Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… If there was one game on display at EGX this year that personified pressure to perform, it was Guitar Hero Live. I would consider myself a fan of the series and have played pretty much all of them to date, I’m no expert but I know my way around […]
EGX 2015: Hands on with Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Uncharted needs absolutely no introduction. Naughty Dog delivered one of the greatest series in video games and Nathan Drake was taken into the hearts of gamers the world over with his matinee hero charm and shouts of ‘Oh crap’ every time something went wrong, which was quite often. From […]
EGX 2015: Hands On with Tom Clancy’s The Division
Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… By far and away the game with the most impressive wait time of the whole event was Tom Clancy’s The Division with Ubisoft reps speaking of queues up to 5 hours long within mere minutes of the doors to the event opening. Thankfully we managed to avoid the herculean […]
EXG 2015: Hands on with Cuphead
Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Without doubt in my top 3 games on show at EGX 2015 and the one I couldn’t help but return to for ‘just one more go’, Cuphead was an utter delight from the moment I picked up the controller and made me instantly jealous that I don’t own an […]
Video Game Review – Mad Max
Kris Wall reviews Mad Max… There was a time when the mere mention of a licensed game or a movie tie in was enough to strike fear into the hearts of all gamers, it was once synonymous with the worst that video games had to offer. So you really have to hand it to Warner […]
EGX 2015: Hands on with Rise of the Tomb Raider
Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Another game which drew highly impressive queues and wait times at this year’s EGX was Crystal Dynamics’ Rise of the Tomb Raider, the follow up to their excellent 2013 series reboot. Players were given a small 20 minute segment to play through that showcased everything from action to exploration […]
Video Game Review – Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Kris Wall reviews Wolfenstein: The Old Blood… Wolfenstein has long been considered ‘The Godfather’ of the first person shooter genre, the one which started it all, without which there would be no Battlefield, no Halo and no Call of Duty, a bold and lofty claim but not one without evidence and merit. 2001’s Return to […]
Video Game Review – Mortal Kombat X
Kris Wall reviews Mortal Kombat X… In a world of Street Fighters, Tekkens and Killer Instincts, Mortal Kombat has always seemed like the one on one underdog, it’s gratuitous yet shallow violence seemed fun for a few novelty plays and water cooler talk of the increasingly gruesome fatalities, but often overlooked in favour of the […]
Ashley Johnson wins BAFTA for The Last of Us, full list of winners for British Academy Video Games Awards
Last night, Ashley Johnson won the BAFTA Award for Best Performance in a Video Game for reprising her role as Ellie in The Last of Us for its DLC prequel, Left Behind. Taking to the stage at the Tobacco Dock in London to thank her co-star, Troy Baker and the creative team at Naughty Dog, […]
Video Game Review – Dying Light (PlayStation 4)
Kris Wall reviews Dying Light… In Dying Light, you play Kyle Crane, an operative for the Global Relief Effort or G.R.E. Crane is tasked with dropping into the quarantined city of Harran and retrieving a top secret file stolen from them by Kadir Suleiman, a rogue politcian who also happens to be currently ruling over […]
