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Demo Impressions: Blur
Blur is the latest game being developed by Bizarre Creations, who are also the team behind the legendary Project Gotham Racing titles. Don’t be thinking that Blur is going to be like Project Gotham,...
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Hands on: Final Fantasy XIV Beta
As the closed beta testing for Final Fantasy XIV moved from phase two to phase three, the NDA has been partially dropped (posting movies still isn’t allowed), allowing me to finally share my...
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Final Fantasy XIV: How the “Fatigue” system really works
In the last few days some “information” about the so called “fatigue” system in the upcoming MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV by Square Enix (you can also read my in-depth hands on article), stirred a real...
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Hands on: Final Fantasy XIV open beta
Now that the open beta is closed and the release date is upon us, we can easily say that Final Fantasy XIV has proven to be a truly polarizing game, true to the Final Fantasy tradition. Observing...
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Demo Impressions: Crysis 2 (Multiplayer Demo)
The original Crysis on PC was one of those titles that came along and blew away the competition, setting the bar for future releases. This wasn’t for its standard of gameplay, however, but its...
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Beta Impressions: Killzone 3 Multiplayer (Open Beta)
Killzone 2 is one of the jewels in the crown of the many quality exclusives that the Playstation 3 has in its library, and therefore it’s no wonder that anticipation for Killzone 3 is at fever-pitch...
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Beta Impressions: Gears of War 3
If there’s one fault you can throw at the Gears of War franchise, it’s that the multiplayer has never really got it right. Flawed mechanics, empowering matchmaking facilities making for unfair...
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Demo Impressions: Battlefield 3 Multiplayer BETA
Pumping out the groundbreaking Frostbyte 2.0 engine, DICE have been working extremely hard to create an FPS to blow Activision’s behemoth off track. James Ireland takes a look at the Rush multiplayer...
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Hands On: Defenders of Ardania
Tower defense games over the years have degenerated into an overworked, repetitive and innovation-deficient genre. Every now and then, however, a gem like Defense Grid: The Awakening comes along, with...
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Demo Impressions: DUST 514 Beta
First-person shooters tend to be games that I take a lot of enjoyment in playing, so a large-scale FPS sounds like it is right up my street. Not only is this shooter a large-scale game, but it can...
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Demo Impressions: Crysis 3 Multiplayer Open Beta
The term ‘beta’ has a very different meaning to what it used to. Whereas it used to refer to a crucial stage of development in which testers would help developers discover bugs and gameplay flaws, it’s...
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Planetary Annihilation reverses Minecraft model, charges more for unfinished...
Although I’m personally yet to open my wallet for the recent craze of Kickstarters, Steam Early Access and schemes of their ilk, I support the concept wholeheartedly. With consumers able to directly...
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MMO Spotlight: Neverwinter Open Beta
Dungeons and Dragons is probably the most famous and popular RPG that you’ve never played. Back before the days of immersive video-games, friends would gather around a table replete with maps, playing...
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Beta Impressions: Titanfall
Back at an E3 2013 full of next-gen reveals, Titanfall game seemed to steal the show with over sixty awards in total, including a number of mainstream media outlet’s ‘Best of Show’. That same game has...
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Beta Impressions: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PS4)
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is the relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV, a MMO originally released by Square Enix in 2010. The reborn realm of Eorzea has been available to explore on PS3 and PC since...
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Prepare for Destiny
As of today at 10:00am PDT, you can access the Destiny Beta on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and here is some important information to get you started. Don’t worry, everything applies to Xbox 360...
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Hands On: The Crew
If you’ve ever sat with a country road extending ahead of you and wanted to just drive as fast as you could until the police or a rogue corner stopped you, then The Crew may just be the thing you need....
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Hands On: The Division (Beta)
Having spent a weekend with the Beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division, it was a pleasant surprise not to immediately fall into a coma at the rehashing of yet another mindless cover shooter. It still...
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Hands On: Hitman (beta)
IO Interactive’s latest Hitman game has been getting quite a lot of attention of late and not for entirely positive reasons. You may have heard that the game has recently adopted a episodic structure,...
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