Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West – Review

Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West – Review

Howdy partner! Welcome to the Wild West, the roughest, toughest and meanest place you’ll ever come across. What’s that? You’re looking for gold? Well sonny there’s not much gold in these here parts. No sir, not seen gold in these hills since back in the…

Dungeon Siege III – Review

Dungeon Siege III – Review

The games industry needs a Naughty Book.  A detailed list of faux pas that every publisher allows a developer to make once in a while, which cause distress to the game’s pre-release following once the title hits store shelves. Were it that such a compendium…

Revenge Of The Titans – Review

Revenge Of The Titans – Review

Your headquarters is still standing. Your turrets are in place. Your funds are dwindling. In the distance, you hear the soft rumble of one hundred giant feet marching their way towards you. You take a breath and wait. In about twenty seconds they will descend…

Bastion – Review

Bastion – Review

“Proper stories are supposed to start at the beginning; ain’t so simple with this one”. The first words you’ll hear from the stranger as Bastion fades in from black, so with those words in mind, I want you all to skip to the end of…

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Gameplay Preview and Interview

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Gameplay Preview and Interview

RPGs are enjoying a golden age. Naysayers will dismiss that opening statement by tossing the hats of games long gone into the ring for these fresh, upcoming fighters to do battle with for the crown. The genre itself has escaped its constraints of complicated mechanics,…

F1 2011 – Preview

F1 2011 – Preview

With the British Grand Prix weekend starting in one day at the time of writing, it’s somewhat fitting that within the confines of the M25, in a building close to Shepherd’s Bush sits, if you let your imagination run, a temporary paddock. Within those rather…

The Rise and Fall of Command & Conquer

The Rise and Fall of Command & Conquer

Command & Conquer is probably one of the most recognised computer game franchises in the world today, and especially so if you are a fan of the real-time strategy (RTS) genre. If you’ve been anywhere near a PC and used if for gaming in the…