Going into this year’s DOTA 2 International there was one team on everyone’s lips. A team of superstars; previous International winners and some of the most skilled and feared players in the world. They had the captain, they had the tactics and they had the skill and swagger to cause damage to every single team in the competition. Team Secret came into the tournament hot... Read More
Heroes of Newerth: The best MOBA to date
The MOBA genre has become extremely stagnated over the past few years. With League of Legends and DOTA 2 dominating the player base they leave very little room for other, decent, games to get much playtime. Before the DOTA 2 explosion the landscape was much more even, with several smaller MOBAs picking up decent player numbers and expanding the genre in interesting ways,... Read More
Splatoon: Shooting for kids
Shooting games are often slapped with an 18 certificate. If they’re lucky, tone down on swearing and maybe a little less blood, they might just land themselves at a 15 and open the sales door to a whole load more people (not that that ever stop idiot parents buying their young kids adult games anyway.) Nintendo, not often a developer associated with shooting games (outside... Read More
Grand Theft Auto 5
The Grand theft Auto series has been an incredible success over the past decade. From humble beginnings on the PC and the original Playstation as a top down game about driving fast and killing people the game has evolved over the years into one of the most successful game series of all time. Not only has the game moved from Playstation to 3DS, to Vita and Xbox over the years,... Read More
Pillars of Eternity
What a success story. What a rush. The story of Pillars of Eternity is a long and fascinating one. Obsidian Entertainment, on the verge of bankruptcy, took to Kickstarter, a crowd funding website, to pitch their game idea. That idea was a return to the classic isometric role playing games of yore; Baldur’s gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment – a genre that... Read More