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Sackboy: A Big Adventure PC review

Without much in the way of any fanfare, Sumo Digital’s 3D platformer, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, comes to PC.

Sony’s support for the PC as a gaming platform continues with another PlayStation franchise making the leap to the PC. Hot on the heels of Uncharted: The Legacy of Thieves Collection, Sackboy: A Big Adventure brings the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 game to PC gamers. Continue reading Sackboy: A Big Adventure PC review

Kingston 2TB NV2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD review

Kingston’s NV2 is a fast PCIe 4.0 NVMe (non-volatile memory express) M.2 solid-state data storage drive. It is primarily intended for laptops and small form-factor PCs.

Even with the proliferation of cloud-based data services, you can never have enough local data storage. But gone are the days of finding space for large hard disk drives and their associated cabling. It’s great to finally see mechanical drives going the way of the dodo, replaced by tiny, energy-efficient NVMe M.2 drives no bigger than a stick of Juicy Fruit. Continue reading Kingston 2TB NV2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD review

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Switch review

The rise and fall of the pioneering video games company Atari reads like a modern myth. It’s a surreal tale of how a few enterprising computer engineers saw the future of interactive entertainment and laid the foundations for what is now a billion-dollar industry.

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is an incredibly well-presented digital museum of video gaming heritage. It follows the timeline from Atari’s first Computer Space cabinet right up to the ill-fated Atari Jaguar console. Continue reading Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Switch review

Gotham Knights PC review

WB Games Montreal, developers of Batman: Arkham Origins, return to the Dark Knight Detective’s hometown with Gotham Knights.

Batman is dead, killed during a fight with one of his deadliest enemies, Ra’s al Ghul, in the opening moments of the game. This is a polarising introduction that is likely to upset fans of the Batman: Arkham games expecting a continuation of the Rocksteady Studios franchise. Continue reading Gotham Knights PC review

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me PC preview

Supermassive Games’ The Dark Pictures Anthology reaches its season finale with The Devil in Me. I got to spend an hour or so with the upcoming horror game.

The Devil in Me is the fourth title in The Dark Pictures Anthology. The series of games are presented in a manner very similar of that of a TV show, like Alfred Hitchcock Presents. They mainly employ psychological horror to portray events that may, or may not, be supernatural. Continue reading The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me PC preview