Patrick Dane Archives

Hey guys, Patrick here. When I came on board to be Bleeding Cool's games guy, I said I wanted to use the opportunity to be more than words on a screen.

The character creators in From Software's games always feel like they're pulled out of a game from the turn of the century. There is something kind of

Last week, LEGO Jurassic World was announced by TT Games and Warner Brothers Interactive. It's a great property to be LEGOfied into game form and it's

The latest generation of consoles have been selling like hotcakes with the current numbers of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One outperforming their

I'm enjoying Dying Light a fair bit more than I expected too. I hope to have more complete thoughts later this week, but this feels like the game Techland

Evolve is really not far off now. With that, the marketing is obviously ramping up and as is usually accustom for the biggest titles, that comes with a

While I still contest that Rise of the Tomb Raider is a silly name, as Lara Croft rose to be the Tomb Raider during the last game, I'm certainly excited

Condemned is a bit of a cult favorite. The dark and bloody first person game launched with the Xbox 360 and has its fair share of admirers lurking around.

Survival horror is really on an upward trend of late. Over the last year or two, we've seen what we thought might be a dead genre rise from the grave with

Humble Bundle are definitely one of the forces for good in the game industry. Their 'pay what you want' system that lets buyers choose where their money

While my progress has been quite slow in Dying Light (review coming soon, I promise!), I've quite enjoyed my time with it. It does seem to have a

Too often a game's success can turn into a poisoned chalice. When a title does well, it is bound to have imitators close behind. You can also see this

*Disclaimer: I've danced around spoilers as best I could here, but had to allude to a few things, including the tone towards the end of the episode, in

Sony Online Entertainment have always felt like a bit of a odd developer, somewhat caught out of time. They looked like they were a division of Sony still

Just Cause 2 must be one of the single player games with the most playtime to least amount of story complete ratio. I know a lot of people who own the

I've talked about my excitement for Bloodborne after I played it the first time before, despite not being a huge Dark Souls guy. The atmosphere and

When you look back, it is kind of absurd that Bayonetta 2 was a Wii U exclusive. The deal was obviously made before the console came out, so Platinum

Marshawn Lynch is notorious for being media shy. He basically turned up to the SuperBowl press week to say he was only there so he wouldn't be fined. I've

The next episode of Telltale's Game of Thrones is out tomorrow and to celebrate the studio has put out a new trailer. You can Kit Harrington's debut in

While I don't think we will ever understand that play call by Pete Carroll, one thing we are can try to make sense of are the best SuperBowl ads that

I've been hearing about the Star Wars: BattlePod for a while now, but it has taken a while for me to finally catch a glimpse of it. I knew it was being

Everyone is picking their SuperBowl winner for tonight's big game, but a surprising supporter has shown it's face. Most major corporations stay neutral in

Yesterday I talked about how a mysterious '2' snuck into a PlayStation sizzle reel at the Taipei Game Show. It looked like a pretty legitimate tease for

It's game day as the Seahawks and Patriots are set to go at it for SuperBowl XLIX down in Phoenix. That means a few things. Overblown adverts, lots of

Portal 2, for me, is one of the finest video games of the last 10 years. It blends razor sharp wits, genius puzzling and a legendary environment into one

While I never played it to completion, the blistering pace of Metal Gear Rising always struck me. It was nothing like the slower paced main series that

Here's a weird one. There is now a companion app for Evolve called Evolve: Hunter's Quest. That isn't odd in and of itself as most AAA games have a

Octodad as a concept is really smart. To me it's all a big metaphor about how people have to 'pretend' to be adults and fit roles, only it's played out

I stated earlier today that Apotheon is one of PlayStation Plus' free games this month, but that I didn't know much about it. Something about greek gods

Nintendo have been slow on the uptake when it's come to YouTube. They haven't shown any real understanding of the power of the platform yet, instead