D have taken sixteen of the worlds favourite graphics cards ( ATI AMD … Read More…
Old, New, Borrowed, Twi’lek Blue? Star Wars: The Old Republic announced
In what seems to have been the internet’s laziestly kept secret after the new Macbook Pros , cornerstones of spacey RPG-ness Bioware and their new EA overlords have officially announced the long-rumoured-and-secretly-suspected Knights of the Old Republic MMO, now officially called Star Wars : The Old Republic .
In Star Wars: The Old Republic, players will explore an age thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader when war between the Old Republic and the Sith Empire divides the galaxy. Players can choose to play as Jedi, Sith, or a variety of other classic Star Wars roles, defining their
360 to get Exclusive Tomb Raider Underworld Episodes, Demo.
Eidos have signed a deal with Microsoft that will see two new Downloadable Episodes hit XBOX Live for Tomb Raider Underworld after release.
The first episode titled Beneath the Ashes, takes place right after the conclusion of Underworld and will take you to a “incredible new environment” and will feature new enemies. This episode is scheduled to hit Live by Christmas.
The second episode, expected next year, is titled Lara’s Shadow, and will apparently feature a new kind of Playable Character and “create a unique Tomb Raider Experience”.
“We are constantly looking at ways to extend our franchises, whilst developing
New Tomb Raider Underworld Trailers
We were sent the latest Trailers for Eidos’ Timb Raider Underworld, due out on 21st November.
Enjoy.
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