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Dark Souls 3 class guide

06.04.2016

The most difficult part of any Dark Souls game isn’t battling monsters or navigating trap-ridden environments—it’s choosing how to play. I can’t tell you how many times I agonized over which skill to level up next, or before that, which character…

Hand of Fate 2 doubles down on the original’s cool concept

05.04.2016

Action, Card Game, Defiant, Hand of Fate, Hand of Fate 2, Hands On, Previews, RPG

A little over a year ago I reviewed Hand of Fate, an action-RPG with deckbuilding strategy and a lot of tough choices. The concept was unique and clever—you create a deck from encounter and equipment cards, the dealer mixes in…

Typing meets action adventure in Epistory – Typing Chronicles

03.04.2016

Action, Epistory – Typing Chronicles, News

Epistory – Typing Chronicles is a game that mixes typing (think Typing of the Dead, or Mavis Beacon) with action-adventurey roleplaying. Also, you play as a character riding on the back of a fox for some reason. It turns out…

Super Truck is Superhot but with trucks

02.04.2016

Action, ClusterTruck, News, TinyBuild Games

Phil liked Superhot, but his primary complaint was that it had people in instead of trucks. I mean, I haven’t read his review, but that’s surely what dragged it down to an 84. Phil is probably over the moon about Super Truck, then,…

Sam Lake on Quantum Break and what's next for Alan Wake

01.04.2016

Action, FPS, interview, Quantum Break, Sam Lake, Third Person Shooter

Sam lake The instantly recognizable Sam Lake is the original face of Max Payne, and wrote the scripts for the first two games. He was also lead writer on Alan Wake and its offshoots, and most recently Quantum Break, a third-person shooter…

Hyper Light Drifter review

01.04.2016

Action, Hyper Light Drifter, Reviews, RPG

NEED TO KNOW What is it? A beautiful, challenging action RPG.Expect to pay £15/$20Developer Heart MachinePublisher In-houseReviewed on GeForce GTX 970, Intel i7-5820K, 16GB RAMMultiplayer NoneLink Official site The drifter, a mute warrior draped in a red cloak and wielding…

Battlefront's Outer Rim DLC packs in lore, but the shooting stays shallow

01.04.2016

Action, FPS, Star Wars Battlefront, Third Person Shooter

Ya koon tacha ka poonoo nee sah. Jabba the Hutt is laughing at me. The corpulent crime boss rumbles ominously in Huttese, relishing my damning choice to strike a deal with him. What little light that struggles through his throne…

TimeSplitters 2 hidden within Homefront: The Revolution

31.03.2016

Action, FPS, Homefront: The Revolution, News

TimeSplitters 2 was a defining game of the PS2, Gamecube, Xbox and, er, not PC. In fact, there has never been a TimeSplitters game on PC, until now: the first two levels of TimeSplitters 2, Siberia and Chicago, are hidden inside the upcoming Homefront:…

Homefront: The Revolution trailer demos the power of the people

30.03.2016

Action, FPS, Homefront: The Revolution, News

It’s Homefront: The Revolution’s civilian population that interests me most. There’s potential to get inside the minds of an oppressed people and explore the dynamics between an armed resistance, collaborators and those just trying to get on with their lives. Whether The Revolution…

Toyko 42 has the prettiest criminal underworld

30.03.2016

Action, News, Tokyo 42

Grime, blood and decay: these are images that accompany the sentence “an action game inspired by Syndicate and GTA1”, no? No indeed. Tokyo 42 looks more Mirror’s Edge than Grand Theft Auto, perhaps by way of Hitman Go. Developed by SMAC and published by Mode 7,…

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