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These are the playable characters that you will be able to choose from in Redfall. Each character has their own unique abilities and playstyle, so players can choose the character that best suits their preferences. Jacob Boyer Jacob Boyer is a former soldier who lost his eye in battle. He now has a cybernetic eye that gives him enhanced vision and allows him to see in the dark. Jacob is a skilled marksman and a deadly fighter. He is also a natural leader and is determined to save Redfall from the vampire invasion. Devinder Crousley Devinder Crousley is a self-proclaimed cryptozoologist and expert on all things supernatural. He is armed with a variety of gadgets and weapons, and he is not afraid to use them. Devinder is a bit of a loose cannon, but he is also a valuable asset to the team. He is always coming up with new and creative ways to defeat the vampires. Remi De La Rosa Remi De La Rosa is a brilliant engineer and robotics expert. She is also a skilled fighter and is not afraid to...

Redfall has been met with a number of launch issues on all platforms, including: Performance issues on PC and Xbox consoles, with many players reporting crashes, stuttering, and frame rate drops. Technical issues, such as graphical glitches, bugs, and AI problems. Content issues, such as a lack of variety in the enemies and missions, and a short campaign. Critical reception was mixed, with some critics praising the game's unique setting and characters, while others criticizing its technical problems and lack of polish A s a result of these issues, Redfall received a "Mostly Negative" rating on Steam, and many players have expressed their disappointment with the game. Arkane Studios has since released a number of patches to address the technical issues, but the game's critical reception has remained mixed. Phil Spencer , the head of Xbox, expressed his disappointment with the release of Redfall in a recent interview with Greg Miller & Tim Gettys of the Kinda Funny...

This Autumn both the next generation of Xbox and Playstation will launch in most countries. Though there has always been a ‘console war’ between Xbox and Playstation and a huge amount of fanboyism to either party, this will be nothing compared to what will begin at the start of this year. Looking back at the current gen and by this I mean Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo Wii. The 360 launched almost an entire year ahead of the PS3 and Wii which both launched within days of each other (in the UK). The Xbox had that extra year advantage, a much cheaper price tag and no other innovative and entirely new and cheap console to throw a spanner in the works like the Wii did to the PS3 launch. This is entirely different to what is to come this Autumn. The Xbox One and PS4 will launch, if the rumours are true, within weeks of each other and the Wii-U, which many class as a current gen console, is struggling to make a place in people’s homes and doesn’t seem likely to affect these gaming giant...

Being excited about the new revamp of Simcity having not played a Simcity game since ‘2000’, I preordered the game months before the release date and even bought the British city set (being the anglophile that I am), despite it costing £8, a ridiculous amount of money for just a few extra details. So that along with the digital version set me back ~£53 and am I happy with this bug purchase? No. Paying that much for a game with an awful launch which masks underneath what is a seriously damaged game I can’t help but feel bad for those who put down the huge sum of £65 for the Digital Deluxe version - ouch. It still baffles me how we aren’t allowed refunds for digital games as anyone could throw out any old rubbish, much like this, and just reap the rewards. I could make a long review about the troubled launch and the reason why I don’t like the ‘always online’ DRM but I’m going to assume that most people know about this (it was even covered on BBC News), and don’t want to badger o...

I don't know anything about pinball, nothing - not a damn thing except that it involves pinging balls around a theme based boards, bazillions of points and a ton of wasted money. Zen Studios, creators of Zen Pinball, the game in which you can buy one of the three Star Wars pinball games on, have captured these ‘old school’ elements perfectly - without the endless theft of money. £1.50 is a fair deal for a game that captures the best of Star Wars and puts it all into a vibrant and active pinball machine. Boba Fett will at times move around the game board, meet and have a chat with Darth Vader and at times, being the gentleman that he is, save your ball from escaped via his grappling hook. Despite only seeing these few animations, the look, sound and movement of Boba Fett is executed and resembles one of the greatest Star Wars characters brilliantly. I’m no Pinball wizard and not even the a huge Star Wars fan but this doesn’t stop me from picking this up and having another go at be...

Death Tank on Xbox Live Arcade was released in February 2009 by Snowblind Studios and is a remake of one of my favourite games ever created. Despite the Sega Saturn being about as popular as a Tesco beef burger and selling a fraction compared to the Playstation - it’s rival at the time, it had some brilliant games exclusive to the system. One of these was so exclusive it was even hidden inside a game as an unlockable. Death Tank Zwei came hidden inside Duke Nukem 3D (wait, it gets stranger), and the only way to unlock it was to either have another save game from another Lobotomy game i.e. Quake or Exhumed (or PowerSlave as it was named outside Europe) or shoot every urinal in the game. Once you had achieved this might feat, you then could select Death Tank from the main menu. I have to add, PowerSlave (aka. Exhumed) also had the original Death Tank locked inside though I am unable to find any information or pictures of what this differs from Death Tank Zwei. For my friends and I, D...

On 20th February Sony came and went with a two hour long introduction to the PS4. There was a lot to take in and a lot of questions were left on peoples minds, so, I have come up with the answers for what I think are some questions on peoples’ minds. They showed an image about a load of technical hardware inside the PS4, what the UMD did all that mean? I think that Sony wanted to get this off their chest straight away as the PS3 was quite difficult to develop for. Generally the PS4 runs on PC standard hardware and the x86 (x86-64) which is a 64bit processor and similar to what all Windows PC use is an example of this. In the past, consoles have been 32bit and have been very different to PCs but with this similar hardware architecture it will not only make it easier to develop on the PS4 but hopefully some ports from PS4 to PC will be improved greatly.  I saw 2 people, one wearing a PS t-shirt and some other guy with a Gaikai t-shirt, who are they and what does Gaikai even ...

