The holy grail of massively multiplayer games has always been how to conquer the FPS. First person shooters demand a certain technical profile; good hit detection, server latency and other such jargon laden terms. With hundreds of players clashing over … Continue reading
The term “So Bad It’s Good” has become abused this past decade. It’s due for some form of retirement alongside ‘epic’, ‘awesome’, and ‘random’, if only for a decade or so. But bear with us one moment as updated Steam-release … Continue reading
Dragon’s Dogma was one of the surprise hits of last year; a vast open-world action RPG that blended together elements of Skyrim, Monster Hunter, and Shadow of the Colossus, among others. It surprised many who had expected nothing more than … Continue reading
The 39 Steps is a classic tale of espionage by John Buchan, first published in 1915 with at least three film adaptations. It’s most famous for a chase scene across moors. But how many of you have read or seen it? The 39 Steps … Continue reading
In the age of the micro transaction, it is almost compulsory now for any major ‘Shoot em up’ to release map packs. Hot on the heels of the first DLC, the latest offering comes in a very familiar form of … Continue reading
If gaming could be said to have a counter culture, it would be fair to say the survival game is one of the darlings of said culture. In the case of Don’t Starve there are no brain munching fiends in … Continue reading
Turn based strategy games require certain degrees of patience, planning and some tactical decisions. This level of unit command and control is what made games like the original XCOM and Jagged Alliance so popular, but Back in Action has changed … Continue reading
And so it goes: a re-release of an older game proves popular which leads to a new entry in the series. The Sly Cooper HD bundle has led to this new release, Sly Copper: Thieves in Time available on the … Continue reading
It’s been a scant 10 months since the release of the game Police Force, the simulation dedicated to giving players a taste of the life of a hard working pair of coppers on the beat. Surprisingly, considering the original game’s … Continue reading
Corvo Attano isn’t the only man who was touched by the spiritual mark that grants him his powers. In the dreary streets, whaling ports, and lavish houses of nobles, another stalks in the shadows. He is the killer of an … Continue reading
Breakfall’s Marvin’s Mittens is a simple tale of a boy named Marvin. Each day when he goes out to play in the snowy woods around his house, he also looks for his missing mitten. Climbing up trees and exploring caves, … Continue reading
DLC Quest is as much a game as it is a satirical comment on the state of games and the video game industries’ trends today. The game works around “buying” sets of DLC to progress through to story and unlock … Continue reading
SquareGo has a sneaking suspicion that at least one person on Impire‘s writing staff is a massive fan of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books. It’s not just the scenario of a fifteen foot tall demon covered in flames summoned by an … Continue reading
Proteus is a sequence of various islands in which you walk through, as you observe their environments and the diverse life forms that live there. There are people who have called Proteus a “walking simulator,” Others have deemed it a … Continue reading
Adventure stories have long fuelled our collective imagination. For many years these tales of champions and their countless heroic exploits has been part of the popular zeitgeist. These yarns first appeared in literature decades ago, with novels such as King … Continue reading
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, is a game split into four “episodes”, and this review covers Episode 1: The Hangman, which introduces us to the main character of the series, Erica Reed. Erica is an FBI investigator living in Boston, … Continue reading
Running and shooting and jumping and shooting. What you have there is pretty much the pure distillation of the majority of video games, which might explain why first person shooters (FPS) have given the industry some of the most popular … Continue reading
Grimind is the product of a single man, Paweł Mogiła. Don’t be put off by the middling score. Read the review, play the demo, and decide if you’re willing to support one of the most engaging 2D physics puzzlers we’ve … Continue reading
The imaginatively named operatives “Alpha” and “Bravo” take lead in the latest Army of Two game, a cover based shooter which focuses on co-operative play and over the top combat in equal measures. You get a feel for the over … Continue reading
Xbox 360 owners have been simply spoiled by the current wealth of excellent titles hitting its video game download service, Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA), of late. From The Cave, with its wonderful scripting and fiendish puzzles, to Capcom’s outstanding Dark … Continue reading
How do you feel about quirk? As independent games have gained a wider audience in the past few years we’ve also had a lot more quirky; quirky music, quirky looking art styles and quirky ideas. And this is good! We … Continue reading
It’s hard to write enough about Bioshock Infinite in a few words, there’s so much to say, even explaining the world is a lengthy process. It’s a game that comes laden with so much expectation, so much pedigree that it … Continue reading
The noise surrounding the first SimCity game in a decade has been loud and incessant. It is rare to see so many pixels dissecting the positives and negatives of a major release but then a new SimCity game is no … Continue reading
In the weeks following Emergence Day and the Locust’s swift and full-scale attack on humanity, Gears of War: Judgment follows Damon Baird as the commander of Kilo squad and their fight through Halvo Bay. We meet Kilo squad at a … Continue reading
The use of monarchs in video gaming is not a new concept. They vary wildly from temperate sovereigns, such as the serene Princess Zelda, to the nefarious Queen Myrrah from the Gears Of War series and the diabolical World Of … Continue reading