A Double Fine Production generally means quality and something a little quirky. That is definitely the case with their new XBLA / PSN cutesy role-playing title “Costume Quest. In Costume Quest you play the role of a twin brother or sister (your choice, thank you Double Fine for NOT assuming the players...

You know when a game is by the studio who brought us Bayonetta – Platinum Games – you’re going to be in for one insane, over the top ride. Vanquish certainly doesn’t disappoint. The story is pretty basic, wrapped in the usual over the top – Japanese styled – villains. You play a...

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is the new game from Ninja Theory, probably best known in female gamer circles for the wonderful female led title Heavenly Sword. Sadly, despite rumors to the contrary, Heavenly Sword didn’t get its sequel, instead we get “Enslaved: Odyssey to the West”, a...

Gay Girls Who Game host Tracy admits freely and proudly that she’s a “FIFA girl” and is gleeful to give her thoughts on FIFA 11. She covers “Personality Plus” which is all about authenticity, so Wayne Rooney will apparently run like a hobbit. She also talks about the other...

If you love Grand Theft Auto, you’ll love Mafia II. That’s just how it is. Mafia II is very similar to Grand Theft Auto in it’s concept – driving missions, fighting missions, assassination missions and more – but thankfully, there is a lot of original and authentic touches to Mafia II that...

Skate 3 is the third iteration in the Skate franchise by EA Black Box. You play as a skater, who along with your pushy business partner have started your own skateboard company after a dramatic fall. Skate 3 has one of the most unusual beginnings in video game history, more a movie than a game intro, with...

There aren’t many games series that have quite as much hype surrounding them as the Final Fantasy series. You know the drill: The quiet period where Square Enix don’t give us a clue what they’re up to. The E3 event where we’re blasted with the most impressive game cinematic we’ve ever seen,...

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is the latest in a long line of Battlefield games, a long running series with numerous entries on PC and consoles. In most of the games in this series the focus was on multiplayer battles that included up to 64 players and maps of incredible size. How does the latest entry stack...

Heavy Rain has been both lauded and lambasted since it released in February 2010 and I have followed its evolution on many sites almost since its inception. I was intrigued to see if Heavy Rain, could once more master what Quantic Dream so admirably managed in its predecessor Indigo Prophecy (aka...

Please note this is a review of the single player campaign – Battlefield: Bad Company was one of my favorite first-person shooters of 2008, the game featured some great game mechanics, including the destructible environments and gameplay variety. This along with some great in-game humor and memorable...

Ahh Rapture, an underwater city of wonder, how I have missed you and your deranged beauty. When BioShock released back in 2007 (on Xbox 360) it was a game changer. With that in mind, its water drenched sequel has much to live up to. The narrative, environment and characterization in BioShock was superlative...