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Hollow Knight is coming to PS4 and Xbox One!

And this fantastic Metroidvania game is being released very soon indeed…

Lewis Packwood 12 September 2018 News

State of Mind is a slick-looking low-poly thriller

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State of Mind is a promising techno-thriller from point and click experts Daedalic Entertainment, with a distinctive low-poly look.

Lewis Packwood 18 April 2018 News

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

First original Xbox titles to be backwards compatible with Xbox One revealed – and there are some crackers

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Psychonauts, Crimson Skies and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time are among the first OG Xbox titles that are supposedly coming to Xbox One.

Lewis Packwood 23 October 2017 News

Review: Jettomero – Hero of the Universe (Xbox One)

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Jettomero: Hero of the Universe is a game where I’m not quite sure who the audience is supposed to be. […]

Virtuanaut 11 October 2017 Reviews

The best free console games

The Kotaku UK ed asked me to take a look at the best free-to-play games on console, as […]

Lewis Packwood 29 December 2016 Pulp

On Resident Evil: I don’t feel I need to explain my art to you, Warren

I have an inkling that Resident Evil 2 may have been the first game I ever preordered. Sure […]

___ 5 July 2016 Opinions, Reviews

Microsoft, I’m so confused

Whereas Sir Gaulian has been revelling in the resurrection of some of his old favourite games at this […]

Lewis Packwood 17 June 2016 Opinions

Same as it ever was.

I find it comforting just how quickly I fell back into old habits playing id Software’s rebooted and […]

___ 14 May 2016 Opinions

Home Sweet Home

The world of Mad Max is a disgustingly grotesque and decrepit wasteland. But despite the apparent vicissitudes that […]

___ 25 January 2016 Opinions

F1 2015 is quite the looker, ain’t she?

It was a bit sad when F1 2014 didn’t make its way to the then next-generation consoles.  Firstly […]

___ 29 November 2015 Pulp

Haven’t picked up Book of Unwritten Tales 2? Here’s maybe one reason you should.

Given the sheer number of enormous games that have hit consoles this year, you’d be forgiven for letting […]

___ 14 November 2015 Pulp

In retrospect: Did we skip “Emergence Day” this generation?

It’s hard to explain the aura of respect that Gears of War commanded when it was released toward […]

___ 8 August 2015 Opinions

My name is Jacob. And today I die.

Tales from State of Decay. My name is Jacob, and today is the day I die. Huddled cold […]

___ 26 July 2015 Opinions, Pulp

Remakes and Remasters? She’ll be ‘right, mate

It’s a bloody pandemic.  Turn back the boats, lock up your wives and daughters. They’re absolutely everywhere and […]

___ 28 April 2015 Opinions

Halo: Combat Evolved’s “The Library” is a textbook game design

I love The Library.  There, I said it.  Every time I play through Halo: Combat Evolved it dawns […]

___ 27 April 2015 Opinions

Day one patches: now it’s just getting silly

I just read on Eurogamer that Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is getting a 16 GB day one patch […]

Lewis Packwood 26 March 2015 Opinions

There’s more to Shadow Warrior than meets the Ki

2014’s Shadow Warrior and Wolfenstein reboots left me feeling a teensy bit nostalgic.  As someone who doesn’t have […]

___ 2 January 2015 Opinions, Reviews

Cultural Divide: why a first person perspective still doesn’t make Grand Theft Auto V immersive

For me Grand Theft Auto V‘s first-person mode is great.  But it’s not immersive. I’ve historically liked the […]

___ 21 November 2014 Opinions

From The Armchair: Trading Up

What ho, chums! There’s change in the air. And I don’t just mean the reddening of the leaves […]

Lewis Packwood 6 October 2014 From The Armchair, Opinions

Ryse and the nebulous future of video games

I can’t help but feel that this autopsy culture and academisation of game design is detracting from what […]

___ 4 October 2014 Reviews

Racing to Destiny’s defence

I would hate to be a professional game reviewer tasked with putting a score on a blockbuster like […]

___ 19 September 2014 Opinions

BJ Blazcowicz, the Nazis and the Aryan race: how Wolfenstein: The New Order tackles the rise of the far right

I never thought it would be the Wolfenstein series that touches on the more sinister and taboo issues arising […]

___ 1 June 2014 Opinions

From The Armchair: So Long, Kinect

What ho, chums. Well, what an exciting week it’s been in the world o’ gaming. For a start […]

Lewis Packwood 17 May 2014 From The Armchair, Opinions

Dead Rising 3 shuffles toward open world excellence

Dead Rising 3 is a deeper, more complex, more rewarding and more open game than its predecessors and […]

___ 2 January 2014 Reviews

Five changes that would make Forza 5 the Xbox One’s Killer App

Forza 5 is an excellent racing simulation.  On the surface you’ve got probably the best racing simulation currently […]

___ 26 December 2013 Opinions

Side-stepping the next generation

The PS4 and Xbox One have now both launched in the UK, so the question is, which one […]

Lewis Packwood 4 December 2013 Opinions

Xbox One launch: highs and lows

Sir Gaulian’s experience of the Xbox One launch was underwhelming to say the least: only a handful of […]

Lewis Packwood 23 November 2013 Opinions

The ‘historic’ launch of the Xbox One

Kotaku has reported that retailer EBGames has called the launch of the Xbox One the ‘biggest launch in […]

___ 22 November 2013 Opinions

Snap Goes The Xbox

I was intrigued to read an update on the Snap feature of the Xbox One today. The feature […]

Lewis Packwood 13 November 2013 Opinions

Highlights of Eurogamer Expo 2013

Yesterday afternoon I had a chance to check out this year’s Eurogamer Expo at Earl’s Court, which proved […]

Lewis Packwood 28 September 2013 Opinions

The Rational Consumer and the Xbox One

“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one […]

___ 26 June 2013 Opinions

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