PC Reviews
Blacklight: Retribution [Review] – Fluorescent
What do you think of when you hear the term “black light”? Do you think of counterfeit money? Blood trails in awful cop [...]
The Walking Dead [Review] – Episodes 1 and 2
‘Interactive fiction’ is often seen as a dirty word in this medium. It conjures up expectations of ‘watch this and choose that’, rather [...]
Inversion [Review] – A case of technology over creativity
Grand ideas are one thing, execution is another. Sometimes they can co-exist; the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, the internet and man [...]
The Secret World [Review] – Revealed
The biggest problem with reviewing an MMO is that, within three days, it’s entirely possible that most of the issues I note will [...]
Endless Space [Review] – Imperial
Playing a game like Endless Space in 95 degree heat is a bit weird. Here I am, trying to expand my chosen species through the [...]
Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage [Review] – Gun it
Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage opens with a structural decision so strange that it forms the peak of a dramatically inverse difficulty curve, and casts [...]
Spec Ops: The Line [Review] – Heart of gold, gameplay of darknes
The narrative pillars of setting, character and plot that try so heroically to hold up Spec Ops: The Line are – simply put – wonderful. [...]
Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 [Review]
The bestest ever Magic: The Gathering videogame adaptation came out in 1997. It was named, quite simply,Magic: The Gathering, and it combined the standard card [...]
Game of Thrones [Review] – Stark contrasts
You’ve got to hand it to Cyanide, the French developers certainly know how to secure a popular license. First they wrangled the rights [...]
Diablo III [Review] – Bloody hell
I want to say that Diablo III is polished to a mirror sheen, but that wouldn’t exactly be accurate. If anything, it’s more [...]
Warlock: Master of the Arcane [Review] – A wizard wheeze
Describing something as a light strategy game has never sat well with me. Light shooter? Sure. Light RPG? I can go with that. [...]
Binary Domain PC [Review] – Robot rock
Binary Domain’s PC port is proving to be quite divisive. Glance at the Steam forums for the game and you’ll find ongoing wars [...]
Risen 2: Dark Waters [Review] – Murky
I like Risen 2 – I’m just not quite sure why. Bear this in mind while reading this review, in which I’ll be [...]
A Valley Without Wind [Review] – It doesn’t blow
The other day I was watching a TED Talk by a designer who was stressing just how quickly people will make a judgement [...]
Tribes Ascend [Review] – Speed kills
Bringing back a much-beloved series, especially one that had its home on the PC, is a task fraught with danger. No matter how [...]
The Train Giant / A-Train 9 [Review] – Derailed
The Train Giant (otherwise known as A-Train 9) is … wait a second, A-Train NINE? I can remember playing the original A-Train on [...]
Naval War: Arctic Circle [Review] – A buoyant experience
Being handed a Paradox-published game to review is a bit like being handed one of those plastic containers from inside a Kinder Surprise [...]
Gettysburg: Armored Warfare [Review] – The horrors of war
I’d better come right out and state that I haven’t played Gettysburg: Armored Warfare as much as I’d have liked (well, as much [...]
The Darkness 2 in co-op [Preview]
A samurai named Inugami, the Israeli secret service agent Shoshanna, Jimmy Wilson from Glasgow and voodoo practitioner JP Dumond. These are the four [...]
E3 2011: Dead Island Preview
You know how this works. It’s a piece about Dead Island, so we have to filter any new details through the hype-lens of [...]
Fear 3 Multiplayer Hands-On
Fear 3 is a game that’s really trying to set itself apart from the mass of first-person shooters madly trying to crawl their [...]
RIFT Review
The question everyone’s asking is – when will the World of Warcraft killer appear? There’s certainly enough players willing to pay a monthly sub [...]
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Review
Review by Lauren Wainwright When you’re a fan of a series, it’s a little difficult to accept any major changes it could undergo. [...]
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Review [PC]
It’s hard, initially, to fault Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. The instant it kicks off with you touching down, in a helicopter, onto the [...]
All Aspect Warfare Review [PC]
Military sims are in vogue at the moment, aren’t they? ArmA II came out a few months back, Operation Flashpoint 2 will be [...]
Operation Flashpoint Review
Games are becoming more realistic with every release as game developers strive for the ultimate immersive experience. But who really wants to go [...]
Max Payne Review
Bring on the Payne!! That seems to be the message gamers are sending with the latest sales data for the action game, Max [...]
Half Life Blue Shift
Half Life is just such an excellent game, there’s no doubt about that. Half Life redefined how we viewed the FPS, it had [...]
Microsoft Train Sim Review
It had to happen really, no getting away from the fact that there are probably enough train buffs in the UK to sell [...]
Black and White Review
Most anticipated game of the year? Well probably. The gaming world has been waiting for the release of Black & White for what [...]
Anyway, it says right in the trailer that this will "redefine the genre" (the genre..." 
