Patrick Dane Archives

Well, this didn't last long. I remember the asymmetrical multiplayer game Shadow Realms being announced at GamesCom last year and thinking, "Well, this

Well, I'm sure this will blow over without incident. The next episode of Law and Order: SVU might look a little familiar to those of you keeping up with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z59npWpLbeI Have you got a PlayStation 4, but not a PlayStation Plus membership? I'd fully recommend you do. Obviously you

It is no secret Techland have a very up and down track record. That was never exemplified better than in Dead Island. It was a game that you could come to

It's pretty weird that the Xbox One doesn't yet have that ability to take screenshots. You'd think it would be an easy thing to implement since it can

In case you don't know, "swatting" is a term referring to the act of calling in a swat team onto an unsuspecting victim. This is usually done by

For many game developers, especially in the AAA space, the pursuit for realism is a real driving force artistically. The strive to utilize the power of

Now this is a little surprising. The buzz around Battlefield Hardline has felt much cooler than you'd expect from a game in the franchise. Maybe it was

It's been a while since we've heard about The Witness in any serious way. Creator of Braid Jonathan Blow's new game was shown during the PlayStation 4's

It has been a crazy busy week for Xenoblade. There has been a lot of chatter about Xenoblade Chronicles X and now the 3DS remaster of the game has a US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXc7HYKWEMo Valentine's Day is coming up and Nintendo are trying to invade the day with their franchises. Not that that is

The Order: 1886 is creeping ever closer to release and it's set to be one of PlayStation 4's biggest exclusives yet. To get you nice and primed, AGB have

The Battlefield Hardline beta is online right now. Sadly, I haven't found the time to play it yet so I can't give any impressions, but it's out there

Here's a quick bit of clean up from last weeks SuperBowl. The mobile giant Clash of Clans is a huge brand, which is something most gamers forget. Many of

Playing video games is like learning a language. I know to those of us who play them, it may not seem that way, but they really are. If you hand a

If you cant get over four kills in one streak, that is a pretty serious feat in Halo. I think I may have once got five in a row, but I couldn't even tell

Here is some confirmation of something most of us would have expected. During last night's Activision Q4 briefing, it was announced that there would

Every since Dying Light came out, mods have been a pretty contentious issue. There have been DMCA strikes on YouTube users uploading gameplay featuring

Xenoblade Chronicles is a title I've been meaning to get to for a while as I've been told it was one of the Wii's best RPGs. With the title coming to the

Mortal Kombat X is creeping ever forward as NetherRealm's gore-fest is only just over two months away. The advertising campaign has been huge with two or

A month or so ago, I talked about a picture showing the supposed Destiny DLC road map outlining the content that would be coming to the game in

I really like the whole DICE Summit rigmarole each year. The talks that come out of the event about video games and technology are always fascinating.

Attila was easily one of the fiercest war lords who ever lived, leading several successful excursions against the almighty Roman empire. That's why I'm

Last year, after blitzing through Assassin's Creed Unity, I couldn't quite bring myself to play through Rogue. The choice to release two different games

In case you didn't know, a demo of Final Fantasy XV will come bundled with Final Fantasy Type-0 HD in the form of Episode Duscae. This will be the first

Ninja Theory's DmC: Devil May Cry was a divisive title when it came out in 2013. That largely came down to the new look for the character, changing the

So, straight up, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona isn't a series that has ever truly penetrated my gaming habits. That isn't that surprising as I'm generally

The Amiibo craze has been blowing up my Twitter feed for the last few months. I've seen sane people turn into crazed collectible searching monsters as

Last week I ran a story about how PewDiePie and many other Let's Players were up in arms about Nintendo's new partnership proposal. The proposal would see

It's no secret that the development of South Park: The Stick Of Truth was troubled. On top of THQ going under at a crucial time for the game, there have