It was at Square-Enix’s E3 2006 press conference that Final Fantasy XIII was announced. Nearly four years and console hoppings later, it has finally arrived, albeit to mixed reactions from the Western media. For a long-time Final Fantasy fan like... (Continue reading)
EA’s DICE seem like a talented bunch. A couple of years ago they gave us Mirror’s Edge which while a great innovative concept didn’t really live up to the hype. Around the same time, they also released Battlefield: Bad Company,... (Continue reading)
A wise man once said that ‘Time heals everything.’ While that statement may hold true for many, it most certainly does not apply to Kratos. It has been 3 years since Kratos began his ascent of Mount Olympus, which is... (Continue reading)
Whether it was the one released for the Atari Jaguar back in 1994, or the PC cult-classic of 1999 – everyone has a favorite Alien Vs. Predator game that they’ve coveted over the years. For me though, my first love... (Continue reading)
For a JRPG starved PS3 gamer like me, the announcement of an International edition of Star Ocean: The Last Hope for the PS3 was a god-send. Previously an XBOX360 exclusive, the game was reported to be suffering from a number... (Continue reading)
It is, perhaps, the irony of Bioshock 2, that its greatest difference from its predecessor comes from just how similar they both seem. Bioshock captured our imagination with Rapture, a ruined dream that took shape in a set of truly... (Continue reading)
One small step. That’s the deal with Napoleon: Total War. It’s a well-polished, solid effort with quite a few improvements that I’ll get to in due course, but these praises somehow ring hollow for this game. The reason – it’s not... (Continue reading)
After the extremely dismal Battle for Forli DLC, Ubisoft seem to have stood back and taken notice of the glaring flaws that plagued all the design decisions made for Battle for Forli. Not only does Bonfire of Vanities rectify all... (Continue reading)
Bayonetta, Darksiders, the hotly-anticipated God of War III… Whoever said the battle between Heaven and Hell wouldn’t sell clearly didn’t enroll in the right community college of video game design, or has never met Todd McFarlane. It’s weird seeing a... (Continue reading)
Dante’s Inferno can be called the bastard love child of an innocuous poet and a vicious God slayer since it seems to draw its inspiration from the divine works of Dante Alighieri and its gameplay from the heavens shattering journey... (Continue reading)