Gaming

Imagine, if you will, that you were a respected game developer fresh off the heels of releasing a game focused on one of the most recognisable franchises on the planet. Furthermore, it was a massive hit, and you’re close to releasing a new…

Aloy looked down from atop the dusty mesa. Rolling desert planes stretched out before her. In the sky among drifting clouds flew huge metal birds. Down below machines in the images of tigers, antelope and goats prowled, galloped and strode…

Racing games come in many forms. The insane physics of the FlatOut series. The metal crunching, fender bending destruction of the Burnout games. Every racing game has its gimmick or hook so that players can experience racing in a different…

On a small, lakeside community, a glimmer of civilization still lingers. It's been a promising year for these people. They've weathered the end of the world, the destruction of all they held dear. They've survived the roving bands of…

The place of artificial intelligence in the future of humanity has always been a staple of many science fiction stories. Indeed, as study into artificial intelligence continues to move steadily forward, it’s understandable that the topic of…

Garroting a man isn't easy. It requires a great deal of effort, technique and occasionally brute strength. Agent 47 - the protagonist of the Hitman series - understands this. He performs all his tasks with lethal efficiency from braining…

I don't regret being given a Game Boy Colour for my seventh birthday. I'm sure my dad regrets ever even considering buying one though. From the moment I loaded up Dinosaurs on that early morning back in 2001 I was hooked. There was no…

Three years ago I remember hearing a bloodthirsty crowd of games journalists roar as a nameless, faceless super-soldier ripped a space demon's leg off and beat it to death with the offending limb. The game was DOOM and it was shown at E3 in…

Back in an era when “next gen” actually meant something, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness was a hubristically ambitious attempt to update and reinvent the Tomb Raider formula. Marking the sizable shift between PS1 and PS2, the game sought…

The sun is splitting the stones here in Ireland. I can only imagine it's the same in Los Angeles but with worse air quality. June is gaming's busiest month for press purposes at least. E3 is the biggest press-oriented gaming event of the…