It’s one of those inevitable incidents, like the next rainstorm or power-outage, and it’s something we’ve just come to accept as part of gaming culture: the next FPS game. Since the phenomenon was set in motion roughly 15 years ago by Doom, we’ve had to endure FPS releases almost on a monthly basis. Thankfully, most [...]

Warner Bros has just announced the latest in their paranormal fright-fest shooter series, F.E.A.R 3, which should be good news for just about anyone who’s ever had the good sense to play these carefully scripted games in the past. The big difference this time is that the task of developing this new instalment has been [...]

After nearly a decade of waiting, fans of the Aliens versus Predator games were beginning to wonder if they’d ever get another acid-spraying, head-biting, marine-disemboweling fright fest. Sure, we’ve had the movies to turn to in the meantime, but let’s face it, those atrocities were more like a kick in the pants than a decent [...]

I often wonder what it must be like to work for a games studio, creating the sequel to a game that was highly acclaimed and won its fair share of Game of the Year Awards. Sure, you might surprise gamers and reviewers the first time round, but next time everyone will be watching closely. Well, [...]

I remember playing the first AVP game for months and months with my LAN friends. We tried AVP2 for a while, only to find that they messed up the Xenomorph side of things. I also played the single-player mode repeatedly, yelping every time a face-hugger managed to get my marine. So I’m waiting with bated [...]