by Phil Hayton
2 months
Despite being relatively fresh-faced, developer DONTNOD has managed to carve out their own space in the industry, releasing some of the best narrative experiences episodic games has to offer. From the episodic teenage escapade Lif...
by Phil Hayton
3 months
Little Nightmares is a series that capitalises on the horror of being small and defenceless within a dark twisted world. It isn’t a series that directly terrifies through instant jump scares, but instead relies on macabre c...
by Phil Hayton
3 months
If one thing’s for certain, it’s that Crash has had a rocky career as a video game mascot. Despite reaching his peak in 1998 and going into hiatus for seven years in 2010, the power of nostalgia has somehow managed to keep the...
by Phil Hayton
5 months
When Rare was absorbed into the Xbox ecosystem back in 2002, the fate of many beloved franchises became uncertain. From the harsh censoring of Conker’s potty mouth to the bastardisation of everyone’s favourite bear and bird du...
by Phil Hayton
6 months
It’s been 15 years since developer Pandemic graced us with the extra-terrestrial power trip that is Destroy All Humans and we’ve still not been wiped out by otherworldly beings. While various video game experiences feature the...
by Phil Hayton
6 months
When the world was finally presented with Death Stranding, no one was prepared for what it actually was. For some, it was a mere walking simulator, living in the shadow of Hideo Kojima’s legacy. In contrast to this, many found t...
by Phil Hayton
7 months
It’s the year 2020 and top ten lists of “games that need to be remade or remastered” are becoming less relevant by the second as cult classics and critical darlings are slowly, but surely, being awoken from their slumber and...
by Phil Hayton
7 months
When it comes to the real-time strategy genre, there’s usually one core scenario to be found – war. Whether it’s an intergalactic feud between humans and bug-like aliens or even just a good old historical reenactment, fa...
by Phil Hayton
8 months
A Jay and Silent Bob video game? Who would pay to play that? There’s something beautifully ironic when it comes to Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob. The cross-faded duo’s progression from being loiterers outside of one of cu...
by Phil Hayton
1 year
Before Death Stranding became gaming’s most realistic interpretation of an underpaid Amazon delivery courier, creator Hideo Kojima made another game about delivery. No matter how you feel about telepathic infants, being over...
by Phil Hayton
1 year
Fantasy adventures are dime a dozen within the world of video games, with the premise of a mystical, magical world being far from unique. What has become a novel concept, however, is the idea of a fairytale-inspired title falls in...
