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The cruelly abandoned Star Wars game that’s secretly brilliant

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Pour one out for Squadrons.

Lewis Packwood 4 May 2021 Opinions

I watched The Last Jedi again, and it’s still great

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But where are all my damn Star Wars games?

Lewis Packwood 19 May 2019 Opinions

EA and Star Wars: a story of frustration

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EA have a ten-year licence to make Star Wars games. Over five years in, they’ve only made two, both of them remakes.

Lewis Packwood 16 January 2019 Opinions

Review: Fe (PS4)

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The first EA Original from indie studio Zoink is a magical forest adventure with a heavy emphasis on exploring and discovering things by yourself. And purple.

Lewis Packwood 1 March 2018 Reviews

Burnout Paradise Remastered heading to PS4, Xbox One and PC

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Burnout is coming back! A remastered version of Burnout Paradise is set for launch on 16th March, with a PC version heading along later in the year.

Lewis Packwood 20 February 2018 News

Microtransactions: greed or necessity?

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I wrote an in-depth feature for GamesRadar+ on the increasing cost of game development and just why more publishers deem it necessary to add microtransactions and loot boxes to their games.

Lewis Packwood 20 December 2017 Features

Spiffing Reads: Visceral Games, RiME and THAT trailer for The Last of Us Part 2

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This week: the press reacts to the closure of Visceral Games, Reddit reveals the designers behind Switch games, RiME gets praised and Sony gets told off.

Lewis Packwood 3 November 2017 Spiffing Reads

The death of single-player games has been greatly exaggerated

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EA has closed Visceral Games and declared that it will ‘pivot’ the single-player Star Wars game it was developing into something with more longevity. But are single-player games really dead?

Lewis Packwood 22 October 2017 Features

I can’t bring myself to watch E3 presentations

I tried watching EA’s presentation last night. Two times. The first time I tuned in, it happened to […]

Lewis Packwood 11 June 2017 E3, E3 2017

Spiffing Reads: Final Fantasy XV, Titanfall 2 and the Best Halloween Costume

I ran out of time on Friday, so Spiffing Reads is a bit late this week. But just […]

Lewis Packwood 7 November 2016 Spiffing Reads

Racing to 31 – 31 racing game greats: #4 Shift 2: Unleashed (2011)

It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old […]

___ 24 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

Racing to 31 – 31 racing game greats: #5 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010)

It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old […]

___ 23 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

Racing to 31 – 31 racing game greats: #19 Need for Speed: High Stakes (1999)

It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old […]

___ 12 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

Big Risk, Big Reward – how video games are no different from Glengarry Glen Ross

The video game industry is an amazing microcosm of capitalism.  Businesses rise and fall.  They invest, research, innovate […]

___ 30 August 2013 Opinions

Big business rules in Syndicate. And business is good.

SYNDICATE (PS3) REVIEW – It is pure madness that Syndicate exists, really.  Like XCOM last year, Syndicate is […]

___ 9 March 2013 Reviews

Dead Space 2 Made Me Turn On All The Lights In The House

Dead Space 2 is easily one of the scariest games I’ve ever played, possibly only surpassed by the […]

Lewis Packwood 9 January 2013 Uncategorized

The Medal of Honor is earned by only the best soldiers. Luckily this soldier is great.

Another one bites the dust.  Game off the mantelpiece that is.  I had to resist the temptation to […]

___ 26 March 2012 Reviews
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