
Giles Nicholson
REVIEW: The Medium
Like the game’s protagonist, The Medium feels like it exists in two quite different realities. In the first, it’s the latest title from Bloober Team, an independent Polish developer known…
REVIEW: Immortals Fenyx Rising
Immortals Fenyx Rising is Ubisoft’s latest open-world action-adventure, developed by the team behind Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Announced as Gods and Monsters before being swiftly re-branded, Immortals Fenyx Rising is a…
REVIEW: Observer: System Redux
Why do you play videogames? Perhaps it’s to relax, have fun, or escape from some of the harsher elements of reality? I ask because Observer: System Redux is not an…
CONSOLE REVIEW: Xbox Series X
Almost a year since it was announced at the 2019 Game Awards, the Xbox Series X is finally here. In a rough year and with demand outstripping supply, I was…
Years In the Making? Microsoft Game Showcase 2020 Preview
Microsoft have been playing catch-up since the Xbox One was revealed in early 2013. The strategy was wrong, the launch event was baffling, and consumers promptly voted with their wallets….
OUR CONSOLE: Sega Dreamcast
In every console generation there are successes and there are failures. Arriving on the back of the Mega-CD/Sega-CD, 32X and the Saturn, Sega certainly needed the Dreamcast to be a…
Beating the Backlog
Act 1: A quest derailed. Back in January, I had a brilliant and original idea. Ok, maybe “good” rather than brilliant and perhaps not even “original” either, but, look, it…
In Praise of… Single-Player Adventures
Recently I had the pleasure of completing Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. I had a lot of fun with it and found it a challenging but satisfying experience, despite…
Best of the Decade: Mass Effect 2
Let’s be honest, it’s pretty much impossible to choose just one game from a whole decade of gaming. Ten years spent exploring new worlds, countless epic adventures and plenty of…
My Month With The xCloud Preview
During the past month, I’ve been drowning the doubts and casting aside my console to plunge myself into the world of game streaming. No, I’ve not changed my mind about…
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