Patrick Dane Archives

The narrative in From Software's Souls games has thus far been pretty obfuscated. It's certainly there, but the history of those game's worlds permeate

Remember Phantom Dust? Don't worry, few do. When the trailer for a new game in the series ran at Microsoft's E3 Press Conference, it was to little

  Let's file this one away under rumour. VideoGamer claim to have learnt about a July Predator DLC for Mortal Kombat X. They haven't specified their

While Steam is famous for its sales, the console market's infrastructure has never really supported those kinds savings. There is the odd 10% or 20% deal,

It's that time of week again where you can decide to disregard my writing and just get the cliff notes of the last seven day's gaming news in audio form.

I've been saying it for a while now, I'm super excited about Bloodborne. I'm not the hugest Dark Souls fan, but the new sense of speed and offense that

  Hey you! Have you ever thought that you wanted to look like Master Chief while riding cross country on your motorcycle? Of course you have. Luckily

The Order: 1886 has had a bit of a rough time of it lately. The game is certainly not inspiring the excitement a title should enjoy right before release

Remember that gold Mario Amiibo that was found on Nintendo's website a few weeks back? Well, it's resurfaced. If you are in the US and are crazy about

The Evil Within seemed to stir very mixed reactions in those who played it. Some loved the throw back to early 2000s survival-horror, other felt it was

Undoubtedly, one of the big draws of The Order: 1886 is the location and story. Ready At Dawn are putting together a narrative that looks oddly unique set

The discussion about The Order: 1886's length has been a hot topic of late. Estimates have fallen all over the place from three hours to fifteen, with one

Crusader Kings 2 is a bit of a gem. The strategy game is one of the most mechanically interesting out there, focusing on building family names and

Last night, I expressed that I didn't believe Sony had cancelled production on The Last Guardian despite the company abandoning a North American

Mario has long been the face of Nintendo, and to some extent, all of video games for decades. If these Amiibo numbers are anything to go by though, he may

The more I see and play of Ori and the Blind Forest, the more I'm on board. The game is genuinely difficult, overcoming its cutesy visuals, which in and

ScreamRide seems to have taken much of the gaming press and community by surprise. When the game was announced at GamesCom 2014 it seemed like a nifty

The Last Guardian is up there with Half Life 3 as one of the biggest elusive games going that are supposedly in development. Perhaps it's no longer

While it was fine, I was never that excited about the live action Halo web series Forward Unto Dawn. I thought it was an incredibly interesting idea, but

Back in January, I talked about how there was a new Tony Hawk game coming in 2015. It's going to be fun to see the series back if it can reach the heights

Honestly, my time to play games has become a little restricted of late, so I have come to appreciate shorter gaming experiences. A game doesn't need to be

Crusader Kings 2 is a game that can really eat up your time. It takes a special spot next to Civilization as something you can never sit down and play for

Doom is remembered as one of the most seminal games of all time. That is hard to dispute. Seeing the current landscape of AAA games, it's tough not see

As comes with the job, not everything I report on will come to fruition. Leaks can be lost in translations, misunderstood by the source or just plain

At one point in my life, I looked at Dota 2 being played during an e-sport event and thought to myself, "I'll never understand this". Two years later, I'm

This looks like a nifty. Reflections is a new indie title from Broken Window Studios. The game is not about power fantasy or escapism, but instead lets

Planetside 2 is probably one of the most successful titles developed by Daybreak Game Company in the last few years, who until recently, were known as

Original: This has just turned up more or less anonymously on the internet, so take it with a grain of salt. These things can pan out true, but equally

Batman: Arkham Origins gets a really unfair wrap. The story in that game was awesome and I really dug what they did with the characters. I get it wasn't

  The evolution, no pun intended, of Evolve's public perception has been fascinating. When the game was first announced, there was genuine enthusiasm