The Visual Effects Society held the 13th annual VES Awards in Beverly Hills on Wednesday night, with Disney’s animated Marvel adaptation Big Hero 6 claiming six gongs and 20th Century Fox’s simian sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and HBO’s Game of Thrones taking home three awards apiece. Check out the full list […]
Video Game Review – Life is Strange Episode 1
Alan Heath reviews Life is Strange Episode 1… For those of you out there that have played any of Telltale’s episodic adventures like The Walking Dead, have you ever thought “I wish I could go back and change that last decision”? Well, it seems developer Dontnod Entertainment were thinking just that when creating their new […]
Rockstar “have got some ideas” for Grand Theft Auto VI
It looks like Grand Theft Auto VI is in the works, with Rockstar Games president Leslie Benzies revealing that the developers have “some ideas” about the sixth instalment of the smash hit video game series during an interview with Develop. “We’ve got about 45 years worth of ideas we want to do. We don’t know […]
Is the landscape of gaming changing?
Tom Powter on whether the landscape of gaming is changing… When it was released in 2012, Journey quickly became one of the most critically acclaimed games of the generation. The utterly beautiful little adventure showed people that games didn’t have to be dark, gritty and full of guns. Nor did they have to be big-budget, […]
Video Game Preview – Resident Evil Revelations 2
Alan Heath previews Resident Evil Revelations 2… After a couple of action orientated instalments in the franchise, Resident Evil Revelations on the 3Ds (and later PC, 360, PS3 & Wii U) was a breath of fresh air for fans of the classic Survival Horror games. Now, Capcom are doing a sequel in the form of the […]
Video Game Review – Blackguards 2
Villordsutch reviews Blackguards 2… Some of the best-known Blackguards from the first game will be part of the team again -unfortunately, their lives didn’t go very well since then. Although they are a shadow of their former glory, Cassia, the main protagonist of Blackguards 2 is looking for the remaining Blackguards as she sees in […]
Video Game Preview – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Ray Willmott previews The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt… It’s been a painful wait for The Witcher 3 considering we’ve known about its existence for high-end new-gen platforms before those platforms were even officially announced. But after an uninterrupted three hour long session with the game, the good news is CD Projekt RED have created something […]
Video Game Review – Resident Evil HD Remaster
Kris Wall reviews Resident Evil HD Remaster… Full disclosure, Resident Evil 1 is my absolute favourite game of all time. The Resident Evil series has provided some of my most cherished gaming memories; you’ll also be able to find Resident Evil 2 and 4 in a list of my favourite games of all time but […]
New Friday the 13th video game in development
It’s a good time to be a fan of Camp Crystal Lake. There is a new TV series in the works as well as a thirteenth movie set to be released this November, and now Friday the 13th and Jason are heading back to the video game world for a new game too. EGM has learned […]
Video Game Preview – Blackguards 2
Villordsutch previews Blackguards 2… Some of the best-known Blackguards from the first game will be part of the team again -unfortunately, their lives didn’t go very well since then. Although they are a shadow of their former glory, Cassia, the main protagonist of Blackguards 2 is looking for the remaining Blackguards as she sees […]