As with many franchises in this current console generation, Assassin’s Creed has become an annual series and it is probably time for Desmond and co. to take a break. Revelations is a good game, but many of its new mechanics feel forced or contrived and should never have been included. However, if you’re a fan of [...]

Sonic the Hedgehog has become one of the most frustrating series in all of gaming. New games in the series always aim to reach the level of joyous platforming once seen in the classic Mega Drive games, but they routinely disappoint fans. The 3D versions of the character have been even worse, providing incredible speed, [...]

Batman: Arkham City is comfortably the best superhero video game ever made. As you look down on Gotham City from the rooftops you begin to feel a little of what it might be like to actually be The Batman, watching over the citizens that he has sworn to protect. The numerous improvements on the already brilliant Arkham [...]

For many years now, Xbox 360 sim racers have had to put up with some truly dreadful steering wheel support. The Official Microsoft Force Feedback wheel was discontinued just after the release of Forza Motorsport 3 , making the expensive Fanatec wheels the only option on the 360. Now though, thanks to the release of Forza Motorsport 4 [...]

Forza Motorsport 4 improves upon the third iteration of Microsoft’s flagship racing title in a number of ways, but sometimes feels more like an annual sports game update than a leap forward for the genre. There are plenty of tweaks to the handling and graphics alongside some interesting new game modes, but the vast majority of [...]

When we think of post-apocalyptic settings in video games, we tend to think of dark, dreary sci-fi landscapes, but in id Software’s Rage the end of the world has never looked quite so astounding. Rage is an adventure RPG which mixes first-person shooting & character interaction with vehicle combat & exploration.  It’s an unusual mixture [...]

The first-person shooter genre has become arguably the most saturated in all of games over the last few years, forcing developers to become more creative in order to stand out from the crowd. Bodycount from Codemasters touches on the nostalgia for faster, more twitch-based shooters, resulting in a unique but greatly flawed FPS experience. Bodycount sets [...]

Earlier this week Citizen Game attended the Codemasters’ preview event for their new racing title, F1 2011. We were able to analyse the game in great detail, as well as chat to some of the development team and Anthony Davidson, the Mercedes GP test driver who works with Codies on the game’s handling. While F1 2010 [...]