Games of the pixel sort. reviews, news and impressions
Now if you’re a gamer like myself and my geeky pals here at Geekzine UK, then you should have heard of the U.S based video gaming website Sarcastic Gamer (and if you haven’t then shame on you and click that link RIGHT NOW!) Sarcastic Gamer has a great community and is an excellent site for […]
This image is from the box art for the forthcoming Space Marine, from those very talented developer people at Relic. It looks just about as good when you’re actually playing it… Now then. I’ve been waiting for this game for what seems like a long time. I was a proper excited fanboy when I […]
Developer: Supergiant Games Publisher: Warner Bros. Designer: Amir Rao Platform: Windows, XBLA In recent times video game narratives have become increasingly complex, crafted not solely by writers, but rather by close collaboration between artists, designers and musicians in harmony with the actions of the player. Experiences like Limbo and Machinarium mirror the style of Pixar’s […]
Despite the alarm bells in my head telling me “PUT THAT GAME DOWN” – I only went and bought it, and against the advice of a good friend (sorry, Alex, you were right). This game is bobbins. It is a proper mess that wastes a licence of such potential. It plays like a stiff, wet […]
Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 (DTOP2012) is the 2nd go at bringing the popular trading card game Magic the Gathering to consoles and PC’s (on Steam) the first version (just called Duels of the Planeswalkers) was realeased in 2009 and was one of the most downloaded XBOX live arcade games of the that year. This […]
Hands up if you can remember Westwood Studio’s Dune II, what is widely considered as the first Real Time Strategy game that kick started the genre and the studio went on the become Kings of the RTS World with their following titles, Command and Conquer and Red Alert. This game somehow had found it’s way […]