This is the fourth instalment of the Sly Racoon games and although the first three games were created by Sucker Punch Games (who also created InFamous), Sly Raccoon: Thieves in Time was developed by Sanzaru Games, who also created the Sly Raccoon collection and a few others less known games. Despite being handed over from the original creators, Sanzaru continue the story from the third instalment: Honour Among Thieves. At the very start of the demo you are given the option to view the ‘full story’, which is a long recap of what I guess is the previous games (which I haven’t played) but it’s mostly about pointless social complications between the characters and their loved ones enough to fill an issue of a gossip magazine. Trying to explain it within a tweet sized sentence: An old master thieves’ book is being erased and you have to travel back through time to restore it and find out who is responsible #simple? There are three heroes to this game, Sly the raccoon, Bentley the intellig...

Sony have released a teaser video on the net of nothing but a few seconds of .... nothing. The reason? To let everyone know they are going to announce something big on February 20th and to get everyone excited, which they indeed are, including myself.  Follow the link and take a look at the trailer to find just how little there is to look at or even pick apart. Checking the trend on Twitter, it's got everyone scratching their heads over what it could be except the PS4. This comes as quite alarming news as Sony recently declared that they would like Microsoft to present their next generation first, though there hasn't been anything said by Microsoft.  Thinking of what it could be, perhaps the next Playstation, it makes me think of some areas they could improve upon in their next gen console. For a start they badly need to work on some kind of party chat and more interaction between friends and easy access to join friends in game and to allow gamers the ease that the Xbox ga...

Joe Danger returns with Joe Danger Touch. Leaving the Xbox and PS3 in the dust, does this exclusive iOS version match up to it’s dangerous older brothers? Unlike the PS3 and Xbox Joe Danger games, Joe auto accelerates and it’s up to the player to tap on key objects or hold to duck and release to jump. There are a number of other methods to move and manipulate Joe and as the game progresses and you’ll discover that you need to really concentrate and at times use two hands to fully complete some levels. It does get a bit fiddly later on, making the game almost unplayable in a slouched or casual position, but the overall experience is very smooth and the game uses the touch controls well. Aesthetically the game is stunning and runs incredibly smooth. The characteristic approach, the same as the Xbox and PS3 versions, holds it’s graceful presence beautifully on the iPad screen and at times I found myself pausing the game just to get a close up look at the comical and magnificent worl...

When first loading up the Dead Space 3 demo you’re politely greeted by a video thanking you for downloading the demo and giving a quick tour of what you’ll find in the 2gbs you just downloaded. It’s a lot like that video that repeats itself on aeroplane tvs and more inclined to be as the demo begins with Isaac waking from a crash landing, and whether you’re playing the solo or co-op campaign demo, another passenger will wake from the wreck as well. I was somewhat disappointed that the solo campaign is exactly the same as the co-op but without the brusque banter between Isaac and his new co-op partner, John Carver. This did make up for the lack of communication between myself and whoever was controlling John at the time (as players can drop in a out) and gave the characters a much more realistic bond. The mechanics of the game are still the same, get spooked, stamp on boxes and get hurled around like Uncharted’s Nathan Drake. One big difference though is the work bench which now allow...

Raiden, a hugely disliked character from the Metal Gear Solid series, returns Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, and no, revengeance is not a word. A spin-off of the MGS series, MGRR’s self contained plot is set four years after MGS4 and carries the PMC (private military company) antagonist with it. Players assume the role of Raiden, probably the least loved character in all the MGS series, as a cyborg, sword wielding ninja. A far cry from all the previous stealth orientated games, this is an action driven slash-em-up in which the player can slow down time to dissect foes before snatching their electrolyte spinal cords. Developed by Platinum Games, creators of other action slashers such as Bayonetta and the gore-tastic Mad World, MGRR shares many aspects as the other MGS games which were all developed by Kojima Productions. These include many sounds, such as the classic ‘spotted’ exclamation, to the codec, cutscenes and a handful of ridiculous but loveable characters. However it...

It’s difficult to begin to describe what kind of game Dota 2 is and also where it came from. Starting with the basics (the name) which stands for Defence of the Ancients, the original was a mod for Warcraft III and the expansion The Frozen Throne. Originally designed by ‘IceFrog’ who is currently employed by +Valve as lead designer to Dota 2, Dota arguably created the genre ‘multiplayer online battle arena’ or ‘MOBA’ and sits among other titles as an esport in Major League Gaming. To elaborate on the fundamentals, Dota 2 is a free-to-play competitive arena battle with RPG level and item elements. It’s difficult not to treat this ‘impression’ of a game that is still supposedly in beta (yet has hosted many prize giving tournaments), as a guide but Dota 2 is about as kind to newcomers as a cat is to a legless mouse. Myself, I am only familiar to the original by playing with friends as well as a few tries at League of Legends but it took me a while of watching others play it on YouTube ...

From the creators of the Majesty and Elven Legacy series (yeah, me neither), comes Warlock : Master of the Arcane. This game seemed to apparate itself onto Steam quite discreetly and missed a lot of the spotlight by being released almost at the same time as Diablo 3 as well as Civ V recently going on sale. None the less, it's game play style and fantasy aesthetic encouraged me to take a look. Warlock : Master of the Arcane is a turn based strategy game much like Civilization. In fact, it's so much like Civilization V it could almost be seen as a mod, much like the 'Fantastic Worlds' expansion for Civ II. Though being a Civ fan and disliking the series by each addition and the boredom that comes as soon as your borders are met with each other civilizations, W:MotA tackles this by creating multiple worlds within a game and increases the most fun part - exploration. You begin by selecting a hero with unique perks and units, then other options such as the number of o...