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Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide review: Sink or swim
When I reviewed Civilization: Beyond Earth about a year ago, one of my complaints was the under-utilized potential of the new world. Grasslands are fine but what I really wanted to do is create a futuristic underwater city and terrorize the seas with my submarine armada, a notion that may or may not have been influenced by a childhood spent playing Red...
Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch review: The long watch
Several months ago, Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch - Tyranid Invasion (try saying that a few times fast) released for iOS devices. In the world of portable games, it was considered a great success - Powered by the Unreal engine, it was a slick turn-based alien-blasting experience. Now Deathwatch makes its way to PC, in what is one of the better...
Might & Magic Heroes VII review: Heroes living off past glories
As I'm sure you all remember, a while ago a preview of Might & Magic Heroes VII was released - which left me with quite a positive impression and a lot of hope for the finished game. Now, after about 30 hours of the full release, it's hard to say whether I actually like it as a game on...
Broforce final launch date revealed
After serving a tour of Early Access, Free Lives Games are finally ready to release their 4-player co-op side-scroller full of freedom, explosions and of course bros. While in early access, Broforce was one of the best couch co-op games you could play with your friends and I can't wait to see what the final release holds in store...
Anno 2205 preview: If you build it, they will come
My first impression of Anno 2205 was the game's friendly announcer telling me that an unusually long playtime has been detected, accompanied by a small pop-up message suggesting I take a break since I've been playing for 2 hours. I double-checked my watch and indeed, two hours have gone by in what I'm certain was some evil corporate trick....
Might and Magic Heroes VII preview: Heroic in every sense
With release coming up and the early beta in full swing, it's time to take a closer look at the upcoming Might and Magic Heroes VII. Obviously the standard disclaimer applies here - this is a "preview" version of the game and as such is obviously incomplete. Only a few of the campaign missions are available, there are still...
Master of Orion is a 4X childhood dream
In 2013, Wargaming purchased the Master of Orion IP from Atari's bankruptcy sale. The reason behind this seemingly random purchase was that the company's CEO played the game, fell in love with it and decided to recreate it for the current generation of gamers who haven't had the chance to play the '93 classic. In order to do so as...
Fallout 4 combat and perk system highlight Gamescom 2015
Fallout 4 expands on Bethesda's Fallout 3 in many ways, most of which we've already seen presented in the E3 footage. At Gamescom 2015, the big new thing we've seen was a much longer and deeper combat encounter taking place in an abandoned factory overrun by ghouls and raiders. It was a purely combat encounter, with no dialog or any...
Surprise! Just Cause 3 lets you blow a lot of shit up
With the release date for Just Cause 3 approaching fast, I finally had my chance at some hands-on with the games at Gamescom 2015. It was actually split into two parts as I had a chance to play it during Microsoft's Xbox briefing before the convention and again at Gamescom itself - the levels I got to play were the...
Mother Russia Bleeds for our amusement
It's hard to really describe Mother Russia Bleeds. As a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up, it is already a part of a genre that hasn't change for a few decades now, but it actually manages to be more than your average brawler. It gets the core mechanics of walking, punching and kicking quite well, and it goes to great...