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Dragon Age: Origins – Return to Ostagar DLC Review [Spoilers for those who haven’t played beyond the first two hours of DA: O] You’ll visit Ostagar near the beginning of the main Dragon Age storyline, and this is where the story will twist like crazy, and send you off on your quest. For such an [...]
March 7th, 2010 | Posted in PC,Playstation 3,Reviews,Xbox 360 | Read More »
Mass Effect 2 begins with a bang and a twist. I won’t say more than that to avoid spoiling the experience for the four people who haven’t read it somewhere else. The opening cutscene is nearly ten minutes long, and I don’t think I breathed for the entire thing. If BioWare’s mission statement was to [...]
February 12th, 2010 | Posted in Reviews,Xbox 360 | Read More »
One of the great things about being a PC gamer is the sheer range of games released for the platform over the years. One of my personal favourites, and one I’ve recently enjoyed playing again, is FreeSpace 2. I’ve decided to see if I can’t convince a few others to have a go with the [...]
February 10th, 2010 | Posted in PC,Reviews | Read More »
The final new unit for the existing Dawn of War II races has been unveiled by Relic. Chaos Rising is not only set to add a new campaign and a new multiplayer race in the Chaos Space Marines, but each existing race will get a new unit. I’ve already covered the Tyranid Genestealers and Tyrant [...]
February 10th, 2010 | Posted in News,PC | Read More »
LucasArts and TT Games have announced the next entry in the popular Lego Star Wars series of games. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will be based upon the animated TV series The Clone Wars, which itself is set between films Episode 2 and 3. According to the press release, the game will feature [...]
February 10th, 2010 | Posted in 3DS/DS,News,Other,PC,Playstation 3,VITA/PSP,Wii,Xbox 360 | Read More »
Creed Arena is an Xbox Live Indie Game, developed by Safari games and released at the beginning of this year. Creed Arena pits you, the player, in Gladiatorial showdowns in a futuristic tournament, and politely asks you to destroy your enemies with a variety of weapons across numerous game types. Creed Arena can either be [...]
February 10th, 2010 | Posted in Other,Reviews,Xbox 360 | Read More »
(Note: not that kind of RPG. I just couldn’t resist. Punning was once the highest form of humour, you know. There’s a good reason it’s not anymore.) The videogame has been around for a little while now, and it’s evolved considerably from its roots in the arcades. Games of today are mind-bogglingly complex compared to [...]
February 4th, 2010 | Posted in Philosophy and Gaming | Read More »
With Mass Effect 2 released at the end of this week, I’ll grab this opportunity to round up all of the classes available to players since a) they’ve changed a lot since the first game and b) you’ll get the chance to re-choose even if you import a character. The biggest changes are, firstly, you [...]
January 25th, 2010 | Posted in PC,Xbox 360 | Read More »
DLC Cost – 1200 MS Points All new copies of Dragon Age came with a code for this DLC (as well as for the Blood Dragon Armour), so those gamers don’t really need a review. For those buying a used copy, you may be considering downloading the expansion. 1200MS points is a hefty price tag [...]
January 21st, 2010 | Posted in PC,Playstation 3,Reviews,Xbox 360 | Read More »
As if there wasn’t already enough anticipation for Mass Effect 2, BioWare have released a Launch Trailer to really show off just how good this game looks. Mass Effect 2 will be available in the UK on January 29th on Xbox 360 and PC. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVz66QEymxI
January 21st, 2010 | Posted in Game Trailers,PC,Xbox 360 | Read More »