Games: Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 Hands-On Preview
Nine long years ago, back when the playing field for football videogames was flat, the annual battle for marketplace supremacy was entirely one-sided. EA’s FIFA series, which hadn’t been truly match-fit since its faultless SNES iteration back in 1995, had … Continue reading
E3: Assassin’s Creed – Brotherhood Preview
Last year’s Assassin’s Creed 2 was the very best kind of sequel – it took what worked in the slightly flawed original, beefed those parts up, and discarded all of the elements that made the second half of that first … Continue reading
Xbox 360, PS3 & Wii Games: Green Day – Rockband Preview
Harmonix’s Chris Foster, in London for EA’s showcase event last week to assist in promoting the release of the imminent Rock Band: Green Day, steps up to the microphone with a burst of jet-lagged swagger. Greeting the room’s gaming press … Continue reading
Xbox 360, PS3 & PC Games: Dead Space 2 Preview
The announcement of a sequel to Dead Space is one that immediately inspires mixed feelings. Dismay because the original game told an uncommonly engrossing story that stood entirely on its own, and joy because that game was a hair’s breadth … Continue reading
Xbox 360, PS3 & PC Games: Alpha Protocol Hands-On Preview
Role-playing games, by and large, aren’t really known for toying with their own foundations, largely because the traits of the genre are so rigidly designed that experimentation often puts a boot into the game’s credibility within that genre. There are … Continue reading
Games: Exclusive Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Hands-On Preview
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is the next chapter in the fan-favourite Sands of Time universe, read on for our exclusive hands-on preview… Ubisoft’s new Prince Of Persia title is gunning for a patch that is both exciting and … Continue reading
PS3 & XBox 360 Games: Exclusive Naughty Bear Preview & Trailer
Naughty Bear appears to be a game composed of so much invention and wit, that boiling it down to one choice soundbite seems almost heartless. But development team A2M clearly came up with some absolutely killer shorthand when they coined … Continue reading
XBox 360 & PC Games: Metro 2033 Event – Hands-On Preview
THQ’s eagerly-awaited Metro 2033 (XBox 360 & PC) is based on a self-published science fiction novel by Russian journalist Dmitry Glukhovsky… Continue reading