Developers Pixelbomb Studios have released a series of mini-trailers for their upcoming third-person shooter, Beyond Flesh and Blood. For the discerning viewer, each of these videos contain secret messages in…
Since it was first revealed, The Old City: Leviathan has attracted many comparisons to other story-heavy games such as Dear Esther and Gone Home. This seems like an apt association.…
Since their humble arcade origins, video games have changed unrecognisably over the scant few decades that they have existed. Naturally, as technology has improved, the games that follow have become…
Release Date 1994 Platforms SNES, Mega Drive, 3DO Genre Fighting Modes Single Player, Multiplayer Developer PF Magic Publisher Accolade You may already be familiar with the wildly popular Petz series…
Release Date October 20, 2000 Platforms Playstation 1 Genre Simulation, Roleplaying Modes Single Player Developer Tecmo Publisher Tecmo The new millennium brought with it jubilant celebration; the human race felt…
As the staff here at Power Up Gaming are all virtuous, kind and righteous people, we naturally struggled to understand the world of The Escapists. Being the gentlefolk that we…
Like the thought experiment it’s named after, Schrödinger's Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark seems like an intimidating game for the uninitiated. Hanging an entire game on a…
The creative minds behind the upcoming gory Mancunian shooter, Beyond Flesh and Blood, have unveiled new concept art for the game just in time for Halloween. While the storyline behind…
War. War never changes. While that phrase is a stark commentary on the inevitability of history repeating itself, it has also applied to the design philosophy behind the Worms franchise,…
Release Date 1996 Platforms Playstation 1 Genre Side-scrolling Shooter Modes Single Player Multiplayer Developer Team 17 Publisher Ocean Back in 1996, British developers Team 17 were still riding high off…
One of the standout titles at this year’s Play Expo in Manchester was Beyond Flesh and Blood, a particularly gory third-person shooter. Set far into a nuclear-ravaged future, the game…
This year’s Play Expo in Manchester was a large event, but few had quite as much to show off as Team 17, who are best known to gamers as the…
For those who like their dystopias full of mechs and gore, you may find yourself interested in Beyond Flesh and Blood. Set in a ramshackle version of Manchester 200 years…
For those that have ever wondered if they'd have what it takes to survive in prison, Moudly Tooth Studios may have just the game for you. As an antithesis to…
Let's face it: work sucks. For most of us, there's almost always about a million things we'd rather be doing than our current job. When the clock's laughing in your…
Cast your mind back to the glorious technicolour world of ten years ago. You’ll probably remember getting your first wifi router, having to wear sunglasses to cope with HD TV…
Welcome to part two of Power Up Gaming's in-depth retrospective on the rise and fall of one of gaming's former powerhouses, Sega. In part one, we discussed the company's origins…
This week saw the release of Curve Studios' terrific arena shooter, Iron Fisticle, on the PC via Steam. Although the game's very name raised a few eyebrows around the office,…
Upon initially discovering this game for the first time, you would be forgiven for mistaking an Iron Fisticle as some kind of bizarre sex act. While it's unlikely to give…
Upon first impressions, you would be forgiven for dismissing Child Of Light as little more than fairy-tale nonsense. How often have we seen the story of a little girl transported…
