Neverending Nightmares Interview
Neverending Nightmares scared its way onto Steam on September 26. Highly praised for its dark, personal story, sound design, and artistic direction, it's one of this reviewer's favorite horror games…
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One Game to Rule Them All: LoTR in Video Gaming
I can’t quite describe it, but there’s something about a Lord of the Rings video game that instantly piques my interest. With Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor shaking up the gaming…
What a D**k! The Most Annoying FIFA Players
FIFA's Pro Clubs is often overlooked in favour of the franchise's flashier and more popular game modes, yet remains an undeniable favourite of ours here at Power Up Gaming HQ.…
SSB: Why Custom Fighters Have a Place Online
Earlier this week on Miiverse, Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakuri teased two new game modes that will be exclusive to the title's Wii U version. Yesterday on Famitsu, Sakuri…
Interview with Pixelbomb Games
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…
Heavy Rain: How are the Trophies?
Have you ever thought to yourself: how are the trophies? No, not those large, metal encumbrances that litter school display cases and your grandmother's mantelpiece. I'm talking about something much…
Interview with Hidden Armada
When having a quick play through the plethora of indie titles being showcased at this year's EGX and Play Expo conventions, chaotic pirate brawler-cum–party game Mutiny! was one of the…
Interview with Team 17
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…
Interview with Rhykker
A tried and true veteran to the world of Diablo – starting when he was just 10 years old – and very knowledgable about its mechanics and gameplay, YouTube gamer…
Diablo III: Reclaiming The Throne
When developers Blizzard finally released Diablo III to salivating gamers back in May 2012, the amount of hype it had to live up to and overcome could've easily killed a…
Virtual Reality: A Brief History
The imminent arrival of the Oculus Rift has a lot of consumers salivating at the idea of some refreshingly new gaming experiences. It's also kicked off a mini VR war…
What’s wrong with FIFA 15?
Following the release of FIFA 14 last year, we put together a list of some of the most frustrating issues gamers had reported having with EA Sports' best-selling football game.…
Let’s Play: Shadow of Mordor
Developed by Monolith Productions, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is set in the Lord of the Rings universe between the end of the Hobbit and the beginning of The Fellowship of…
Behind The Digital Curtain #2: Back To School
I passed my first exam! 87% – not bad for the first test of any kind I've taken for about ten years. As I mentioned last time, I am enrolled…
Splashing the Cash: Is The Gaming Industry in Rude Health?
So it seems that the gaming industry is in a pretty good place right now. Earlier this year, Google were reportedly putting together a $1 billion offer for online game…
Double Fine and the Early Access Fiasco
Way back in mysterious, distant 2012 – when the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, Gangnam Style ruled the airwaves, and Kony 2012 ran for president – Double Fine had its…
A Brief History of Sega: Part 2
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…
Power Up Gaming Plays… Iron Fisticle
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,…
Five of the Best: Games That Fight Back Against Violent Stereotypes
Gaming has been slated over the years as a largely violent pastime, and is even occasionally blamed for the violent actions of a few individuals. Different countries have taken varying…
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.…
