Best of the Year

2013 was a pretty great year for games.  There was a number of positive trends throughout these past twelve months that I hope continue well into 2014 and onwards.  Firstly, we seem to have well and truly gotten past the days of having the best games crammed into a three month window between September and November.  2013 saw both big ...

By no means will 2012 go down as a classic year for gaming.  This current generation of home consoles is now in its seventh year and looking very long in the tooth.  The Wii, DS and PSP are finished and meanwhile the 360 and PS3 has spluttered out an unremarkable Holiday season of games that are a plethora of sequels, ...

2011 was a transitional year in the video games industry that saw the Playstation Portable, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii all reach the end of their lifespan.  They’re sure to linger on the shelves for a couple more years but all new significant software development has transitioned to the Playstation Vita, the 3DS and the Wii U. One of the ...

The rogues gallery of cowboys, Spartans, rock stars, Monkeys, yakuza and space marines.

I’ve said before that this current generation of gaming has been my favourite for the sheer range of different games that are now on offer across all the different platforms.  2009 didn’t disappoint with its range of quality titles, which if anything, were up in quantity from the year before.  And would you believe 2010 already promises even more amazing ...