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The problem with horror video games is they’ve never really grown up. The movie industry occasionally throws out something fresh that grabs the public’s attention, but games seem stuck in the same old asylums, hospitals and graveyards. It’s obvious why these settings lend themselves so well to horror, but at this point that same obviousness […]

With the highly-anticipated debut of mere weeks away, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the co-founder and current Managing Director of Revolution, Charles Cecil, to talk all things . Travelling to The Lamb Brewery pub in Chiswick to meet with me, Charles offered an extraordinarily detailed account of the production thus far (before […]

“You have solved the riddle of the peacock eye column in less than 30 seconds,” one of the achievements in triumphantly states. , you may think, Until you realise, standing in the rubble of a drab and lifeless endgame, gazing back through the meagre 4 hours of gameplay, that 30 seconds is actually a fairly […]

Dracula is one hardy undead corpse: whether in movies, books or video games, this fella just keeps coming back for more. Indeed, is the fourth outing for ' adventure game franchise, each loosely built around the eponymous bloodsucker. Even with a new protagonist and storyline, the latest game will feel instantly familiar to those who […]

Genre blending, it’s fair to say, is a tricky beast. Sometimes you can get some truly wonderful hybrids, but other times you end up with ill-advised mutations. Often the reasons for merging genres is to increase the market of possible purchasers – combine two types of game to get both audiences interested. Unfortunately, that also […]

Well, here we go with another review by some tinpot hack who thinks he knows what he’s talking about. And let’s face it: you’re only going to read the pros and cons and then skip to the last paragraph anyway, as that’s what you always do. Might as well cut your losses and just scan […]