You could be forgiven for giving this return to the Wild West a wide berth in the wake of 2011’s downright dreadful The Cartel. But while nobody could accuse this £11.99 PSN offering of being smart or original, like a fancy-dress night out in an animal onesie it still provides plenty of act-first-think-later thrills.
It’s not every day you free a friendly vampire from a centuries-sealed sarcophagus and find yourself in the midst of a fanged version of Jeremy Kyle. This third piece of Skyrim DLC slots pretty much seamlessly into the Elder Scrolls experience, delivering an enjoyable storyline that pits the undead against their hunters, the titular Dawnguard. Oh, and it’s up to you to pick a side. First, though, you’re sent off to investigate – in typical Skyrim style – a mysterious cave. Trussed up within the depths is the aforementioned Serana, and her family are a nightmare.
Life isn’t always easy when you’re Dovahkiin. I’ve saved the world from a dragon apocalypse, overthrown the Imperials as a key part of the Stormcloak rebellion, and rebuilt the Thieves’ Guild into a force to be reckoned with. So you could forgive me for wanting to take it easy. But no, now comes a largely enjoyable chunk of DLC that tasks me with taking on an evil pretender to my title.
I am passable at many things in Borderlands 2. I can gauge the ideal spot to slam down a sentry turret in the heat of the moment. I’ve got my gun-stat calculations down to a matter of nano-seconds. I’m the freakin’ best at getting a little over-eager when exploring a bandit camp, finding myself in way over my head and then expressing gruff gratitude as I’m being revived. But playing chauffeur? Nuh uh.
Here’s this month’s selection of tiny games in the shape of the best minis we could find. There’s everything from student projects to retro platformers and shooters and a big value bundle.
Since February, we’ve been eagerly awaiting the chance to get properly touchy-feely with PlayStation’s cutest mascot. But is sackboy the perfect fit for Vita, or is he coming apart at the seams without the deft touch of original developer Media Molecule? Put it this way: as soon as Stephen Fry’s velvety, dulcet tones welcome you back to the Imagisphere, this feels like a homecoming.
It’s been nigh on impossible this summer to avoid having your eyeballs assaulted by a Rorschach-esque blot that may or may not resemble Lisa Simpson in a compromising position. From cereal bars to disposable barbecues, products are hurdling over themselves to be crowned the ‘official’ whatever of the Olympics.
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‘Slow-burning’ isn’t quite the word. The first hour or so of The Help is, in all honesty, rather dull. Skeeter (Emma Stone), an aspiring journalist, returns from university to Jackson, Mississippi. It’s the early ’60s, and she’s shocked at the way in which black servants are treated by her contemporaries. In a move informed, you suspect, by her career longings as much as her political ideology, she decides to write…
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