While I grew up with the first PlayStation console, I must be one of the few PS1 owners never to have played Final Fantasy VII. Although it has often… Continue reading
Category: Xbox One
Necropolis, the comical third-person perma-death dungeon crawler, is finally getting the console treatment. Released earlier this year for PC, the roguelike is out now for Xbox One and PlayStation… Continue reading
Pin-point ball tracking, realistic collision systems and minor online gameplay tweaks. These are some of the staple, minute changes that apparently justify another instalment of a well-cemented sports… Continue reading
Forgotton Anne Interview: ThroughLine Games Take Us Into the Forgotton Realm
Developed by Danish studio ThroughLine Games, Forgotton Anne is the latest title to join the line-up of the Square Enix Collective, the publishing giant’s indie games initiative. Unveiled to the… Continue reading
Snake Pass Interview: Sumo Digital Discuss Physics-Based Gameplay and Classic Platformer Influences
Sumo Digital are a developer you’ll likely have heard of for their work on one of many triple-A titles including LittleBigPlanet 3 and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Recently,… Continue reading
Not too long ago, the first-person shooter space was littered with war games, including the likes of Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Battlefield and Brothers In Arms. Then… Continue reading
With the week drawing to a close, the dust has just about settled on the UK’s largest gaming convention, EGX, for another year. While last weekend’s showpiece event… Continue reading
Hands-on Preview: Yooka-Laylee – The 3D Platformer We’ve Been Waiting For
Touted as the spiritual successor to classic N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka-Laylee is being developed by a number of former key Rare personnel who came together to form Playtonic… Continue reading
For me, this year’s Hitman remains strange despite its quality. At first, I was perplexed by the series’ foray into episodic content. Did IO Interactive want each section… Continue reading
Preview & Interview: Meet ROVR, the Treadmill Bringing Real-World Movement to Your Favourite VR Games
While I’m a huge virtual reality proponent, I’ll be the first to tell you that I suffer horribly from ‘simulation sickness’, an unpleasant sensation akin to motion sickness that… Continue reading
Interview: Square Enix Collective’s Phil Elliott on the Importance of a Thriving Indie Game Scene
Having launched in 2014 as an initiative to provide support to indie game developers in what is a challenging and often daunting environment, the Square Enix Collective is beginning… Continue reading
After waiting in line for over two hours, we were hoping that our first hands-on with Sniper Elite 4 would be worth the wait. Dropped straight into the… Continue reading
With professional wrestling fans being amongst the most vocal and critical in the world, the developers of the WWE 2K series find themselves in an unenviable position. With an… Continue reading
Cautiously setting foot into the beautifully ornate atrium of the grandiose Clockwork Mansion, I momentarily lose myself, wondering at its Victorian-esque architecture, and keen to explore further. However, it’s… Continue reading
Another year, another Call of Duty hands-on article. Everyone should be, by now, familiar with the basics of the Call of Duty series and Infinite Warfare doesn’t change… Continue reading
Having played Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and the remastered version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare at EGX 2016 last weekend, I was very impressed with… Continue reading
We at Power Up Gaming have just about recovered from our fourth consecutive year (and fifth overall) in attendance at EGX, the UK’s largest gaming convention. With daily… Continue reading
EGX 2016: Day Three Wrap-Up – ROVR, Horizon Zero Dawn, Battlefield 1, Dishonored 2 and More
On the penultimate, and traditionally busiest, day of EGX, the Power Up Gaming contingent set our sights on battling the inevitable queues to secure play time with some… Continue reading
Shovel Knight’s titular protagonist is set to guest star in the eagerly anticipated Yooka-Laylee, Playtonic Games has today confirmed. During a developer session at EGX 2016, the team… Continue reading
EGX 2016: Day Two Wrap-Up – Little Nightmares, Yooka-Laylee, Titanfall 2 and More
While day one of EGX 2016 was certainly eventful, day two was stacked with a whole plethora of games and more Tornado energy drinks that any man should ever consume. With the… Continue reading