Category: Games

Way back in 2005, the sadly defunct, THQ greenlit a project from a company called Relic Entertainment – the people behind games like Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War and the legendary Homeworld games. That game would go on to become Company of Heroes; a beautiful, strategic and visceral real time strategy game about World War II.

The game released to massive success; huge sales with great reviews from websites and journalists all over the world and, until recently, still drew huge numbers of players. That is, until, Company of Heroes 2 was released. When THQ went bankrupt Sega picked up Relic Entertainment and greenlit a sequel to Company of Heroes. The second game hasn’t attracted the same player base the original did though; thanks largely to the confusing structure of the downloadable content the game has released so far; with over 50 individual pieces of DLC released so far – ranging from missions, to armies and full blown expansions.

Assassin’s Creed never fails when it comes to excitement, action and addictive gameplay, so what can we expect with Unity, are there any major differences?

Well, the graphics are bound to be more beautiful than ever, and if the trailer is anything to go by we’re certainly in for a treat. This time it’s set in a once stunning Paris. There’s chaos in the city, yet that’s only an obstacle to you, a young man named Arno who’s seeking redemption due to the murders of his family members.

You can customise your assassin and choose the weapons that suit you best, while the online game modes are more enthralling with up to three friends able to take part in a story driven online mode. This time round you can really define your own assassin while there is more open world freedom than ever before.

The next instalment of the highly successful first person shooter is back for new gen optimisation from Sledgehammer Games and Activision.

The basic premiss behind the new game is a catapult into the future of gaming set in the year 2054 whereby private military corporations control the world. In these times there is an instability in the global infrastructure and you have been called in solve the problem with the help of cutting edge technology.

As a solider on the front lines of this next generation warfare simulator you have high tech gear, technological advancements that are out of this world and a custom built war focused exoskeleton for the demands of the environment.

With advances outside of the Call of Duty stratosphere both Activision and Sledgehammer have taken extra time, care and effort to make this game their best yet. New facial capture and imaging technologies make Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare their most true to life battle ground entertainment yet.

In the charts there are currently 4 Lego games that are right 4! There’s the chart topping The Lego Movie Videogame, there’s Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga.

This can be seen as both good and bad news for Lego fans because they have plenty of options but they may not know which game to pick first. Lego games have always proven to be popular and it all came after the first Lego Starwars game, but it can work for any major film and Lego Harry Potter proved that.

Lego games don’t take themselves too seriously and they’re just built for fun, and perhaps why they’re becoming extremely popular with plenty of big hits out there for next gen consoles.

We all know just how popular games are today, but have you found that you’ve been gaming a lot more in January? If so, there are many different reasons for this.

January is known as quite a dull month. Christmas is over, the weather if gloomy, and there’s not an awful lot to look forward to. With this said, it means we’re just more likely to spend more time video gaming, because we have the time to do so.

January is also a big month for gaming because many people have purchased their new games and consoles with their Christmas money or have perhaps have received them as a Christmas present. There really is no better time for gaming than January, and if you’re finding yourself playing video games a lot more, don’t worry, we all are.