| | Rumour: Assassins Creed 3 to be set during the American Revolution | 
Darryn Bonthuys - January 30th, 2012 | The Assassins Creed franchise has been all over the world so far, with the majority of the sequels set during the Renaissance. It should be no surprise that Ubisoft is currently working on a third instalment that will wrap up several loose ends, but it looks like series lead character Desmond may not be out of the Animus chair just yet.
Rumours have begun circulating for when exactly the ... [»] | 
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| Kinect, says Ghost Recon developer, is like a “inflatable doll” | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 27th, 2012 | Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’s IP director Adrian Lacey has likened Kinect’s motion controls to expensive, opened-mouthed inflatable sex toys. Wait, what?Responding to Spong’s question about about the possibility of Kinect replacing traditional controls, he responded with a headline-grabbing “That’s like asking whether an inflatable doll replaces a woman.” Interesting analogy- and it’s spot on - neither are ... [»] |
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| Rayman Origins coming to PC…with no DRM! | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 27th, 2012 | Ubisoft’s Rayman Origins is easily one of the best games released last year. About as proximate to perfection as possible in a planar platformer, Rayman Origins charmed the pants off of us - and got the nod as our favourite platformer of 2011. PC gamers will finally get the chance to jump around as everybody’s favourite limbless heroes in March - and ... [»] | 
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| Ubisoft wants more (and more) Assassin’s Creed. Do You? | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 26th, 2012 | I love the Assassin’s Creed Franchise. Well, I fell in love with it after the second game, at any rate. Since then? There’s been a new Assassin’s Creed game every year and it seems that Ubisoft is only too happy to annualise the series. While some might feel that regular, annual iterations will only dilute the brand and led to gamer fatigue, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot believes otherwise.The regular releases, he says, are necessary to "satisfy the demand". ... [»] |
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| James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes 3D review – Criminal Negligence | 
Garth Holden - January 25th, 2012 | It is Hollywood in the 1960s, and you are taking part in a game show about puzzles. While busy on the show, you meet an old friend who is now an FBI agent investigating a serial killer who targets the winners of the TV show that you are currently a contestant in. He asks for your help to solve the puzzles left behind by the killer. The clues lead to new victims, and you end ... [»] | 
Score
6.5/10 |
| The Settlers Online Beta Preview – Evony and Ivory | 
Abigail Holden - January 24th, 2012 | The Settlers series consists of seven titles, the latest of which was apparently plagued with DRM issues. Generally a pretty good city builder with a bit of combat and some hero units (with rather woeful voice acting), The Settlers has now moved into the realm of online browser based games. I’ve played The Settlers 5 and 6, as well as many other city building games over the years, but I’ve ... [»] |
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| Ubisoft says Anno 2070 DRM works as intended | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 20th, 2012 | Ubisoft’s future-based city-building sim Anno 2070 is a pretty great game. If it has one mighty flaw though, it’s in its implementation of the nasty Tages DRM system. As we told you last week, the game allows for three installations - but a simple change in hardware, such as putting in a new graphics card - eats up one of those installs. Many though it might be a ... [»] |
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| Ubisoft DRM limits become absurd | 
Darryn Bonthuys - January 17th, 2012 | Its safe to say that no one likes Digital Rights Management. A system wherein publishers can protect their properties, DRM is a rather intrusive and irritating method to combat piracy, and it’s here to stay unfortunately.
But that’s fine, we can live with those gripes and complaints, as long as we get to play our favourite games. And we want those games ... [»] |
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| Anno 2070 Review – Future Tycoon | 
Abigail Holden - January 16th, 2012 | The year is 2070, and although global warming has not destroyed the Earth, it has shaken things up a bit. Some resources have dried up, and others have become available through new technologies. You are a city builder, with access to ships and a number of resource-rich islands. The idea in Anno is to build cities and trade resources between your islands, and negotiate (or battle it out) with the other inhabitants.
Simply, Anno 2070 is a great city building game.If that’s what you’re interested in, this ... [»] | 
Score
8.0/10 |
| Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 review – Get moving, fatty! | 
Abigail Holden - December 14th, 2011 | The sequel to Ubisoft’s Your Shape: Fitness Evolved is here. That was a great title; 2012 is even better. While traditional games are still floundering around trying to think of a good way to use the Kinect, fitness ‘games’ like this one have taken full advantage of its features.If you played the original Your Shape: FE, 2012 ... [»] | 
Score
8.0/10 |
| New Rainbow Six trailer takes on the bankers | 
Gavin Mannion - December 12th, 2011 | The last Rainbow 6 Patriots footage blew me away and over the weekend at the VGA’s a new cut scene was released about this game and it’s just made it more enticing.
In this scene some terrorists or as they like to be called, Patriots, break into a an office block and ... [»] |
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| Rayman Origins Review – Sleep stifling sillyness | 
Garth Holden - December 2nd, 2011 | Jumping jabberwocky! Galloping gunwhales and lumbering Lums! Don't understand any of this? No fear, it hardly makes any sense to me either!
Rayman Origins brings the ridiculous world of Rayman to nonsensical life in beautifully bubbly HD graphics.Rayman and his crew are besieged by the darktoons after their sonorous snoring causes a granny in the Land of the Livid Dead to go into a frothy frenzy. Now the Bubble Dreamer has gone ... [»] |
Score
9.0/10 |
| Rabbids Alive & Kicking Review – Kill The Waaaaabbit | 
Gavin Mannion - December 2nd, 2011 | As soon as we heard that a new new Rabbids game was heading our way for review I instantly volunteered to take it home for a test drive, I’ve had a bit of a love affair with the Rabbids for a few years now (don’t judge me) and while the games haven’t evolved much in that time ... [»] |
Score
7.0/10 |
| Might and Magic Heroes 6 Review – We need a hero | 
Darryn Bonthuys - November 28th, 2011 | Twenty Five years. That’s how long the venerable franchise surrounding the heroes of Might and Magic have been around, with the latest adventure in the fantasy realms bridging a five year gap between releases.
But unlike long-running franchises such as Final Fantasy and Phantasy Star, Heroes of Might and Magic has never quite catapulted itself into the stratosphere of gaming, having always been confined to a niche genre amongst the most dedicated of gamers.
Can this sixth instalment finally bring the heroes ... [»] |
Score
7.0/10 |
| Hey PC Gamers! You can’t have Ghost Recon Future Soldier either | 
Geoffrey Tim - November 28th, 2011 | We told you last week that Ubisoft had forsaken PC gamers, by skipping the PC as a release platform for their downloadable title, I am Alive. The biggest reason cited for not porting the game is, of course, piracy. Many of you were angered, with others not giving a hoot about some worthless downloadable game. Well, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, the latest in ... [»] |
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