Game Reviews

So here it is. The first game to be exclusively published by a Sony owned first party studio that is of the FPS genre on the VITA. A lot of eyes will be on this...

It has been nine years since players first set out to conquer the ancient world, whether they played as the proud Romans, the barbaric Gauls or the Greeks. This year,  this new and improved version...

Any good child of the late 80's will get the goofiest smile when they hear the Ducktales Theme, I scientifically proved it a few days ago when the song came on my car's stereo, big...

In case you have not seen DreamWorks’ new animated feature about a snail with a supercharged rocket in his shell then you are in for a very small treat.  The movie ‘Turbo’ is about a...

Dark, the game that aggravates you, the reason why? It's potential. Not only could it have been a big hit this summer but it could have changed how we think about stories in games. In...

From the very first moment that I fired up my copy of UFO Interactive’s new top down shoot-em-up, I was immediately transported back to my days as an innocent youngster playing games like Galaga and...

Time & Eternity is a unique experience filled with some innovations and common ground. You play as Toki, a princess that is marrying a knight, but tragically, your wedding is interrupted and you are tasked...

Do you remember summer camp? Do you remember the thrill of meeting new friends? The cranky cooks? The arts and crafts? The singing Sasquatch? No? Well, I sure do. Not because I’ve spent my childhood...

In 1999 SITER SKAIN, a three man doujin circle, released Kamui, a highly regarded shoot 'em up. This was the first game in The Tale of ALLTYNEX, a trilogy of legendary shoot 'em ups which have never...

When the original Mutant Mudds hit the 3DS eShop, it became an instant classic.  Now, the hit indie game is on the Wii U eShop in the form of Mutant Mudds Deluxe, and suffice it...

Have you ever been chatting to someone who’s not really listening?  Someone with a glazed look in their eyes, who keeps checking their phone, keeps looking around at other things, as you attempt to expound...

Casual racing games can be immense fun.  Remember the joys of Micromachines V3, Mashed, or Mario Kart?  They provided a slice of sheer gaming fun, leaving you laughing, giggling, and at the very least smiling,...

In 2011, Zero Sum Games raised a modest amount of $17,676 on Kickstarter to develop StarDrive, a 4X game with a space empire setting in the vein of Masters of Orion. The game promised several features...

Soul Sacrifice is here and Vita owners have something to be excited about. The big question is whether it will be the savior the handheld needs, or just another vessel to keep it afloat for a while...

Dead Island Riptide is the second game in the cooperative zombie RPG series, developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver. The first Dead Island game was released in 2011 and the reception from gamers...

Terraria is the hit title from  independent developer RE-Logic. It originally released on PC in 2011 receiving high praise from players and critics alike. The console versions of Terraria were released at the end of March 2013, although...

There are a few franchises that can rekindle interest after laying dormant for longer than five years. Although when you have crafted trio of well loved characters, you are bound strike at the hearts of...

Game Freak is a developer that is famed for their Pokemon RPGs. But because of a change in their inner structure which allowed developers to partake in their own projects, while still working on the...

BioShock Infinite is a bold and innovative game, drawing all the perfect and memorable elements from its predecessors whilst making some special ones of its own. Merging adaptive combat with a gripping storyline and a...

Neptune and the rest of the CPUs are back for another adventure in the world of Gamindustri. Who would have guessed that Compile Heart's Hyperdimension series would have gotten so popular? Back in 2010 when the first...

Games from 10 years ago tried to look as modern and graphically advanced as they could.  Suddenly, 10 years on, some games have started trying to look old again, making graphics as blocky and clunky...

Sony Santa Monica's established itself as a force to be reckoned with in the gaming industry. A studio known for lending its abilities to other Sony developers, we get the sense that they are 100% behind the PlayStation...

Atelier Ayesha is a JRPG developed by Gust, distributed by Tecmo Koei and localised for the west by NIS America. Atelier is a long running and fairly niche franchise, yet has a strong and loyal...

When Platinum games makes a Metal Gear spinoff starring a laser-sword-juggling/pseudo-philosophical cyborg complete with a wise-cracking robot dog, "bat shit crazy" are the words that come to mind. While staying from the Metal Gear formula...

Crysis 1 shattered the shackles of graphically displeasing FPS games and put even the best rigs to shame. Crysis 2 brought the dynamic gameplay to the consoles with a reduced, but still gorgeous game and...

If there is one thing that XSEED Games loves as much as their fans and honey badgers, it is the Ys  (ease) series. The company has enthusiastically brought Nihon Falcom's flagship series to the PSP, PC, and soon to...