Category:  Editorial

Sonic Fan Remix – Because Sega still don’t get it!

By Andrew Bryant, October 9, 2010 0 Editorial

Ok, Barry didn’t really get on with the iOS version of Sonic 4, but it’s not like everyone didn’t see it coming – Sonic Team have been sent to Coventry many times with their broken attempts to reinvent their namesake series for years.

So, as per usual, it’s up to the fans to show them how it’s done.… Read More…

GOG.com closure – Real, Genuine Tragedy or Terrible Marketing Failure **UPDATED**

By Andrew Bryant, September 22, 2010 34 Editorial, Industry News, PC

When Good Old Games announced today, out of the blue, that they are closing down, there was a disturbance in the gaming force, as if millions of gamers who like owning old gaming properties that are being squatted on by their publishers cried out in terror!

Only being the internet, nobody was really silenced…… Read More…

Record-breaking Fail – Troubled APB Shuts Down

By Andrew Bryant, September 16, 2010 1 Editorial, PC

In what is clearly a record for an already over-saturated market, All Points Bulletin, the hybrid MMO/shooter from the beleaguered Realtime Worlds, has closed down after less than three short months in the wild.

The internet already has a compelling lawsuit-load of evidence of the many failures at Realtime Worlds that lead up to this point, not least this blog currently being maintained by ex-staffer Luke Halliwell, who vents his thoughts quite vigourously at the mis-management that clearly went on behind the scenes.

Regardless, following a month of administration and a clear inability to find a rescue buyer, the decision … Read More…

Retrospective – F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

By Andrew Bryant, May 16, 2010 1 Editorial, PC, PS3, XBOX 360

On the eve of F.E.A.R. 3’s release, Andrew Bryant sinks his teeth into the previous entry into Alma’s world.

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