Patrick Dane Archives

One of the most asked for games on the internet, especially where Blizzard are concerned, is Warcraft 4. The RTS game spun off in to the MMO behemoth we

There has been a news story floating around of late that you will be able to talk down every boss in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. It purported that you'd be

Blizzard have long been the masters at roping in huge money on a month to month basis. Several million users still pay monthly subscriptions to the

I don't think many people actually understand how much work is being done for the Gears of War remake, which is out at the end of this month. This isn't

During the Xbox One reveal event, we heard that Steven Spielberg was going to be involved in bringing a Halo series to life. Last we heard it was going to

We are in a weird state in the games industry now where AAA games are getting high end trailers for betas. But hey, it means we get a decent look at the

There seems to be a strange phenomenon going on in the Dark Souls community. The hardcore have beaten the game so many times, they've started looking for

The Civilization franchise has stolen hundreds of hours for me. It's gotten to the point now where I won't allow myself to play it unless I have at least

There is something to big pile up crashes in video games. What are tragic and horrific in real life are gleeful examples of mayhem in video games. Burnout

I can't say from what I've seen, that Overlord Fellowship of Evil is looking all that enticing. The four player co-op game is a radical departure from

The question of a $40 Destiny expansion has tormented the Taken King since it was announced. Especially considering how other expansions were 'only' $20,

Her Story is almost certainly going to be in a lot of game of the year conversations. The game has really enamoured critics for its unconventional framing

The Mafia series has long stood in the shadow of Grand Theft Auto, what with it being a crime focused open world experience. It also has the misfortune of

Rise of the Tomb Raider had a Gamescom exclusive demo out on the show floor last week in Cologne, making it tthe first time the public could get hands on

GameInformer are currently running a ton of Destiny: The Taken King content at the moment as the expansion is adorning the cover of the magazine's latest

A lot of the fighters in Mortal Kombat X are shrouded in mystery. In a lot of cases, that manifests quite directly into them wearing masks and obscuring

Personally, I prefer The Elder Scrolls over Fallout when it comes to Bethesda Softworks output. Maybe it is just my love of the beautiful word over the

Hidetaka Miyazaki is a pretty iconic game designer at this point. His name is synonymous with the Dark Souls series and all of its side games like Demon

The music of Halo has always been a huge part of the universe. We all know the iconic sounds of Marty O'Donnel's classic soundtrack, and last time around,

I have my eye on Hellblade as the game is being developed in a AAA space and in conjunction to talk about mental health issues. It's a fascinating

Cities Skylines is one of the real gems of this year. If you love city management games like SimCity, but have been left out in the cold by recent

One of the big controversies in Destiny of late is the news that fan favorite weapons like Gjallarhorn and Thorn as getting nerfed for the Taken King.

The phrase "always online" has the ability to send some gamers reeling. Many consumers hate the idea of having to be connected to the internet at all

I've been keeping tabs on The International 5 over the last few days, and it has been a wild ride. All the favorites were knocked around in the early

I'm still not quite sure what to feel about Mad Max yet. I've played the game, and even I think it can go either way. The car combat is pretty fun, but I

Michel Ancel is an absolute master at platform designing. The more recent Rayman games, which is to say Origins and Legends, are some of my favorite

To me, Halo has always felt like a T rated series what with the mild fantasy warfare, but in fact, every title up until this point (besides Halo Wars),

When it was announced that Total War developer Creative Assembly was working on Halo Wars 2, I was very happy. The developer are some of the very best,

One of the very best things about Assassin's Creed Unity last year were the more open assassination missions. These let you plan and approach an

Halo 4 is still a personal favorite of mine. I know it rubbed fans the wrong way for various reasons, but to me, it was just a ton of fun. But one of the