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The Scariest Moments In Non-Scary Games
'Tis the season to be scary, and as such, us folks at Power Up Gaming have been thinking about the ways in which video games have petrified us over the years.…
Roundtable: Nintendo Switch is ‘Everything the Wii U Should’ve Been’
So, it's official. The long-awaited 'NX' has finally been revealed, and it's called the Nintendo Switch: a hybrid device that links the worlds of home console and handheld gaming together. It's…
Battlezone Interview: Rebellion Discuss Reviving an Arcade Classic for PlayStation VR
With PlayStation VR set to launch this Thursday (October 13), the Power Up Gaming team had the opportunity to get a final preview of Sony's virtual reality contender at Manchester's Play…
First Impressions: Ride 2 Is The Gran Turismo Of The Two-Wheeled World
At this year’s Play Expo in Manchester, Power Up Gaming managed to sneak in a couple of ride-alongs with two different motorbike racers that will be going head-to-head this year.…
Hands-on Preview: Moto Racer 4 Is A Game Of Two Halves
It’s the circle of life; and it moves through us all. From comebacks for Blur and Suede, to the return of Thatcherism, it seems that, if you live long enough,…
Tekken 7 Preview – Fighting Fit
Staying at the top for 22 years is a tough slog, but Tekken has emerged victorious atop a mound of bloodied and bruised 3D fighters. The Virtua Fighters, Bushido Blades…
How Battlezone Convinced Me That PS VR Has A Legitimate Use
Coming from the perspective of someone who hadn’t had a fully immersive experience in virtual reality, I remained unconvinced about the upcoming PlayStation VR. Neither the more technically impressive Oculus…
Hands-on Preview: Outlast II Feels Like Walking Through a Haunted House Designed for Hobbits
As the game that launched a thousand Let’s Play channels, and the title to which PewDiePie owes a significant amount of his revenue, the sequel to Outlast arrives with something…
What We’re Playing – 5th August 2016
How many gamers does it take to change a light bulb? None; we play in absolute darkness for immersion, glare reduction and the hope for a slightly cheaper power bill. And while…
Furi Review – Bossed It
Furi is the kind of game that will live and die by its initial impressions. By the time you have finished the tutorial boss in the opening moments, you will…
What We’re Playing – 15th July 2016
Video games are on vacation at the moment. New releases may be few and far between, but Power Up Gaming have been assured that video games will continue later in…
Pokémon Go – Our Impressions
We all live in a Pokémon world; it turns out that we just never had the technology to see all the Pokémon around us before. With the advent of smartphone cameras, Niantic,…
What We’re Playing – 8th July 2016
Summertime, and the gaming is easy. Or at least, the release schedules are, as video games enter their long summer vacation period. Given the lack of new major titles, the…
What We’re Playing – 2nd July 2016
Britain is going to hell in a handbasket. Brexit has deeply divided our nation, our economy is tanking, the major political parties are in turmoil, and worst of all, England were…
What We’re Playing – 24th June 2016
A great philosopher once said, if music be the food of love, I'm having seconds! This adequately reflects our stance on video games here at Power Up Gaming; if video…
What We’re Playing – 17th June 2016
Edmund Blackadder once told the Queen:"Life without you is like a broken pencil - point-less." Even though the team at Power Up Gaming respect Her Majesty immensely, we can't deny…
Sony Talks PlayStation Neo – Surprised By Scorpio Announcement
Despite the lack of information surrounding the rumoured PlayStation Neo at Sony's E3 press conference this year, it appears that the company is prepared to discuss high-level details. Speaking to…
E3 Conference Roundup – Monday 13th June
Monday's E3 conferences were stocked to the gills with new announcements, as was to be expected with Microsoft and Sony taking to the stage and laying out the plans for…
FIFA 17 Getting New Engine, Story Mode, And Jose Mourinho
As confirmed at EA's press conference, FIFA 17 will receiving a couple of major updates this year. Firstly, FIFA has been moved onto Frostbite, the game engine developed by EA…
E3 Conference Roundup – Sunday 12th June
Sometimes, E3 can be quite difficult to follow, what with all the news stories and opinion pieces flying around. That's why we intend to summarise each day's action into one…
