Remasters

Diablo 2 Resurrected technical alpha

Diablo 2 Resurrected gets its first technical alpha this weekend

Keep an eye on your Battle.net account: the first Diablo 2 Resurrected technical alpha begins this weekend. It will be the first opportunity for fans to go hands-on with one of the most hotly anticipated remasters in video game history. The technical alpha will be single-player only, and will be exclusive to PC. It kicks…

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 remaster launches in September

The Birdman has returned. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 finally remasters the first two games in the legendary series. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 launches on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via the Epic Games Store on September 4, 2020. Fans who preorder the game get early access to a…

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Games Review: Burnout Paradise Remastered (Xbox One X, 2017): Throwback Thursday

If Burnout Paradise Remastered does anything, it makes the EA of 2008 look like a benevolent creativity incubator when compared to the strife-prone publisher of today. For one thing, the game is great fun. For another, its clear that developer Criterion was given the room they needed to properly execute on their vision. It’s a…

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Capcom’s Okami HD brings an adventure classic to PS4, Xbox One and PC

There’s two kinds of people in this world — people who played Okami back in 2007 and those who did not. Originally released here in Australia on the PlayStation 2 a full year after its Japanese and American launch, and only in a very limited run (the 2000’s were a dark time), Capcom have announced that Okami…

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2K formally announces BioShock: The Collection

Following a series of leaked screenshots yesterday, publisher 2K have faced the music and dropped an official announcement trailer for BioShock: The Collection, a remastered omnibus of all three games in the series for current generation systems.

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E3 2016: Skyrim remaster headed to PS4 and Xbox One

Fus-roh-dammit, I’m about to lose another 1000 hours to Skyrim. A high-definition, remastered version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is set to launch on PS4 and Xbox One October 28.

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Video Games Review: Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4, 2016)

Considered criminally overlooked when it released on the PlayStation Vita back in 2012, Gravity Rush brought fresh ideas to an aging adventure game genre with its gravity-manipulation mechanic and irreverent character work. Thankfully, a vast new audience has a chance to be exposed the game, having found a new home on the PlayStation 4 thanks…

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Video Games Review: Beyond: Two Souls (PS4, 2015)

The thing about Beyond: Two Souls is that, as a video game, it’s rather bad. That might seem like an especially harsh way open a review, but a game that puts as high a premium on storytelling Beyond does means actual gameplay isn’t given a lot of consideration if it doesn’t advance the plot. This…

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Video Games Review: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4, 2015)

From fairly humble beginnings, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted series became the must-have trilogy on the PS3, adventure games par excellence that revitalised climbing puzzles while remaining tense and cinematic. The entire series to date has now been given the PS4 remaster treatment courtesy of indie developer Bluepoint.

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Tokyo Game Show 2015: Gravity Rush and its sequel coming to PS4

Sony plan to release an updated edition of their popular PSVita title Gravity Rush onto the PS4 later this year. The news came straight from Sony during their pre-TGS 2015 press conference.

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