Andy Naylor reviews XCOM 2… XCOM 2 is the successor to the impressive XCOM: Enemy Unknown (and XCOM: Enemy Within, which was essentially an expansion pack). Set 20 years after the original, Earth has since been conquered by the aliens, known as Elders, and the planet is run by a government of alien collaborators called […]
Batman v Superman isn’t a bad film
Andy Naylor comes to the defense of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice… Spoilers ahead, you’ve been warned. Okay, here’s a sentence that is going to cause some controversy. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is not that bad a film. Whoa, calm down. It really isn’t. I’m not saying it’s a fantastic movie, I’m […]
Video Game Review – PES 2016
Andy Naylor reviews PES 2016… Last year’s PES [read our review here] was promising. It showed some footballing intuition, it felt better than any PS3/360 incarnation ever did. With this in mind, there was a trickle of excitement at how, in the following 12 months, Konami could tweak and improve upon the positive steps taken in PES […]
Video Game Review – The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Andy Naylor reviews The Escapists: The Walking Dead… By now everyone knows what The Escapists is about, (in case you don’t know) it’s a cutesy retro puzzle game with an addiction level that borders on worrying. The latest incarnation of it has team-ed (sorry) the game with the mammoth The Walking Dead TV franchise, so […]
Video Game Review – Grand Theft Auto V (Next Gen)
Andy Naylor reviews Grand Theft Auto V… By now, everyone knows what to expect from Rockstar’s GTA franchise. Grand Theft Auto V was arguably the best to date, an epic, engaging story with a wealth of interesting characters jam-packed into an immersive story. What let it down was the generation of console it was released […]
World of Warcraft surpasses 10 million subscribers
Arguably one of the most popular games of all time, World of Warcraft, has now surpassed 10 million subscribers. Not only that, but the latest expansion pack, Warlords of Draenor, sold 3.3 million copies in just 24 hours. Blizzard had this to say: “We’re thrilled that so many players jumped in to play Warlords of […]
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare enjoys biggest entertainment launch of 2014
Everyone knows Call of Duty is a big deal, whether they are a fan of it or not, however, the launch of the latest incarnation, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, not only is the biggest game launch of the year, it’s the biggest entertainment launch of the year. It has bested any book, music or […]
Video Game Review – Worms WMD on Nintendo Switch
Andy Naylor reviews Worms WMD on Nintendo Switch… Team 17 have returned to the 2D world of gaming for Worms WMD. It is old school Worms merged supped up Weapons of Mass Destruction – which reign extra mayhem on an array of destructible maps. In truth, this is a simply port from a game released […]
EA and DICE put Star Wars Battlefront II microtransactions on hold after fan backlash
If you’ve read my Star Wars Battlefront II Beta impression piece, you’ll know I was scathing in my opinion of the choices EA and DICE made with the use of micro transactions, progression, unlocks, loot boxes within the online portion of the game. I was far from the sole voice in expressing my disgust. Things […]
Video Game Review – Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES Edition
Andy Naylor reviews the Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES Edition… Last year’s NES Mini was a huge success. It gave us 30 somethings a little flashback back into our childhood and let us reminisce about the good old days and how much better gaming was in the 90s. But you know what, with the odd exception, […]
