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PC
Overall Season 3 of Telltale’s The Walking Dead, The New Frontier, stands as my second favourite in the franchise, offering a wider social look at the impact of the disaster through the lives it has touched.
Xbox1
Ghost Blade HD has its roots in a Dreamcast game released only two years ago, fourteen years after the system was discontinued. But now it's made the jump to the current generation, representing an old genre but needing to just...
News
Somehow, Nintendo’s dedication to shooting gloopy liquid at things – stemming from the weirdly-enthralling Zombies Ate My Neighbors right up to Mario Sunshine and the Splatoon games – has generated an impressive following. The ...
PC
You would think that the mixing of a traditional shoot-em-up and the grind of an action-RPG should be an unholy fusion not fit for polite conversation. Yet Drifting Lands pulls the two genres together, and almost makes them meet.
PC
Lizard Cube have done an incredible remaster for Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap. It’s faithful, to a fault, and absolutely beautiful to listen to and watch.
Previews
From playing the first hour of ELEX, I feel like developer Piranha Bytes want to create a world as much as a game, which is ironic when the introductory story shows it being destroyed.
Interviews
When you sit down to speak with someone who used to write and draw for Uncanny X-Men, the Ultimates, and who created Battle Chasers, I’m hoping a little geeking out is permissible.
Xbox1
A quick glance would make this game look like a disposable, possibly even insensitive, FPS with a 'wacky' sense of humour. But the mechanics, visuals, and action sequences make it some of the most fun you can have in an FPS.
PC
GamesFiends deny owning any tightfitting spandex outfits, but it doesn't stop them trying out superhero action-brawler Mr Shifty.
PS4
Ultimately, Yooka-Laylee is a game that looked like it was going to be a great thing for fans of classic 3D mascot platformers, but it’s just not there. Certainly, it’s not a terrible game, but just when you think you might be...
EGX
At the most basic level, games at Rezzed arrive in one of three states. Some are complete, either newly released or only a few days away from being so, the show floor being good advertising with the thousands of eyes passing th...
EGX
Broken down to its simplest level, the philosophy of Nihilism can be summarised as nothing having meaning; and it would only be in a meaningless world that action games – the realm of active engagement and quick reflex – and id...
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Crayola Art With Edge (Family Fiends) Review
Everyone loves coloring – it’s relaxing, and oh so satisfying to watch the colors saturate the images, turning harsh black and white into whatever colorscape you envision. While the new fads in adult coloring have started...
Previews
EGX Rezzed: Hands on – Tracks: The Train Set Game
When I was in primary school, one of my friends had a wooden train set and I was jealous. Partly it was just about them being trains, partly the appreciation you understand more getting older of how nice wood is to work with. I...
Playstation 4
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker (PS4) Review
As for The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker (please, PLEASE pick a shorted title for your next game!) it’s a moderately diverting few hours once you push past the initial few hours of undirected play and moderate belly-butto...
Xbox One
Velocity G (Xbox One) review
Vehicle-to-vehicle weaponry wasn't covered in the driver's test as we remember it. Games Fiends looks at future racing game Velocity G to see what else has changed.
PC
Hands on: Double Kick Heroes (Early Access)
It's the zombie apocalypse, and the band Double Kick Heroes plan to survive by the power of heavy metal. Games Fiends step up to the drums to take a look.
Mobile
Where Angels Cry: Tears of the Fallen (iOs) Review
“Stop an obsessed inquisitor’s reign of terror in this riveting sequel to Where Angels Cry!”
Books
D&D Monsters and Heroes of the Realms (Coloring Book) Review
Fans of the Forgotten Realms have a new way to enjoy their obsession: a volume filled with intricate designs, blood chilling monsters, and valiant heroes for hours of coloring enjoyment.
Movies
Arrival (movie) review
Arrival is simply a majestic, beautifully created piece of cinema that is steeped in melancholy yet flows with a real elegance.
Hardware
Holiday Fiends: A Complete Gift Guide
From those hard to buy for family members to the fun to shop for techies, we have something for everyone on your list – young and old.
PS Vita
MegaTagmension Neptunia: Blanc and Neptune v. Zombies (PS Vita) Review
The CPUs of Gamindustri have been enjoying high school life as students of Gamicademi – at least until their classmates start turning into zombies. Whilst everyone bands together to fight the undead menace, Blanc and Neptune le...
Family Fiends
Crayola Art With Edge (Family Fiends) Review
Everyone loves coloring – it’s relaxing, and oh so satisfying to watch the colors saturate the images, turning harsh black and white into whatever colorscape you envision. While the new fads in adult coloring have started...
