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…
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.…
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…
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 been hailed…
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 franchise. Complacency…
Before we get started here, it should be made clear that no one is attempting to equate gambling as a whole with the gaming industry. One is done with inherent…
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 public for…
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, however, the…
Heading into EGX 2016, Psytec Games' Windlands was undoubtedly one of my most hotly anticipated VR titles of the convention, although I was also a little trepidatious about trying it…
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 at the…
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 occurs due…
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 to see…
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 the former…
The Dead or Alive series shares a lot of DNA with the Ninja Gaiden games, including crossover characters that compete against each other in one of gaming's most controversial fighting tournaments. The…
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 wrap-ups, full…
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 of the…
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 queues even longer…
For the fourth consecutive year, Power Up Gaming are spending the duration of EGX 2016 on-site at the NEC in Birmingham, bringing you the latest from the UK's largest gaming convention.…
Mario's green sidekick (Yoshi, not Luigi) might not have come into the picture at the same time as the plumber, but the dino changed his adventures forever all the same.…
What's the most powerful weapon in the Halo games? The rocket launcher? The spartan laser? The plasma pistol? Nope. Halo's most destructive force of un-nature is, in fact, the glitch.…
