Fourteen days into 2016 and reckon I’ve already played my PS Vita more this year than I did for much of last year. I put that down to two things: a) Going on holiday, so my Vita was a nice portable way to replay some of my favourites like Gravity Rush and TxK and b) […]
Read more "How Mike Bithell’s Volume has made me play my PS Vita more"Is Paris Games Week a new games show? I’ve never heard of it before (which doesn’t mean that it hasn’t been going for a while, of course). Anyhoo, PlayStation had a press even 6am this morning NZ time and showed off a whole swag of games for the PlayStation 4and stuff, like PlayStation VR, Uncharted […]
Read more "Paris Games Week: Colour me impressed, Sony"I have to say that I’ve always been a fan of developer Naughty Dog and what it’s able to do with Sony’s PlayStation hardware, especially in the later years with the Uncharted series. I was impressed with the Uncharted 4 trailer shown at Sony’s E3 press conference but after watching this extended 15 minute game […]
Read more "Here’s 15 minutes of the Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End E3 game play demo. You’re welcome"Firstly, I guess I’m sitting at two for three when it comes to pre-E3 predictions then, given that my three most anticipated games for E3 2015 were Mass Effect 4, a new Hitman game and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. OK, the Mass Effect reveal didn’t show game play footage but hey, EA has still announced […]
Read more "Xbox and PlayStation bring the games to E3 2015"Microsoft and Sony held their pre-E3 press events today. Both had games, games and games. Sony also had a TV device. Microsoft hardly mentioned Kinect at all (I think it’s needed for the Dance Central game). Instead of prattling on, I’ve just posted some videos. Personally, I’m still super keen on Batman Arkham Knight, the […]
Read more "See the E3 hype following Sony & Microsoft pre-show conferences"The Sly Trilogy From: Sanzaru Games For: PlayStation Vita RRP: $55 (physical copy after a search of online retailers) Before Cole McGrath, Delsin Rowe and the inFamous series came along and swept the PlayStation world by storm, developer Sucker Punch was more well-known for its game series featuring master thief Sly Cooper – a trio […]
Read more "Two thumbs up to Sony for shrinking Sly Cooper"Say what you like about Fez creator Phil Fish (who spectacularly quit the game development industry last year and cancelled Fez 2 after a Twitter spat), indie game Fez is one of those games that is a delight to play, not only because of its twisted perspective but thanks to its 16-bit graphics style and […]
Read more "Fez review: Weird and mesmerising but a must-play"