Patrick Dane Archives

These videos that Rare are releasing about games that never made their way to launch are fascinating. So rarely do developers open up about failed

Yakuza is back swinging at the moment, with both a Yakuza remake and Yakuza 6 immanent. We saw a trailer for the former the other day, which looked great,

Red Dead Redemption remains some people's favourite game of last generation. The community has been asking for a PC version of the game for years now to

I’ve been following Twitch plays Dark Souls for a while now. The idea of a community coming together and besting one of the most notorious modern games

Rocksteady have supposedly ducked out of making Batman games now, with Arkham Knight acting as a closer to their trilogy. This has left everyone guessing

This yo-yo of a story just won't quit. If you chart this back to the initial rumour that Hideo Kojima was leaving Konami, I've been writing updates on

I got to use the HTC/Valve VR headset this weekend at EGX. I'll try and spend some time talking about my experience soon, but the long and short is that

Fallout 4 is going to be a huge, huge game. The number Bethesda are quoting at the moment is 400 hours 'complete the game'. We can assume that number is

StarCraft II has a deep and intricate lore surrounding it, which is hardly surprising for a Blizzard property. They are one of the kings of fictional

Rainbow Six: Siege is a neat game, and the heavy focus on tactical considerations is very against the grain for a modern shooter. The game really could be

Lists claiming to put games in a ranking order is always tricky, even in the minutest of divisions. Top 100s of All Time Ever are near impossible to get a

Halo 5 has had a very interesting set of marketing campaigns of late. It's throwing a lot of ideas out there, with teasers claiming Master Chief to be

Uncharted 4 is said to be the last chapter in the Nathan Drake story. It has been alluded too a few times now, with Naughty Dog hinting they will possibly

Hitman has been pretty elusive to the public of late. The game was recently delayed until March, but that is a good thing, as I'm excited to see what Io

People spend a long time debating endings that have unresolved plot points in entertainment. This, of course, is done on purpose by creators to incite

Destiny's original levelling system has always been controversial. The 'light level' system was quite restrictive, and dictated the gear you could wear

The PlayStation VITA has felt a little undervalued recently by Sony. The console constantly has a string of very solid indie games coming to it, but Sony

The troubled production of Mighty No. 9 has been the story around the game of late recently, with delays and crowd funding shenanigans dogging the the

Sahelanthropus is one of my favourite things in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Not only is it is a huge mech with a rather phallic gun, but it was

The Rainbow Six: Siege beta has seen some hardship over the last few days, with people having trouble connecting to games. This is exactly what betas are

The other day, I wrote about the the loss of the Bioshock app on iOS platforms. It seemingly disappeared without warning, after not working with recent

Jonathan Coulton's work on Portal has been rather prolific, with his work on both outro songs for the game going down in the video game song pantheon. It

You will likely be spending a lot of time with your character in Fallout 4, and with that, the customization of how you build them will be important to

I’ve long pondered the concept of downloading consciousness, and preserving it within a digital space. It’s a huge idea, but one that makes sense provided

Everything I've seen around Transformers: Devastation has made me more and more impressed. I think there really might be something to the Platinum Games'

Last week, at Tokyo Game Show, we learnt a little about the new Yakuza remake. The franchise has a pretty big cult following, and the PlayStation 2

343 seems to know what they want to do with the Halo franchise. I really can’t wait to see what they do with the series going forward too, as it is quite

Well, this is odd. With older generation consoles winding down and developers really getting into the Xbox One and PlayStation 4's hardware, we've seen

The big question surrounding the Oculus Rift and other VR headsets, is how much are these devices are going to cost. These are premium experiences and

At Oculus Connect 2, a few things were announced, but none so were probably as important as the reveal that Minecraft's Windows 10 version will be coming