Take a bow Sanzaru Games. Inheriting an acclaimed series from an already acclaimed developer like Sucker Punch Productions and doing it the kind of justice it deserves, all the while staying true to the core of the product but advancing it enough so it doesn’t feel like its trapped in the past, is a really tricky ask. How many times...

You can’t help but feel that Santa Monica Studios is holding something back on us when it comes to God of War: Ascension. Far from being a diluted God of War experience, Ascension certainly packs the kind of belligerent brutality long since synonymous with Kratos’ impetuous rage and his instinctive urge to mutilate, murder and massacre...

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance doesn’t take itself too seriously. The greater Metal Gear franchise has always flirted with seemingly nonessential nonsensical gimmickry and over the top slapstick shenanigans. When grown men aren’t kneeling carnally before open playboys, scampering around in cardboard boxes and becoming possessed by...

Let’s face it, nothing will ever recreate or even emulate the original Dead Space’s first blush brutal brilliance. Dead Space came out of nowhere and we should be thankful that it did. Almost overnight, it became the new benchmark for survival horror. Dead Space 3, for all of its relentless action, its provocative space melodrama...

There’s an ever so slightly unsettling spate of ambiguity and inertia creeping into Insomniac’s Ratchet & Clank output. Given that the developer is now a multi-platform studio who are on the cusp of releasing their first “not just on PlayStation” shooter in FUSE, we should be grateful that they are still willing to dedicate...

Mass Effect 3 has already been lauded as one of the finest game releases this year, even despite the contentions surrounding THAT ending. It comes to WiiU suitably indistinguishable from the PS3, 360 and PC versions that had a seven month head start; and with a couple of WiiU specific bells and whistles, Mass Effect 3: Special Edition...

Third time’s a charm. Always threading on the cusp of remarkable, Far Cry’s previous instalments have always been beautiful if somewhat uneven experiences. Far Cry 3 is the robust monster that part 2 should have been – a callous, unforgiving and brutally beautiful open world shooter that reinvigorates a first person shooter...

Impossible creatures is probably one of the best games you’ve never played. Then again, if you have played it please accept my apologies and well done. Pat yourself on the back, good sir/madam. It’s a rather bizarre title that has pretty much kept under the radar since release. Hugely entertaining with a great simple concept...

Retroplayer here. Can you feel it? The anticipation for The Hobbit is at fever pitch. Personally, the Lord of the Rings trilogy meant a lot to me, both upon release and since, so the sheer idea of stepping back into Middle-Earth after a decade is heart warming. But what better way to celebrate it than to review one of the latest offerings...

Fitness games have become common place on Kinect for Xbox 360. What with UFC Personal Trainer, EA Sports Active, Adidas MiCoach and Your Shape:  Fitness Evolved, Kinect has become oversubscribed with reasons not to go to the gym and slap on your sweats, move around some furniture and just get sweaty. Hell, even Spice Girl Mel B has...

Hi all, Retroplayer here. Here’s a game that many of you probably haven’t even heard of. In fact, I only came across it relatively recently, and as someone who loves to stumble upon an interesting looking game previously unknown to me, I had to give it a whirl. To my surprise it turned out far better than I initially expected. Odyssey:...

There’s more to life than Metal Gear Solid. Thank goodness that Kojima Productions has enough sense to reissue their cult-classic Zone of the Enders series in HD, a duality of high speed robot action titles that didn’t nearly get the kind of acclaim and unanimous praise that they deserved in a PlayStation 2 era where Metal Gear Solid...

PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale is not Super Smash Bros. It’s important to differentiate the two from the get-go. Given that Smash Bros. all but exists in a genre of one, it’s only natural that comparisons should be made between Smash Bros and Sony’s first venture into the brand brawler genre.  Super Smash Bros. and everything...

Don’t judge a book by its cover. The age old idiom has as much graceful relevance when it comes to Sony’s PS3 augmented reality Wonderbook as it does in reference to any of those other “regular” books bulking out the shelves of your front room. So much more than just an indulgent flash-in-the pan gimmick, Sony London Studio’s...

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is Criterion Games doing what they do best. Most Wanted’s impressive production and presentation might fall under EA’s established Need for Speed brand moniker, but under the bonnet of these shiny fast cars, Criterion’s latest racer has as much, if not more in common, with the developer’s most famous...