FIFA 15 Review

FIFA 15 – So this review probably should have come out a week ago, but as I have been both playing the game, and working, it is sort of a, week into the game review.

I’m going to say now, if you’ve played FIFA 14 or own it, the difference in games won’t be as noticeable. That’s because the question has to be asked, how much can a game such as FIFA actually change in a year? There is the added emotions and the graphics are still a step up considering it’s the first proper next gen FIFA. 

Xbox Live Games with Gold: October 2014

Download Halo: Reach now, like right now! Like seriously, you have a couple of hours… So now that’s cleared up, and you’ve downloaded Halo: Reach, you can start thinking about October. Can you believe it’s October already? That’s like three months until Christmas… think of all the games you can get for Christmas!

Anyway, I’m getting really side-tracked, anyone would think it’s because I don’t have much to say… So, this months Games with Gold are…

Xbox Live Games With Gold: April 2014

It’s that time again, Xbox Live Gold Members, you can get your next free game from tomorrow! This month’s games move on from the likes of Civilisation and Dungeon Defenders to a couple of more heavy handed games, not for the faint hearted. 

Game of the Week (GOTW): Flight Control

 

Mobile gaming is becoming a popular form of gaming relief, whether it be when travelling or just sat in the lounge. So, in an attempt to cover the mobile gaming market, the Game of the Week is Flight Control! Flight Control is a basic little game which takes a bit of strategy, quick fingers and a lot of fun! 

Character of the Week – Ellie

Character of the Week! Every Wednesday, bringing you the very best characters of all time!What can you expect? Well, the aim is to assess the different attributes of characters over all gaming platforms. Characters will be chosen on their, strengths, phrases, appearance and popularity. There are always more characters appearing every year, so no re-appearances (unless for a genuine reason).So what’s this weeks COTW? Read more to find out!

Game Of The Week (GOTW): PokéMon Yellow

Pokemon yellow, a classic game for Gameboy Colour players everywhere. The third Pokemon game, or the fourth for many with Pokemon red and blue and for some parts of the world, green, coming before it.

This was one of my first games growing up as a child and like many people I knew it was a favourite.

So what made the yellow version so good? Well despite not having all 150 Pokemon like the previous versions, you are able to acquire all three starter Pokemon that appear in red, green and blue. Plus you had your own Pikachu follow you! Of course this had to be the better of the first games!

Pokemon yellow followed the cartoon series a little more than the previous versions such as the pokemon you choose and the people you battle. However past this, the difference between the different versions stops there. This is not a bad thing though. I owned versions red and yellow and both were great games, giving me hours and hours of entertainment.

The aim of the game is pretty simple; become the very best, like no one ever was, catching pokemon is the real test and to train them is the cause! You catch pokemon and train them, battle them against Pokemon trainers and become the best!

The things that made yellow version different, upon first encounter is colour! It was the first game in the series to have colour on screen and the background would chance colour depending on what town you are in. Next, as mentioned was that you could gain the started pokemon of the first games PLUS have Pikachu as a starter who follows you about! How cool! Finally, Team Rocket, the evil corporation wanting world domination! In the first games, you would encounter random Rocket villians, in Yellow, you meet Jessie, James and Meowth, just like in the TV series.

One of the hardest decisions to make is, do you keep all starter Pokemon in your team, or do you hunt out your favourites and have a team of your own?

With the latest versions of Pokemon, X and Y coming soon it is a fitting game to have as game of the week.

Written by Alex Bellone (@abellone1)

GamesCom: Minecraft in PS4 Lineup!

Today is the start of GamesCom, one of the many events we’ve all been waiting for. So, what’s happening? We are posting as soon as we hear about any news, updates or new features coming to your consoles.

So, Minecraft, we’ve been waiting, anticipating, edging at our seats… now is time. Minecraft is here.

Character of the Week: ASH KETCHUM

Welcome to our NEW weekly entry: Character of the Week!

What can you expect? Well, the aim is to assess the different attributes of characters over all gaming platforms. Characters will be chosen on their, strengths, phrases, appearance and popularity. There are always more characters appearing every year, so no re-appearances (unless for a genuine reason).

So what’s this weeks COTW? Read more to find out!

Halo 4 … Six Months Later

I remember the first time I played Halo CE, it was at my friends house and we would spend hours and hours playing it, whether it was on campaign or 4-player split screen. It brought us hours of fun. Over ten years down the line and here we are with the eighth installation in the game, Halo 4. I remember meeting up with my friends and travelling to London for the midnight launch and getting my game signed by Kiki Wolfkill (best name ever) among others. It was a big day for me.

(For anyone that hasn’t played the game, spoilers ahead)

Hack Claimed To Be Fake

When asked for details on any news of the supposed hacking of Xbox Live, the XboxLiveSupport team responded with the tweet:
 

@howdoigame As far as we can tell it is a hoax.We’ll share more if it that changes. ^CW

— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport1) May 24, 2013

This leaves us wondering, if XBL wasn’t hacked, why did someone go to all this trouble just to distribute fake information and what caused the blackout that prevented access to XBL, Xbox.com, Hotmail and Outlook.

We await anymore information given from Microsoft.