Kolby James
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It is safe to say that Sonic Frontiers is one of the most anticipated games of the year. This is the blue blurs first big title since Sonic Forces almost five years ago. During his gaming hiatus the speedy little hedgehog has been on a roll with two highly successful...
The first Gran Turismo title debuted in 1997, almost 25 years ago. It was the first game of its kind on home consoles. From humble beginnings with Motor Toon Grand Prix in 1994, Polyphony Digital, with Kazunori Yamauchi at the helm, built an empire. They used their obsessive attention to...
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition features updated versions of three of the most influential and successful video games of all time, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. On release, each of these games were incredibly successful as...
Hot Wheels Unleashed has been a title I have been looking forward too since the first glimpses of gameplay were released back in April. For those that don’t know, Hot Wheels are a brand of miniature toy car and you can build tracks featuring loops, jumps and more to play...
Alex Kidd in Miracle World is actually the first game I remember playing in my entire life. For gamers of a certain generation, we cut our teeth on the SEGA Master System where Alex Kidd in Miracle World came built-in. Alex Kidd was SEGA’s mascot before Sonic arrived on the...
Lost Ruins is yet another retro-inspired 2D survival action game, this time featuring a girl who wakes up in a dungeon without her memories. With the help of a mysterious magician, Beatrice, we embark on a perilous mission exploring ruins, battling monsters, and facing the inevitable bosses in a Metroid-lite...
Monster Trucks are a guilty pleasure for many, including myself. I was a big fan of them growing up and I remember hiring tapes from the local video rental to watch their latest car-crushing and mud-slinging endeavours. I played hours and hours of the Monster Truck Madness games in the...
Cyber Shadow is an 8-bit inspired action platformer developed by Mechanical Head Games and published by Yacht Club Games. The world has been taken over by Dr. Progen and his synthetic army. Playing as Shadow, the last survivor of his clan, you embark on an adventure spanning multiple challenging levels...
Dirt 5
DIRT 5 is the latest by legendary UK developers Codemasters and is technically the eighth game to carry the ‘DIRT’ title. I hadn’t played any of the previous mainline games but I DID give DIRT Rally 2.0 a crack a while back and absolutely loved it. It had awesome graphics...
Ride 4
RIDE 4 claims to be the ultimate racing experience for 2-wheel lovers, featuring hundreds of bikes across decades of racing, loads of tracks and customisation options, all replicated to the finest detail with the most advanced technologies. “Sounds good! Sign me up!” I thought to myself. I’ve played motorbike games...
Inertial Drift is the debut game from North Ireland based Level 91 Entertainment. As the name would imply, this one is focussed only on drift racing and it features a unique dual stick control mechanic to boot. It is set in a retro 90s world featuring a wide range of...
I have been playing a lot of racing games lately and that is fine because, good or bad, I do like taking a new racer for a spin. Project CARS is not a series I have much experience with but when the offer is 120 track layouts and multitudes of...
