Patrick Dane Archives

Last we heard, Half-Life 3 was potentially on the permanent back burner. Whether we ever see the series again seems highly uncertain right now, which

A lot has been made of Quiet's representation in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Her ludicrous outfit and the camera's fascination with her breasts

The Destiny soundtrack from last year had moments of pure brilliance on it. I staunchly believe that it had some of the best work by Marty O'Donnell to

I've been a huge fan of Austin Wintory's work for a while. His grammy nominated work for Journey speaks for itself, and the work he has put into other

Fallout has always gone back to 1930s America to inform its style choices. It's a neat aesthetic, and makes sure the the art direction is always strictly

Single player Grand Theft Auto V DLC has long been promised by Rockstar, but it has never quite come together. That surprises me as Rockstar knocked it

Street Fighter V has been filling out its roster over the last month or so, and we are slowly ramping up to the game's release early next year. There

The Taken King is so very close now. We've seen the marketing really ramp up over the last month as we head into Season 2, even catching a glimpse at how

I can't wait for SOMA. I'm a big fan of the deep ocean as a horror setting, and knowing that the team behind Amnesia: The Dark Decent are running with the

I've been giving Shigeru Miyamoto a lot of play time recently, and I'm happy with that. The more Miyamoto the merrier in my book. In this new video, we

I've always been interested in seeing how Eastern Culture advertises Western games. I see how it works the other way round all the time, but catching

Vetoing and match voting has been a bit of a staple in the Halo franchise. Giving players the choice of what game and game type they want before starting

Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows has been high up on my must play list for a long while. Yacht Club Game's Shovel Knight was one of my favorite titles

Most gamers at one point in their life, especially those who grew up in the 90s, have probably dreamed about Pokemon being real. The idea of hundreds of

Koji Igarashi is a man who was once synonymous with Castlevania. He was one of the guiding hands on Symphony of the Night and before leaving Konami, it

In case you didn't know, Amiibo are going to have a really cool feature in Super Mario Maker. You can place some of your Amiibo on your Wii U gamepad and

Bethesda have actually been very good with DLC in the past. They often put a ton of work into each DLC update and for games like Fallout 3 and Skyrim,

It is rare we ever get exact numbers about a game's entire budget, especially in any official capacity. Companies much prefer letting people guess and

Trending games on YouTube can be a real indication of success or failure for a game. The power of the platform is impossible to overstate, and for things

Tearaway Unfolded was absolutely gorgeous when I played it back at E3. The top to bottom remake, including new mechanics, has finally hit the PlayStation

Destiny update 2.0 went live yesterday to absolutely huge changes to the game. It seems just about everything has seen a retouch that will change the way

One of the problems with the last-gen version of Destiny is that the game is growing at a ludicrously vast size. This is an issue for older games consoles

The 'Dinklebot' has long been a hot topic surrounding Destiny. Peter Dinklage's turn as Ghost in the game has been criticised for sounding like an

The most common complaint fielded at Destiny is its lack of story. I think it's a little unfair as the universe has a ton of potential. But yes, the

Elite: Dangerous is a great game. The depth and quality of the title is alluring, and the way you can carve out a life for yourself on the frontier of

The Witcher 3 is a huge game, full of content that even if you spent 50 hours with, you still won't have seen all of it. Well, that experience is about to

When you think of the most iconic and important video game level ever made, most people probably revert to world 1-1 from Super Mario Bros. It really is a

I'm fascinated by Lawbreakers. The first person, free to play, moba-like arena shooter is neat looking and its going to be awesome to see playout. I do

Possibly, one of the biggest titles that Nintendo always has in the bag is a 3D Mario games. Every since Mario 64 started the trend and Mario Galaxy

The big complaint about Desinty, up until this point, has been the lack of story in the game. I understand it too. Coming from the creators of Halo, you'd