Your eyes are blurry and strain to focus in the dim lit room. It smells of mildew and rotting food. Your head is splitting from a wound you don’t remember getting. How long have you been in this chair? Your…
Month: June 2016
‘Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Demo’ Video Impressions
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away… we wrote the longest title for an article ever. But that’s just how it has to go when we’re talking Star Wars! E3 has been riddled with announcements, surprises, and free…
‘Halo Wars 2’ First Impressions
Halo Wars 2 is a big rock, paper, scissors match. Infantry beat aircraft, aircraft beat ground vehicles, and ground vehicles beat infantry. At times it’s a bit more complicated than that, but you’ve got to keep that in mind when creating…
E3 2016: How custom characters work in ‘Skylanders Imaginators’
In a surprise reveal yesterday, Sony announced during their press conference that Crash Bandicoot is back. Not only is the PlayStation icon appearing in full-blown remakes of the original three PlayStation 1 games, but he is making his toys-to-life debut through Skylanders Imaginators, the next…
‘Fenix Furia’ Review
Platforms PS4/Xbox One Developer Green Lava Studios Publisher Reverb Triple XP Genre Action Platformer Platform Played Xbox One Despite already existing on Steam under the title Fenix Rage, the console version, complete with added features, suffered a name change due to an aggressive lawsuit over the word “Rage.” With the…
Chasing a Slice: The Current State of Video Game Funding In Australia
Australian video game developers are trying to find success in a billion dollar industry, but what’s the government doing to help, and are there any alternatives asks Nathan Manning Would you be willing to leave your stable job at a…
‘Hitman’ – Episode 3: Marrakesh Review
Platforms PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Genre Action-Adventure, Stealth Platform Played PlayStation 4 Developer IO Interactive Publisher Square Enix The third episodic installment in the Hitman series takes players to the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, but the latest stop on Agent 47’s worldwide adventure produces the most forgettable chapter…
‘Overwatch’ Servers Currently Down on PS4
PlayStation 4 users hoping to spend their last hours of May playing Overwatch were in for disappointment as the server access to Battle.Net crashed around 11:15pm est. While not specific to gamer’s like myself in North America, 1,122 reports were shared as of 11:15pm…
‘Ratchet & Clank’ Review
Platform PlayStation 4 Genre Platformer, Shooter Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment Developer Insomniac Games Ratchet & Clank on PlayStation 4 utilises both the newly released animated film and the original origin story to bring forth a fresh new take on the heroic Lombax Ratchet, and the loyal robot…