Soul Calibur V – The Verdict
Don’t let the dashing, hooded Italian on Soul Calibur V‘s boxart fool you. Namco and »
Our Games Of The Year (Part 2)
We aren’t quite done with our ‘Our Games of the Year’ piece as three riders »
Our Games Of The Year
I think we can all agree that it has been quite a year for games »
Batman: Arkham City – The Verdict
Back in 1997, R-Kelly sang that Gotham City was a City of Justice, Love and »
Skyrim – Our Thoughts
Skyrim has come along and taken us off to an amazing world full of dragons »
Recent Posts »
Bioshock Infinite Has 1999 Mode
"Gamers face permanent consequences of their in-game decisions in unforgiving new mode" is how the press release about the 1999 Mode for Bioshock Infinite starts. My interest was certainly piqued when you consider the relatively consequence free nature of the original Bioshock thanks to those ever controversial Vita Chambers.
Mass Effect 3 Wall Art In Your Own Home With ‘Walls 360’
In case you haven’t heard of these guys before Walls 360 are a Las Vegas based company that have been creating amazing wall graphics for a few years now. Among other things they have created some great Battlefield 3 and Tetris art up to a giant 6 foot in height and have just released a new batch of Mass Effect 3 graphics for you to drool over. Whether you’re a huge fan of Commander Shepard and can’t wait to get a print in your room or you just fancy giving your neighbours a scare from your front door or garden fence, you’ll have to agree that these graphics look awesome and very tempting.
Read More »Mass Effect 3 On PC Through Origin Only, EA Clash With Valve?
Bioware have announced on their forums that, just like Battlefield 3, any physical or digital copies of Mass Effect 3 on the PC must use EA’s Origin service in order to run. A FAQ has been released answering a few interesting points including problems they have encountered with selling through Steam.
Read More »Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – The Verdict
Well, something had to be left off the list: there were simply too many games. From August onwards we were buried under a huge pile of games that were not just hugely exciting, but typically expansive and demanding in review terms. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception was as exciting a prospect as the rest, but it slipped through the net anyway. But then, in this generation of scant exclusives, Uncharted is the single well established bragging point for Playstation owners: the perfect, colourful, lightish-hearted counterpoint to the 360′s one major new exclusive (Gears of War, dummy). It’s the birthright of any Playstation 3 owner and, as we have already established is quite good. And the third instalment was always likely to continue on that theme. And it does.
Read More »Valve’s Marc Laidlaw On Scrapped Return To Ravenholm Project
It emerged on the Steam forums a few weeks ago that there was a mysterious project known as ‘Ravenholm’ or ‘Return to Ravenholm’ that was being worked on by Valve and Arkane in 2006/2007. To put a stop to any wild theories about what this game was, Valve’s Marc Laidlaw spoke to Lambda Generation to clear a few things up about the title. Read on for more details.
Read More »Half-Life: Dreamcast – Mod Release
Half-Life: Dreamcast - PC Port Trailer - Mod DB
We don't often look at the modding scene here at Reticule towers, but when something as obscure as a Half-Life: Dreamcast mod shows up as just being released, my attention is most certainly caught. The mod, developed by three man team of Revenant100, Barnz and Besli turns Gearbox Software's unreleased Dreamcast version of the PC classic into a playable version on the PC. Hit the jump for more details
Get Videogame Music into the Classic FM Hall of Fame
This week the camaraderie of gamers has been on show as we’ve grouped together and called for a PC port of Dark Souls. The following petition has reached 68,000 people so far and Namco Bandai have said they are considering the port. While that decision is being made though there is another campaign on the rise, getting videogame music into the Classic FM hall of fame.
Read More »A Relaxing Battlefield 3 Video
I don't think anyone in their right mind would use the word relaxing to describe anything related to Battlefield 3, this this video by BFO_Grizzle certainly is relaxing, taking in a cinematic view of Operation Metro. Lovely stuff for a Friday afternoon before you finish work.
Changing How I Play Games
For Christmas I was lucky enough to get a new monitor for my PC, a lovely 24-inch BenQ affair. One of the big bonuses about my monitor upgrade? It has an HDMI input, it may sound like a small thing, but it is changing how I actually play games, both on my PC and with my consoles.
Read More »Final Fantasy XIII-2 Preview – Delving Into Development
Final Fantasy XIII split fans and critics down the middle, while many loved the change in direction for the series some hated it just as much. Reviewers were scoring the game at around 8 or 9 out of 10, praising the combat system and the production of the game while fans were upset by the lack of freedom and the slog to get through the first third of the game. Die hard fans of Final Fantasy will never like change, and yes from the days of FFVII -IX which was a personal favourite time for me, the game has changed and advanced a lot, but it wouldn’t it be somewhat foolish for a company to bring out thirteen or so games that were near exactly the same.
As a long term fan of the Final Fantasy games I can see just how much they have changed over the years bringing in all kinds of new aspects and abilities for each new game and revisiting and improving the parts we know and love. Square Enix has promised that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be an huge improvement on its predecessor and it’s clear to see that they are determined to make some major developments, so much so that it has all become a little overwhelming. But just what have they changed for the new game and will it be for the better? Decide for yourselves after reading my hands on impressions from the demo and all the inside facts.
