Kinect: First Impressions

First, this purchase was for research purposes only. Honest. After talking one of my best mates out of buying one on launch, it was rather hypocritical of me to tweet a picture of my lovely Kinect equipment on launch day. Worry ye not though,…

Next Episode

The rise of wholly-downloadable titles as an increasingly mainstream commercial outlet, (larger budgets, space limitations and greater availability on consoles dramatically expanding what was formerly the sole domain of small fan-made PC games) has fundamentally changed the way that publishers offer certain games for sale.…

I Want The Full Story

Over the years, games have gone from addictive time wasters with little to no plot – unless Pacman held some deep and meaningful subtext about being trapped inside your own head, haunted by the ghosts of the past with the random pieces of fruit signifying…

Need For Speed – Interview

As most of you will no doubt already know, we are only a week or so away from the release of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit with Criterion taking over the role of developer to bring us an entirely new slant on the Need For…

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit – A Day At The Races

Wednesday 27th October… and it’s 8 am…

That’s early for me, really early. I don’t get out of bed for my real job that early, yet today I don’t mind so much because I’m heading to Chobham test track in Surrey for a Need for…

Golden Joystick Awards 2010

Friday saw the 28th annual Golden Joystick Awards here in London and, with the prestigious event in its 28th year, this has been its biggest and most celebrated year yet. Pulling in over a million and a half votes from gamers showing their support for…

BlizzCon 2010

There’s no gaming show or convention like BlizzCon, and while the likes of E3, Gamescom and PAX all have their place, BlizzCon is a completely different beast all together. There’s a passion at Blizzard’s annual get together that seems lost at other conventions and, while…