Previews
SimCity [Preview] – An urban tri-vector
As we’ve been constantly reminded since SimCity was announced, this is a game that has been built from the ground with the idea ...
Previews
F1 Race Stars [Preview] – Insert tyred F1 pun
We first saw F1 Race Stars a couple of months back during the week-long sauna with sweaty fat kids that is Gamescom. Our ...
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Cargo Commander [Preview] – Crate stuff
Cargo Commander is Moon in videogame form, with Sam Rockwell’s role taken by a bearded, blue-collar chap who owns a “fuck you!” button, ...
Interviews
Need for Speed: Most Wanted [Interview] – Taming urban streets
Christmas is fast approaching, and that means the next Need for Speed is just around the corner. After last year’s disappointing Need for Speed: The Run, it’s ...
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Far Cry 3 [Preview] – Holiday from hell
The premise of Far Cry 3 is not all that dissimilar to a teen horror movie; a high-adventure vacation in a tropical paradise ...
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Hitman: Absolution [Preview] – The glory of the kill
Playing through the opening few missions of Hitman: Absolution one thing is clear, this is a game best played by those ready and ...
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Halo 4 [Preview] – Can 343 Master the Chief?
Halo’s new craftsman, 343 Industries, is playing a bit of a no-win game. If Halo 4 crashes and burns (in a similar way ...
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A Game of Dwarves [Preview] – Dweorgen Keeper
If I were to describe an isometric strategy game where you mine out resources from underground caverns, provide living arrangements and food sources ...
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F1 2012 [Preview] – Vettel to the metal
Formula 1 is a complex sport and, for some more than others, Codemasters’ F1 output is a complex videogame franchise. Videogame fans might ...
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High in Hockenheim: F1 Race Stars [Preview]
It’s 10am and I’m sitting in a room so small it would have made Anne Frank feel claustrophobic. I’d gotten about three hours ...
Previews
One Week with Ghost Recon Online [Preview] – The field report
Hmm. It’s not something that happens often, but I suspect there’s a very definite risk in creating a major free-to-play entry in an ...
Previews
PES 2013 [Preview] – Return of the King?
Every year PES promises the Earth. Major improvements to gameplay, physics, visuals and volume of content. Improvements that will put the franchise back ...
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War of the Human Tanks [Preview] – Candy Commandos
War of the Human Tanks is a game in which you are actively encouraged to use young, anime-style girls as suicide bombers. That’s ...
News
20 hours with The Secret World – A pre-review [Feature]
I should be straight up with this: split across both the closed beta and the early access period (I’m writing this right before ...
Previews
The Secret World [Preview] – Conspiracy Theories
Every now and then, there’s a game that you feel might be made for you. The basic concept just clicks with you; it’s ...
Previews
Crysis 3 [Preview] – The story of a jungle hunter
For many, Crysis is all about the nano-suit. The game’s signature gadget, and the key to the bulk of its many gameplay ideas ...
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Dishonored [Preview] – Revenge solves everything
“Revenge solves everything.” That’s the entirely plausible assertion appended to Dishonored’s debut trailer. Frankly, it’s hard to think of any problem that can’t ...
Previews
Medal of Honor: Warfighter [Preview] – An old dog with new tricks?
The space that Medal of Honor exists within is one that also houses two of modern gaming’s biggest franchises – Call of Duty ...
Previews
SimCity [Preview] – All the fun of the Mayor
Despite being thrown into a small partitioned room in the midst of Electronic Arts’ spring showcase, complete with too many people with too ...
Previews
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission [Preview] – You are the walrus
The time I’ve spent with the preview code of Bohemia Interactive’s Carrier Command: Gaea Mission has confirmed something I’ve long suspected; that the ...
Previews
Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 1.2 [Preview] – Altering the deal
Unequivocally, my favourite thing in the new patch for The Old Republic is Sprint being available from level 1. No longer do you ...
Previews
Borderlands 2 [Preview] – Bring on the skags!
Ask people what kind of game Borderlands is and you’ll get a wide variety of answers. Some will say it’s a first-person shooter, ...
Previews
Path of Exile [Preview] – Diablo, too
I learned a lot while playing Path of Exile over the weekend. I learned, for instance, that Diablo 3 sucks. I also learned ...
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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 ...
Previews
Dead Island Preview
It’s difficult to go into a demo room and see a game when your only exposure to it thus far has been a ...