With some trepidation, I approach Anniversary the second time around. There’s a double dose of nostalgia lying in wait here, first for the console-defining original Tomb Raider and second for Crystal Dynamics’ outstanding remake, which, through my rose-tinted bifocals (available at selected opticians), is the series’ finest hour. Not to …
Read More »Miyamoto on Wii Us poor sales – “people didnt understand the system”
Poor Wii U. Given the lack of games shown off at Nintendo’s E3 2015 conference (opens in new tab) last week, it’s easy to see how far the console has fallen. In a frank interview with NPR (opens in new tab), Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto is honest about the challenges that …
Read More »Call of Duty remasters could happen if Activision finds the time
Remember that massively successful petition for a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remaster (opens in new tab) remaster? Bringing back old Call of Duty games is something its creators “talk about and think about a lot,” according to Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg. Hirshberg told Game Informer (opens in …
Read More »PS3 is outselling Xbox One in Japan 26 to 1. Wait, what?
While Sony has happily revealed a new version of the PS4 (opens in new tab) launching in the region at the end of the month, it appears that Microsoft just can’t catch a break in Japan. As reported by Kotaku (opens in new tab), between June 8th and June 14th, …
Read More »Exclusive – Michael Biehn remembers The Terminator
You don’t need to be wired into the Skynet mainframe to know that Terminator fever is upon us again. Not only is Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the iconic role of the T-800 in Terminator Genisys – out 2 July – but James Cameron’s classic original Terminator is back on the …
Read More »Things that should (and should not) be changed in the Final Fantasy 7 remake
If it’s (not) broken… Square-Enix’s announcement of a Final Fantasy 7 Remake (opens in new tab) at E3 2015 (opens in new tab) was a shock to the system. What was long regarded as nothing more than a fanboy’s fantasy is finally becoming a reality, and we couldn’t be more …
Read More »Halo 5 lets you pay real money for fancy armor and new guns
Update: We’ve received clarification from Microsoft. In their words: “Players earn REQ Points after each multiplayer match in Arena and Warzone and redeem the points to acquire REQ Packs. There are 3 tiers of base REQ packs that can be purchased: Gold, Silver and Bronze, and requisition cards are categorized …
Read More »Fable Legends forces you to play nice with others, or die a lonely death
So, okay, I might have been a little bit aggressive while playing Fable Legends (opens in new tab). In my defense, my character looked the part; a young woman wearing no shoes, a tattered dress, and an uncompromising smirk as she hunched over a giant sword, she immediately seemed ready …
Read More »Ex-Bethesda and CD Projekt Red developers helped build Horizons open world
You might’ve noticed that Guerilla Games’ newest project Horizon: Zero Dawn has lush environments that look far more open than Killzone’s linear corridors. That’s because Horizon’s design is more organic than anything the studio has worked on in the past, with wandering herds of robo-dinos that you can happen across …
Read More »Be a hero of liberty (and destructive bastard) in Just Cause 3
I know a few things about the town I’m currently destroying. It’s somewhere in the sun-kissed Republic of Medici, a tranquil and fictional Mediterranean nation dreamed up for Just Cause 3. I know that I, as series protagonist Rico Rodriguez, am supposed to be liberating it from a tyrannical dictator …
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