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Bayonetta

PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

22 Jan, 2010

Bayonetta review

Before I get into the review proper, let me just say that if you like Devil May Cry, mad Japanese stuff and women in backless catsuits, you’re going to love Bayonetta. That is to say it’s more hardcore than Devil May Cry, it’s full of crazy Japanese-style imagery juxtaposed with some rather odd but perfect music choices and Bayonetta’s outfit even comes off when she does her magic. Bayonetta’s an Umbra Witch who’s just woken up after a 500 year kip and every day she must hunt and kill what appear to be angelic demons in order to prevent being...

Darksiders

PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

12 Jan, 2010

Darksiders review

Plumbers and electricians don’t like to be called out unnecessarily and neither does War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Instead of just issuing the powers that be a bill for a callout, he’s decided to get revenge for this unnecessary trickery by working for The Council and ripping out the hearts of some big beasts in the form of some brutal if a little easy boss fights. Darksiders is a third-person action adventure and if you’ve played Devil May Cry or God of War then you’ll see the similarities here. War has a number of different weapons...

Rygar The Battle of Argus

Reviews / Wii

2 Oct, 2009

Rygar The Battle of Argus review

Ideas are complicated business. It’s often quite difficult to work out who came up with what and in what order they did so. For example, most gamers would take one look at Rygar: The Battle of Argus on the Wii and disclaim “God of War rip-off!”. After all, the weapons are there, the mythology is there, the crazy ass mammoth bosses are there. But look again, most gamers! Rygar was originally released on the PlayStation 2, three years before God of War blew your eyes out. So give it some credit. Although, yes, that does mean that Rygar is seven...

X Blades

PS3 / Reviews / Wii / Xbox 360

6 Mar, 2009

X Blades review

If you thought Lara Croft didn’t wear much, just wait ‘til you play X-Blades. In the game you play as a character called Ayumi, a blonde, lithe little lady who collects treasure in all her manga glory. One day she stumbles across half an artefact and, when trading a crystal skull in a shop, accidentally finds the other half. They join together and spin around like something out of Hellraiser and out come lots of nasty evil things. She defeats them and then the artefact turns into a map, so she goes on a quest to find more treasure which...

Gauntlet

DS / News

5 Sep, 2008

Gauntlet for the DS

The arcade classic Gauntlet’s coming to the DS. Midway are reworking the arcade classic with over 40 maps over three realms and VoIP chat so you can mock your friends when they accidentally shoot the food. Related: Run the Gauntlet for the DS

Diablo 3 screenshot

News / PC

11 Jul, 2008

Diablo 3

Blizzard have finally spilled the red kidney beans and let out some details about the long awaited Diablo III, specifically on improvements over Diablo II. The game will be running on a brand new custom built engine with full 3D character and environment support. A reworked control system allowing for simple and intuitive mouse use. There will be five character classes, all of which have Male and Female gender choices. Havok physics as seen in Half Life 2 and Bioshock are now fully implemented. A full single player quest is included along with the cooperative online play via Battle.net. Both...

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