Since God of War was first released on the PS2, Kratos has become an iconic figure in action gaming, offering a more adult, violent alternative to the Prince of Persias and Tomb Raiders of the world – with no-holds-barred brutality, rage and gripping action in his epic battles fighting whatever and whoever stands in his way. Next month sees the release of God of War III – Kratos’ first outing on the current generation. With God of War II stretching [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Telltale Games are one of my favourite developers this generation, providing Point-and-Click lovers like me with a chance to relive one of the greatest genres of gaming of the 90′s. I may have started off gaming with Nintendo, but the thing that started off my love for PC Gaming was undeniably the Monkey Island series, as my dad had both the first games on CD, as well as some of the old Sierra ‘Quest’ games on floppy disks. Regardless, Monkey [...]
Happy Valentines day Everyone! -markBOSS
You may remeber a week or so back Garvaos did a post covering the EAG Expo. Well I took to the EAG expo floor, armed with my camera, and took some videos. A show Reel Of The EAG Expo 2010. Mark Boss tests out one of the more impressive cabinets at the EAG expo. The Vulcan M. Now at London Trocadero -Warning this video has 87%’EPIC’ concentrate- I talk to Bandai Namco about their new arcade release ‘TANK! TANK! TANK!’ [...]
There are only a few games in this world that grab my attention every time, even if the slightest utterance of a name is mentioned my ears perk up. Halo and Grand Theft Auto being two prime examples. There is also one specific genre that has the same effect, whether it is in films, games or even books. That genre is Film Noire. So when I first heard the name L.A. Noire, a title that is being created by non [...]
Back in October last year, the majority of the Plus XP team hit London for the Eurogamer Expo 2009. That was the first time as a team we got together in person. Well Like I said, it was only the majority of us. Not all the team were present at the expo. This weekend however, the whole core witing team finally got together for a day of arcade gaming and general Rockband-ary, and believe me when I say that Gaming [...]
Bang With A Smile When we we talk about Japanese gaming, it is all to easy to focus full attention on the vast, poetic world that is final fantasy. It would also be easy to while away the hours talking about our never ending love of street fighter, or to ramble on about exciting new releases such as Bayonetta. I am however not going to talk about any of these games. No, in all of this, it becomes easy to [...]
Gaming has come a long way in the last few decades – it’s come a long way since the days of TV advertising and the Internet. But like most things, it’s an idea that has evolved, from the minds of individuals who had the will and creativity to create projects of their own before the large companies really took hold of things. One game that was big in my childhood was a clever title called Hugo’s House of Horrors, a [...]
Back last September, you may remember my partner in crime Leon unveiling a new Sega project in the works, dubbed project needle mouse this exciting new project had us sonic fans hoping that sonic will be returning to his true and original 2D form. Well gamers and Sega fans of the world. I suggest you sit down because the sequel to Sonic 3 has been announced. Project Needle Mouse is non other than, SONIC 4! The full name Sonic 4: [...]
When I first heard about the force unleashed I couldn’t help but be a little skeptical. I mean I am not a huge Star Wars fan and having a 3rd person hack and slash game in the Star Wars universe felt a little generic. So I went and tried the demo for a laugh to see if it was any good. I was hooked, I never thought I would see the day where i would enjoy a Star Wars game [...]
