Patrick Dane Archives

I don't think there was a more talked about game then Destiny last year. The title has truly divided the community, many claiming it lacks content, others

Sons of Anarchy recently took its bow from TV screens, but that isn't it from the franchise. Yes, if you've ever thought about a Sons of

Nintendo had a stand out year in 2014. Games like Mario Kart 8, Bayonetta 2 and Super Smash Brothers have meant the Wii U has a lot of reasons to justify

I'm really looking forward to Life is Strange. The Square Enix published series from Dontnod is really shaping up to be something quite unique in tone and

Battlefield 4 is known to have quite a few awesome easter eggs that activate after ludicrous conditions are met. The most famous is undoubtedly the

The last Friday the 13th game lives in Infamy as somewhat of a cult classic. The kind of cult classic that is remembered for being pretty awful mind. The

Mass Effect might well be my favourite franchise in all of gaming. My journey through that universe ranks up there with some of my fondest gaming

As you may have seen at the end of last year, I really love "Game of the Year"s. They are silly and asinine, but I can't help myself. I love rewarding

There was a weird story that came out on the tail end of last year, that Mega Bloks were going to be making several Assassin's Creed sets. This was weird

Fighting games are a pretty serious business when it comes competitive play. Street Fighter 2 still holds massive sway in the scene, with players finding

Just before Christmas, Techland took to Twitch to play 90 unbroken minutes of their upcoming title Dying Light. The game is set during a zombie apocalypse

If you've been to IGN in that last few years, you've no doubt encountered Greg Miller. He has been a big part of that company's persona for several years

Rare were once the darlings of the gaming world, especially during the Nintendo 64 era. They were responsible for games like Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad

Evolve is probably the biggest game launch of the first two months of 2015 (with stiff competition from The Order: 1886). The game comes from Left 4 Dead

I've been meaning to give the Awesome Games Done Quick event a little bit of coverage since it started and now seems as good a time as any. The event,

There is a general consensus that we are pretty far off of Kingdom Heart 3's release. I was in the room when the game was announced at E3 2013, but we've

Grand Theft Auto V took the world by storm when it was released in September 2013. It made a billion dollars in sales after just 3 days on the market.

I look out across the vast emptiness of space from my cockpit. I've just completed my first couple of transport missions and I am finally starting to

It's no secret that Japan's gaming habits are quite different to the West's. Where as North America and Europe largely prefer gaming at home on consoles,

Look, people. A bit of life advice. If a mutual friend invites an A-list actor or actress over to your apartment for a date, playing video games probably

So Minecraft has basically taken over the world. I don't much know how, but there is close to no denying it. That isn't a total surprise though. The game

Mad Catz have seriously put all their bets on Android devices being a strong avenue for 'serious gaming' in the future. The company released the M.O.J.O,

  I'm going to confess to never having played Majora's Mask, but with the 3DS version on the horizon I'm excited about the possibility of diving in.

So, here is the stuff I can tell you without spoilers first. There is a £79.99 Amazon Exclusive Batman: Arkham Knight version of the game you can

Not so long ago, Intel caused quite a big stir when it pulled advertising from games industry site Gamasutra. It was perceived that they did this due to

Uncharted 4 will no doubt get its audience off the back of its single player campaign. The franchise is known for its huge set pieces and compelling

All things considered, I did actually enjoy Assassin's Creed Unity a fair bit. It didn't build on any of the great ground work put down by Black Flag and

Everything about this is pretty bizarre. So, there is a PC Call of Duty game coming out that is only launching in China. It's free to play and subsists on

PlayStation Now is a step towards the future in the games industry. The service allows users to stream games from Sony's own servers directly onto their

In November, the Xbox One was the leading console for the first time in the new generation's cycle. Before that, the PlayStation 4 reigned unchallenged