Patrick Dane Archives

We are set to see Scalebound at GamesCom in just a few short weeks. The game was revealed at E3 2014, showing off dragons, guys in hoodies and some

Most of what I have heard and experienced surrounding Tony's Hawk Pro Skater 5 has not bee good. Granted, all that really matters is the mechanics in such

Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has now given an official comment on the passing of Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. In a statement to IGN, he said:

Halo has come to embody the face of Xbox. The franchise and the brand are inseparable in many ways, and both of their successes are reliant on the other.

Thus far, the HTC and Valve joint VR headset, the Vive, has remained somewhat of a mystery. Only a handful of industry folk have tried it out behind

Even though Batman: Arkham Knight has been taken down from Steam due to poor performance, there are still many players who are enjoying the game on the PC

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has passed away at the age of 55. In a brief statement, Nintendo said: Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that

EA are often underfire from hardcore gamers for some of their practices and ideologies. This is highlighted by the company being publicly voted 'The Worst

We’ve slowly been getting a trickle of trailers introducing the various teams in Rainbow Six: Siege. Each group comes with its own cast of characters,

Hitman is back this year, which is cool by me. Hitman: Absolution was a good return for the series so getting more from the stealth game should be

Gone Home remains an incredibly divisive game. In fact, the whole 'walking simulator' genre is a point of hot debate within the gamer community. The 'is

2013's Tomb Raider had a habit of really sticking it to Lara Croft. The intense graphic and violent deaths that she could fall fate to were pretty garish.

As part of the three premium packages available for Call of Duty, a digital incentive is being added to Black Ops III. It's is part of the zombies mode,

Marvel games are somewhat of a mixed bag. Marvel Heroes is a fine free-to-play experience and Disney Infinity 2.0 is a great toys-to-life franchise, but

Horizon: Zero Dawn was straight up the best AAA game I saw at E3. The concept of a beautiful, but serious take on Robot Dinosaurs reclaming a

The whole Konami vs Hideo Kojima mess has thus far been one of the stories of the year in games. The way the company has distanced itself from the

Ubisoft are one of the biggest publishers out there. Their games sell millions and they are pretty much only surpassed by EA and Activision in size and

Xbox has a decent presence out in San Diego, having their own lounge and having had two panels for Gears of War and Halo. They are also running a few

I have championed Crypt of the NecroDancer in a big way ever since I got my hands on the game. I even gave it a highlight award in Bleeding Cool's Game of

Despite popular consensus, I think the story of Halo 4 was by far the best the series has ever produced, at least in video game form. I think 343 are

The Witcher 3 is a huge game. I have barely put a dent into it myself and I'm well into the double digits for hours played. People have put in hundreds of

It was announced a few weeks ago that Resident Evil 0 was getting a HD remaster much like the the remaster of the original that came out this year. 0 is a

The Halo: Master Chief Collection was a pretty wild proposition. In one fell swoop, Microsoft updated their most prestigious franchise for the Xbox One,

One of the most substantial announcements at E3 this year was that Microsoft are making games backwards compatible on Xbox One. Very soon we will be able

Earlier today, I mentioned how Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is looking very good. I am almost certain people will be really surprised when they see this

We have seen a lot of strange and out there 'collector editions' for games in the last decade or so. All manner of statues, metal cases and general tat,

I got hands on with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition at E3 and I have to say, I think this is a more substantial remake than some people realise. This feels

Well, Call of Duty: Black Ops III zombie mode is pretty wild. Announced today at a panel in San Diego, Treyarch revealed the promised mode and it's not at

Shenmue fans are a rabid communigh who wanted nothing more than Shenmue 3 to be made a reality for the longest time. We now know that is going to happen,

I played a fair bit of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst at E3 this year. While I wasn't bowled over by what I played, I'm reservedly optimistic about the game. I