Keengamer.com • 24th October 2016

Rogue Stormers Review (PS4) | KeenGamer

Rogue Stormers is a slick twin-stick shooter in the vein of Contra and Metal Slug with roguelike RPG elements. What begins as a mechanically impressive shooter with engaging risk-reward gameplay lets itself down with a frustrating co-op experience.

Cubed Gamers • 1st September 2016

The History of Slim-lined Consoles

With the recent release of the Xbox One ‘Slim’ model, we here at Cubed thought it prudent to look back on the origin of this slightly odd trend.

Cubed Gamers • 8th August 2016

PlayStation 4 Exclusives Still to Come in 2016

Cubed takes a look at the hottest exclusives still to come in 2016

Cubed Gamers • 6th July 2016

Red Dead Redemption Backwards Compatibility Announcement Triggers Huge Increase in Amazon Sales

Following the announcement by Rockstar Games that much loved western Red Dead Redemption is becoming backward compatible, the game has witnessed an incredible four-thousand percent increase in sales of the Game of the Year edition on Amazon.com.

Cubed Gamers • 18th June 2016

Resident Evil 7 Demo – First Impressions

It is hard to dispute the quality of Sony’s E3 conference. With consistent high profile reveals – including a Crash Bandicoot revival, the announcement of The Last Guardian’s impending release and, of course, Hideo Kojima’s new IP – the show was a resounding success.

Cubed Gamers • 11th May 2016

Dark Souls 3 Review

The fevered, tense circling, sweaty palms gripping the controller almost to breaking point, arched back and stoic concentration waiting for an opening in your enemy’s defence: these are the hallmarks Japanese developer From Software have been cultivating for almost a decade

Cubed Gamers • 10th May 2016

Pre-E3 Showcase at Jigsaw24 in Soho, London

We were fortunate enough to be invited to a publisher double bill featuring 10 games from Plug in Digital and The Sidekicks.

Cubed Gamers • 13th April 2016

Do World War Two shooters still have relevance for today’s audience of gamers?

There was a day when video games were special, one-off events that elicited inherent excitement regardless of genre. Nowadays a larger interest, audience and over-inflated Hollywood level budget has resulted in the creation of monster franchises from larger developers such as Ubisoft.

Cubed Gamers • 11th April 2016

System Information for New ‘PS4K’ Leaked

A thread by NeoGAF user OsirisBlack has revealed new PS4K system information including details on GPU power and resolution output.

Cubed Gamers • 5th April 2016

‘In an industry full of violence, tits and misogyny we made something about beauty’: The Chinese Room on the Art of Video Games

As part of the London Games festival, indie developer The Chinese Room took part in a talk on the art of video games, giving an insightful glimpse into the behind the scenes development of their latest release, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture.

Cubed Gamers • 25th March 2016

Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty devs reveal details of new sequel

Oddworld Inhabitants Inc., the developers behind the critically acclaimed Oddworld series, have announced a direct sequel to the original hit Abe’s Odyssey, which launched over a decade ago.

Cubed Gamers • 9th March 2016

Can Retail Gaming Survive?

2012 marked an important date in the UK’s retail gaming scene. The year saw over 200 GAME stores close and over 40% of their workforce lose their jobs. Those heady days of driving down to the nearest store with your mates and rummaging through the bargain bins for deals were forever changed – and perhaps for the better.