Batman: Arkham City is the superhero sequel to what many believe to be the best Batman game of all time. Going some better than Arkham Asylum, developer Rocksteady Games has crafted a sequel that somehow manages to top it. Stephen Ebert visits Gotham to check out potentially the best superhero game...
Call of Duty is unquestionably the biggest home console game franchise on the face of the planet. Each instalment breaks fresh records and destroys challengers such as EA’s Medal of Honor in terms of earnings. Of course, as we all know, popularity and overall quality sometimes don’t go hand-in-hand, and sooner...
Call of Duty: Ghosts, otherwise known as ‘Yep, it’s that time again’, is here.The best-selling first-person shooter series of all time, Activision’s Call of Duty is a video game blockbuster in every sense of the word, offering staggering production values, intense action and a Hollywood-style storyline....
Just as FIFA and Pro Evo Soccer battle it out for the title of best football video game, EA’s Battlefield and Activision’s Call of Duty have now fallen into the habit of competing with each other to be considered the best military FPS entry. This year, the stakes are higher than ever as...
Ubisoft’s historical action series has investigated the Crusades, romped through renaissance Italy and trudged the blood-soaked battlefields of the American Revolution, but its latest outing is possibly the most unique yet. Instead of stalking the shadows, you’re tasked with captaining a pirate galleon...
It’s that time of year again – the time when EA and Konami push out their latest signings in the hope of scoring a pre-Christmas victory and lifting the illustrious soccer simulation trophy. With FIFA 14 offering a very similar experience to last year, it’s down to Pro Evolution Soccer – also known...
In some ways, Grand Theft Auto V is a swan song for Sony and Microsoft’s current consoles. Rockstar’s open world adventure game is one of the last blockbuster releases before the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One arrive in November – but it’s also a reminder that next-generation gaming...
Nintendo’s Zelda series is packed with solid-gold classics, and few come as big as 2003’s Wind Waker. One of the GameCube’s best titles, it’s just been resurrected for the Wii U in glorious HD for the benefit of an entirely new generation. Is this remaster worthy of a full-price retail release, or...
Football RPG Inazuma Eleven may not be as familiar to westerners as some of developer Level 5’s other outings – Professor Layton and Ni No Kuni to name but two – but in its native Japan the series is popular enough to have its own line of merchandise and even a TV show. European DS owners have already...
Dead Island: Riptide might look like an idyllic zombie-fest, but it's little more than a frustrating mess of half-baked ideas and repetitive combat. It starts promisingly enough: a mad dash off a sinking ship, a military coup, and a zombie horde just aching to be shown the business end of a shotgun. And...

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