On first glance could be forgiven for thinking Resogun was nothing more than a modern version of old arcade classic Defender and there’s certainly some evidence to back that up. The game involves shooting hundreds of alien ships while rescuing stranded humans and taking them to safety. But there’s more to it, much more…
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Hot on the heels of the Xbox One (in Europe, that is, the US got theirs first) comes the Playstation 4. This is the console that Sony have pinned all their hopes of reviving the sort of fanbase they had with the original Playstation and Playstation 2 on. The Package In an interesting aesthetic battle, Sony have chosen white and blue as their primary box colours, a polar opposite to Microsoft’s deep black box. My preference goes to the Xbox here, though boxes are often seen once and forgotten about…
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This game gave me one of those gaming moments I will always treasure and remember. You might know what I mean by this if I say “the first time I jumped off of the cliff-top helipad playing the Damavand Peak map in Battlefield 3”. This was more like an epiphany, except it was coupled with the joy you feel whilst watching your child open a Christmas present. Some things are so full of potential that you can be almost too scared to look at them. This is largely due to…
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It’s big, black and menacing, and that’s just the packaging. The Xbox One is certainly no lightweight, literally, when it comes to looks. First impressions are pretty much going to always be about the size.
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Rayman’s return to gaming took an unusual path through a land of Rabbids before finally making his way back to his traditional platform genre with the rather excellent Rayman Origins. Legends continues Origin’s successful structure with a few additions of its own, but can it recapture the magic?
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Disney, you either love them or hate them. The majority of kids love them, of course and so do many adults, whether they want to admit to embracing their inner child or not.
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The hero of Gunslinger would probably describe this as the perfect Western First Person Shooter, being keen on over-playing any situation, but then he might just have a point.
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Many mobile ports of console or PC games raise hopes that the new version can capture all the magic of the original, but few live out that promise. Xcom, though, is one of these.
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Is Animal Crossing a game? There’s a lot to be said for Nintendo’s loveable franchise, but it still doesn’t seem to fit the typical definition of a video game.
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Innovation may be important in gaming these days, but when something is already perfect, why break it? Such is the case with Kingdom Rush Frontiers, the sequel to the hit Tower Defence game Kingdom Rush.
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