We have teamed up with Argos to offer our readers the chance to win a PS4 and a copy of Battlefield 4. All you need to do is answer a simple question – click through this link to find out more. Argos has a number of deals on the PS4 on its website right now, as…
Following the cross-gen release of its two biggest series Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance, Ubisoft EMEA executive director Alain Corre carved out a few spare moments in his schedule to answer four quick questions over email. Here, we ask why Ubisoft invests so heavily in new hardware launches, how quickly the French publisher believes players will…
Indies Housemarque and Compulsion Games have hailed the early success of their PS4 launch titles Resogun and Contrast, giving fellow indies hope that smaller titles can thrive on the new console. The indie duo enjoyed little competition on PS4’s storefront at launch, available for download in amongst some very highly-priced blockbuster games. Resogun and Contrast’s…
Now that both next-gen consoles are out in the wild, our intention was to publish an ‘indie verdict on next-gen’ piece this week. Putting together that feature becomes a little tricky when, having sent a flurry of emails to independent developers, not one of the studios we contacted had actually bought a PS4 or Xbox…
For the first few days, things were a bit too quiet on PlayStation 4. It’s only since the EU servers were switched on late last week that the front end of Sony’s system has come to life for us – and what we’ve seen since has been mixed. There’s an awful lot to like about…
Sony’s extensive collection of production studios has never succeeded in creating a family-friendly action game to stand alongside the finest Mario adventures, but that hasn’t stopped them trying. And that makes Knack’s failings all the more galling. This is a game with none of the Ratchet & Clank series’ grinning humour or satisfyingly experimental weaponry,…
You have to wonder why the Helghast bother; they’re too dumb to win a war. Part way through Killzone: Shadow Fall, we creep up behind a lone grunt on a clifftop that’s high above an enemy base. At first we think he’s talking to himself, but soon realise he’s sending a message to his brother;…
Johnny Mac’s in trouble. The love of his life, club singer Kat Knight, has thrown him out after tiring of his failed wheeling and dealing, a string of botched schemes that have left him in hock to the mob. His latest grand design – and possibly the last, given the threats he gets from the…
Background scenery in side-scrolling games tends to exist simply to establish a mood. Your success in gameplay terms rarely depends on how closely you survey the horizon. In Resogun, however, your hopes of saving the last remnants of humanity – and your leaderboard self-respect – depends on it. Since the levels of Housemarque’s 2D shoot…
The next generation doesn’t start when Microsoft, Sony or any other platform holder says so. It starts with the players who decide which console to buy, cascades down to the developers who decide which platform to develop on, and hits its stride when everyone is finally brave enough to write off 360 and PS3 altogether.…
