Author: Duncan

  • Pipe Dreams – Pricing Awareness

    Duncan worries the latest generation of consoles may bring about the death of middle-tier games.

  • Pipe Dreams – Star Fox

    Duncan dreams of Fox McCloud and what a modern reimagining would need to succeed.

  • Contrast

    This year at the Eurogamer Expo I wandered into the Indie Arcade section of the event and stumbled onto a little-known indie title called ‘Chroma‘. A one man developed game about a little creature with the ability to warp from light to shadow, and use the advantages to solve puzzle platform segments. It had a…

  • ‘The Hobbit’ LEGO Confirmed for Early 2014 Release

    Warner Bros. has confirmed that The Hobbit is going to be getting it’s very own LEGO game. The game will be released in early 2014 for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, Wii U, PS Vita, and 3DS (whoa). Unfortunately, the game will only cover the first two parts of the Hobbit film trilogy –…

  • Pipe Dreams – Banjo-Threeie

    Duncan delves back into Rareware’s history and demands the sequel that was promised over a decade ago: Banjo-Threeie.

  • Payday 2

    The Dark Knight was a terrific movie. You know what one of my favourite scenes from that movie was? The opening heist. Tactical, well executed, well-paced, and extremely satisfying to watch; that’s essentially what Payday 2 brings back. The teaser trailer for the game even has a totally unsubtle homage to Heath Ledger’s Joker character…

  • Rayman Legends

    You know the Origins… now learn of the Legend. Rayman is back, again! As one of the few 90’s platformers to survive the 3D culling of the early 2000’s, Rayman brought back the beautiful, colourful, 2D platformer with Origins and the world embraced it. Now Rayman has returned once again with Rayman Legends, which is…

  • Command & Conquer release new ‘Nuke Truck’ dev diary

    Victory Games have released the second video in their ‘Beyond the Battle’ developer diary series, revealing their newest unit recreation – the ‘Nuke Truck’. The Nuke Truck originally appeared in Command & Conquer: Generals and, given the news that the stupidly named ‘Command & Conquer’ 2013 F2P game was originally destined to become Command &…

  • Pipe Dreams – Conker’s Other Bad Day

    Duncan discovers there was once a sequel to Conker’s Bad Fur Day planned. He wants it back.

  • Deus Ex: The Fall’s weapons blocked on jailbroken devices

    It would appear that Deus Ex: The Fall will block use of all weapons if the iOS device you’re playing it on is jailbroken – even if the App is purchased legitimately through the official App Store for money. Players who purchased the game legitimately, currently priced at £4.99, or acquired it illegally while using…