Added: 17.09.2013 0:34 | 22 views | 0 comments



XSEED games is providing a double dose of action, adventure, gore and street-rat insanity this week, offering up cult suspense horror game Deadly Premonition and over-the-top beat-em-up Killer is Dead through the Games on Demand service on Xbox Live.

Added: 15.09.2013 13:45 | 13 views | 0 comments


Ed hails the quiet brilliance of classic Thief, and ponders what might have been lost in the intervening years.
A terrible, potentially career-ending confession: I never got round to playing the Thief games - from whose dank, fragant soils the entire modern first-person adventure genre has arguably sprung - back when they were a Thing. That's a failure of taste I'm now rectifying, having finally picked up a copy of 2004's Deadly Shadows - generally deemed to be the worst of the three, though also the vehicle for its most depraved spine-tingles, and the one Thief escapade I can get running on this filthy dog of a PC.

Added: 12.09.2013 22:30 | 8 views | 0 comments

The Deadly Six show what they're made of

Added: 12.09.2013 22:30 | 2 views | 0 comments

The Deadly Six show what they're made of

Added: 12.09.2013 14:19 | 18 views | 0 comments


Tin Salamunic: Goichi Suda is to the gaming industry what Takashi Miike is to Japanese cinema, a visionary, a lunatic, a genius, a schizoid, and a legend. Whatever you want to call him, his games have an unparalleled magnetism and aesthetic charm despite being absurd and oftentimes tasteless. His work may not always be comprehensible, but he manages to walk a fine line between artistry and obnoxiousness. Killer is Dead is tricky because it dangerously tilts towards the latter. Suda always had a knack for composing disjointed narratives, but they worked because good humor, strong characters, and solid gameplay cemented the anarchic bits. Unfortunately, Killer is Dead crosses that delicate line and inches closer to intolerance and bad taste. I love Killer is Deadand I hate it. I havent felt so divided about a game since SWERYs Deadly Premonition. At least Deadly Premonition had a consistent, albeit bizarre, tone. Killer is Dead juggles between remarkable highs and devastating lows....

Added: 09.09.2013 21:19 | 18 views | 0 comments


Theres a particular experience in gaming that can be had only by those with a high tolerance for sloppy game design in order to embrace a bizarre, surreal atmosphere as conceived by Japanese game developers. Most recently, Swery65, was the poster boy for this trend with Deadly Premonition garnering praise and hate alike, but before Swery65, there was Suda51. And hes back with Killer Is Dead. This game is a return to form, for the developer, which may be a good thing or a horrible thing depending on how long youve been a fan of his work.

Added: 05.09.2013 5:18 | 9 views | 0 comments


Hannah Shaw-Williams of Game Rant writes: "From bad boss fights to baffling AI, no game is completely without sin. We take a look at some of the gameplay mechanics and design decisions that can taint even the best titles."

Added: 03.09.2013 22:47 | 14 views | 0 comments


PC gamers get in on the cult action thriller on Halloween.
The Director's Cut of Deadly Premonition will wait for Halloween to make its debut on PC via Steam.