Well its taken me longer than it should have to get around to covering two Guardian indie gaming events PlusXP attended at BAFTA (located in Piccadilly Circus). I’ve been on hiatus from writing articles since January as I’ve been concentrating on a short teaching course, with the exception of my short LAC piece. However my main coursework pieces are now out of the way, so I’ll be returning to usual level of activity as of now. The first event was [...]
It’s been quite a while since we have had any new information on Halo 4. I have been exploring the internet with a fine tooth comb hoping to come across any hint of the game, hoping for new rumours or better yet a leaked screen shot. Alas 343 studios, the new creative minds behind Halo have so far remained tight lipped. For all we know the game developers are hidden in an underground silo somewhere, secretly slaving away at the [...]
Last October cloud gaming finally made its way to Europe with the release of OnLive. A small video games console that would enable any gamer to plug into the internet and stream a video game just through a broadband connection. The Plus XP team were at the official OnLive launch Eurogamer Expo last year and the reception that OnLive received was probably the best they could have hoped for. Since the launch of OnLive, other companies have been jumping on [...]
For the past week I have been playing Darksiders. I have wanted to become one of the horseman of the apocalypse for a while and as it was going cheap I seized the opportunity. Since then I haven’t put my PS3 controller down. What I love about this game is that it mixes puzzle and platform game play with hack and slash combat perfectly. The story is also well written and it draws you in right from the start. You play as [...]
Ahhh I have sure missed the tension and unbearable calamity of one more shot being fatal to you numeric health bar. Your approach to combat was more drilled and cautious, you were assertive in how you went about your business knowing your shots needed to be accurate. I’ve missed scowering the level or a particular area desperately trying to locate a health pack to just about give me an edge before in run into the next titanic battle. This may [...]
Over the last 12 to 18 months there has been a revitalisation of some games with the release of HD collector’s edition packs. These are for games that were on the Playstation 1 and 2 as well as titles that were available on the Xbox, PSP and many other consoles. Some of the previous titles released as HD collection editions were, Tomb Raider, Prince of Persia and God of War Volumes 1 and 2, but in the next twelve months [...]
Nintendo Letter Box (known as Swapnote in America) is the latest free application to hit the 3DS eShop. It is intended to act as an email system of sorts, where users can exchange messages with other 3DS users either via Spotpass (aka online) or broadcast a message via Streetpass (where players exchange information with each other locally). It was released on the 22nd December, and is the sequel to the DS app Pictochat.. This article will firstly talk about how [...]
Gavin Storey is a DJ from Grantham. He also happens to be the owner of RadioSega, having taken over from SegaMark two years ago. He was among the attractions at the London Gaming Con, playing a stomping set of Sega tunes on Sunday evening, and has kindly agreed to do an interview for PlusXP. Firstly Gavvie, how did your set at the London Gaming Con go? I felt it went really well. I was a little disappointed that we [...]
Well its taken me over a week to sit down and write this, but it is finally my pleasure to bring to you my report from the first London Gaming Con, which I attended with fellow PlusXP members Garvaos and GuitarGirl, and contributor RandomMan. Running between the 4th and 5th December, this convention took place in the Rocket complex in North London. It’s fair to say it was quite the success, with hundreds of guests coming through the Rocket’s large [...]
This past year there have been an absolute load of announcements for games coming out in 2012 and beyond. There were also some good game releases last year as well. But there has been something that has been niggling me about some of the latest announcements which make me think that game developers are fixing things before they are broken. I.E. Rebooting game franchises. In some respects some games need in but most of the time games don’t need a [...]
