A Brief History of Sega: Part 1
This month marks the 15th anniversary of Sega’s swansong as a hardware developer. On that fateful date of 9/9/99, the Sega Dreamcast finally launched in Western countries to great fanfare.…
Destiny: Day Three – Becoming Legend?
As day three of Destiny’s release comes to a close the Power Up Gaming team have gathered to collude their thoughts for a final time. Day one saw us praise…
Destiny: Day Two – Sizing Up The Cracks
Yesterday, the Power Up Gaming team had their first tango with Destiny on the Playstation 4. We released a short article summarising our immediate feelings towards the title’s opening hours.…
Destiny: Day One Impressions
After months of agonising hype, Destiny has finally landed on store shelves. As launch day comes to an end we have shot, stabbed, obliterated and danced our way through around…
The Rise of the Video Game Celebrity
A new trend has been proliferating throughout the video game industry these past several years. In some ways it feels bizarre; in many ways, it feels long overdue. Names like…
The Top Five Cancelled Games That Should've Been Released
The games industry is pre-eminently a business. Behind slogans of ‘for the players’ and ‘Wii U’ linger meticulously moulded business models. Being a business, of course, is about making money.…
The Most Disappointing Games of the Last Generation
Some games are bad; some games are truly abysmal. Oftentimes the bitter aftertaste of such titles can simply be washed away by a good measure of better games. Yet nothing…
