The Best Games for Escapism
Chella needs a distraction from the result of the UK election and she’s turning to games. She’s created a list of the best games for escapism to a happy place, when real life gets too serious.
Category Archives: EuroFiles
Hailing from the windswept wilds of Wales, Drew Moffatt is GiN’s European Correspondent. His bi-weekly EuroFiles column sniffs out the latest game news from across the pond and from the industry in general.
Perusing the Mass Effect 4 Leaks
Chella delves into the Mass Effect 4 marketing survey, which allegedly reveals key details about BioWare’s next space opera. She looks at the ship, gameplay, possible characters and new alien races.
Why Can’t Marvel Do Games?
With Avengers: The Age of Ultron, the sequel to, arguably, the best Marvel movie to date, mere weeks away, I can’t help thinking there’ll be a cheap game tie-in hot on its heels. And therein lies the trouble with Marvel and games.
The Konami Conundrum
It’s been a fairly quiet start to 2015, for the games industry, but all that changed last week, when the faeces hit the proverbial fan over at Konami. The superstar developer looks set to leave Konami, after 30 years, leaving Metal Gear fans in turmoil.
Indie Developers: Proud Punks Of The Game Industry
There were many interesting discussions at this year’s GDC, but one of the most fascinating was a series about indie developers. While indies got criticized a bit, Chella thinks the panelists got a lot of the indie scene wrong. Indie developers are like the punk rockers of the 70s and early 80s, forging their own path and identifying with gamers outside the mainstream.
Backing a Winner for GOTY
The GiN Game of the Year Awards nominees are in and the voting begins for the winners. Chella takes a look at the shortlist and picks her favourites.
Are Videogame Review Scores Defunct?
This week, Eurogamer announced that it would no longer give its game reviews scores and it would no longer be listed on Metacritic. Many cheered, but Chella asks, “Do videogame scores matter?”
The Order: 1886 Disappointment: 2015?
One look at the gameplay reviews and the key word to describe The Order: 1886 is ‘disappointment.’ Chella takes a look at the key concerns over a game that looks great, but may not deliver.
Games – a marriage of art and science
This week Chella rallies against an education official who doesn’t think that art and science go together. But come on, one only need to look at the videogame industry to see a place where that perfect marriage exists.
Most Anticipated Games of 2015
The year 2015 promises a bumper crop of next gen games from AAA studios and indie developers alike, offering something for everyone. Chella takes a look at her most anticipated games of 2015. Check these pics and trailers out to see if any of these games should make your list of anticipated favorites.