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Mortal Kombat 1 Review: Only a Few Frames Away from a Flawless Victory

As Mortal Kombat celebrates its 30th anniversary, you’d be forgiven for thinking the series might potentially start coasting along as a legacy title. Not many game series make it past 15 years, let alone 30 of them. Fortunately, this was never on NetherRealm Studios’ agenda, as the developer returns with…

September 17, 2023August 10, 2025

Gaming

Changing Stance: The Case for a Mortal Kombat ‘Kreator Mode’

I’ve loved the excessive gore of Mortal Kombat ever since discovering the franchise in my mid-teens. Every new instalment arrives with a bunch of fresh fatalities and brutalities, ready to make me laugh and cringe in equal measure at the mess of blood and guts left on the screen. I,…

September 4, 2023July 6, 2024

Gaming

Alan Wake II is the Sequel of Dreams… and Nightmares

Alan Wake II received its second big news blowout at Gamescom this past week in anticipation of its (slightly delayed) October 27th release. With a trailer at Opening Night Live, followed by media reactions to a 40-minute demo focused on Wake’s side of the story, we now have a fairly…

August 27, 2023July 5, 2024

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Modern Warfare Zombies Has the Potential to Surprise Us All

For the first time in Call of Duty history, Modern Warfare will have its own Zombies mode as part of Modern Warfare III. Headed up by Treyarch, the mode looks to be a combination of Cold War’s Outbreak – an objective focussed mode where players travel from region to region…

August 20, 2023August 20, 2023

Call of Duty

Modern Warfare 3: First Impressions

Modern Warfare 3 was finally revealed yesterday, and we received a surprising amount of information on all three pillars of this year’s Call of Duty. Below are some brief first impressions of the game, and I’m pleasantly surprised at my own positive response to the reveal, after what can only…

August 18, 2023August 18, 2023

Call of Duty Gaming

We are on the Brink of MW3

With the reveal of Modern Warfare 3 less than a week away, a trailer was released this past week to set the tone for the latest Call of Duty iteration, which is now confirmed to be headed up by Sledgehammer Games. A tattooed figure walks through a gulag, as campaign…

August 13, 2023July 5, 2024

Call of Duty Gaming

I’m Glad I Returned to DMZ…

With the reveal of Modern Warfare 3 imminent, I decided to drop back into Call of Duty for the first time since Season 2 of Modern Warfare 2. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the update, spending the majority of my time in DMZ, the extraction offshoot of Warzone. I fell…

August 6, 2023July 5, 2024

Gaming

The Mortal Kombat 1 Information Keeps on Koming…

With the imminent release of Mortal Kombat 1 – a reboot of sorts following the outcome of Mortal Kombat 11’s two story chapters – series co-creator Ed Boon has unsurprisingly been a busy man. From being on the interview circuit, to challenging fans to a game of “Truth or Troll”…

July 29, 2023August 6, 2023

Call of Duty Gaming

Call of Duty 2023: Second Chance or Cash Grab?

Although it looks like we have finally reached the end game of the Microsoft / Activision merger saga, the publisher won’t be out of the news for long with this year’s Call of Duty – seemingly Modern Warfare 3 – on the horizon. Originally reported to be an expansion for…

July 21, 2023July 21, 2023

Gaming

The Return of Alan Wake

Alan Wake means a lot to me. It’s a game that captured my teenage brain instantly from the trailer alone. I loved the look of the setting of the quaint Pacific Northwestern town of Bright Falls, the contrast between playing at day and at night, and the mystery around a…

May 26, 2023July 5, 2024