In an age where the carrot on the stick proposition of having a monthly console sub in exchange for free games is looking increasingly less valuable in the face of services such as Xbox Game Pass, February’s PlayStation Plus games are a surprisingly good bag of tricks to dip into. Here’s a quick breakdown of what your subscription gets you in the month of love.
New decade, who dis? We’re on the verge of a new era in gaming, and like anyone who has some cash to flash and a desire to forget about the fact that we’re a year away from our next vacation, we’re after some new games! So what’s on the horizon? Plenty! The year that is 2020 will have pretty much any game that your heart desires, ranging from heavyweight AAA blockbusters to indie gems.
When it was announced that Green Day would have something to announce at The Game Awards, my mind immediately jumped towards the last game that had anything to do with the band: Rock Band. Released at a time when Harmonix was taking a page of Activision’s book and releasing band-specific versions of its game, it’s probably one of the many …
Could Half-Life: Alyx come to console, especially the PS4 and its PSVR hardware? Probably not anytime soon.
I like my video game news to be delivered in much the same way that I like my pizza to be dropped off by me: Brief, cut into easily digestible segments and incredibly disappointing when there’s not even the merest mention of a new Batman game which results in me spending the night in a shower crying my heart out. …
When I finished Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, Bethesda’s latest attempt to bring its franchises to VR, I set the bulky headset next to me, and said out loud to myself “was that it?” There are some good ideas in Cyberpilot, and potential for it to be something much greater than it is – but it unceremoniously grinds to a halt before it …
So what does the future hold in store for PlayStation VR? A hefty upgrade by the sound of things.
Wizards: Enhanced Edition is a disappointing waste of potential, with mundane combat and repetative missions making the inaccurate motion tracking impossible to push through.
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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