Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Interview with The Chinese Room
The Rapture is mysterious and mechanical and dense. It can manifest itself in a multitude of forms, both great and small, for the people on this earth. It can tear…
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Iron Fish Hands-On: Jaws Meets Silent Hill in This Deep-Sea Thriller
Ahead of this year's EGX 2015, one of the games we were most looking forward to spending time with was Iron Fish, a psychological deep-sea thriller co-developed by Dean Edwards…
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 Review
It's been a hell of a year for revisiting our respective childhoods. With new games from classic series like Metal Gear Solid, Mega Man, and Super Mario, and the Rare…
Dishonored: Definitive Edition Review
The streets of Dunwall are rat-infested and coarse. Their entirety is a weeping sore, brimming with boarded-up hovels, buzzing insects and discoloured corpse shrouds. This atmospheric prose perfectly captures the…
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Closed Beta Impressions
Amidst the hordes of shooters in the gaming market, with intimate maps and massive battlefields, few capture the essence of teamwork required for a multiplayer title. The Rainbow Six Siege beta has…
EGX 2015: HTC Vive Provides Best VR Experience Yet
Virtual reality is without doubt the biggest talking point coming out of EGX 2015 this past weekend, and you only had to see the two-hour queues to book stand-by appointments…
Super Mario Maker Review
Between the company refocusing its business strategy and releasing fresh new titles in the recent months, 2015 seems to be a catch up year for Nintendo. In March, Nintendo announced their…
EGX 2015: Behind Bars with the Creators of Prison Architect
After a lengthy spell in Early Access, Introversion's prison construction and management simulator Prison Architect is now ready for its full release next month. The game sees you, as the head…
EGX 2015: Previewing Total War: Warhammer with Creative Assembly’s Rich Aldridge
At this past weekend's EGX 2015 in Birmingham, we were treated to the latest playable demo for Creative Assembly's highly anticipated turn-based strategy title, Total War: Warhammer. The upcoming game…
EGX 2015: Homefront: The Revolution Hands-On Preview
Although the original Homefront was released to mixed reviews, THQ planned to go a head with a sequel before they filed for bankruptcy in December 2012. When all of their assets were…
EGX 2015: Ones to Watch at This Year’s Largest UK Gaming Event
On the eve of the UK's largest gaming event, we at Power Up Gaming are busy making our final preparations for our third consecutive EGX, and will be bringing you extensive coverage from…
Are Open World Games Too Prevalent?
What a time to be alive. In my grandfather’s day, they had to walk for miles in the snow for anything. In my day, I had to walk a good ten…
Mad Max Review
Few video games can master the look and feel of their blockbuster film predecessors. Mad Max, an iconic movie franchise well overdue for an up-to-date video game tie-in, has arrived. The…
Pig-Gate: Top 10 Gaming Pigs David Cameron Had Better Stay Away From
In a world of stifling economics and threats to national security, a lone figure stands. He walked a road not many had walked and then took up his residence in…
Why Franchise Annualization Needs to Stop
The concept of a developer annualizing a popular video game franchise might initially sound rather enticing. After all, it's no secret that games take a long time to develop, and…
Virtuix Omni and PlayStation VR: Hands-On Preview by a Virtual Reality Virgin
I was lucky enough to recently dive into the world of virtual reality, by trying out both the Sony Morpheus (since renamed PlayStation VR) and the Virtuix Omni. As it was my…
Critical Hit: Why Fallout 4 Needs Harder Drugs
Fallout 4 is now less than two months away, and while Bethesda have teased a few new features, they remain tight-lipped on whether the series' drugs system is getting an…
Skyshine’s BEDLAM Review
My first foray into Skyshine's BEDLAM was certainly an interesting affair and one doozy of a learning experience. Having played many titles from the RPG, rogue-like and tactical genres, I…
UK Retailer Argos and Microsoft Accidentally Break FIFA 16 Street Date by Nine Days
A number of Xbox One customers have today been 'accidentally' granted access to FIFA 16, over a full week ahead of the title's official UK release date of September 24. UK catalogue…
TGS 2015: Bloodborne Expansion Coming November 24
The bleak and howling streets, crypts and freaks of Bloodborne were fearsome, gothic and outrageously enjoyable. For those of you sadists out there craving more blood, sweat, and tears, the PlayStation Blog…
