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Last weekend I gave the Anthem Demo a go only a few weeks away from their unfortunate VIP demo connectivity and bug issues I was a little more than cautiously optimistic about the experience. EA revealed a rather confusing release schedule matrix, but the full version of Anthem will be released for Origin Access Premier subscribers from the 15th of February, The rest of us get to play it on the 22nd.

The Anthem VIP demo for pre-orderers has come and gone but things didn’t go particularly smoothly. A number of problems popped up during the demo weekend, including connection issues, infinite loading and various other bugs. Some of these issues were fixed while the demo was ongoing but now, all eyes …

Last weekend was particularly important for Bioware, as it was the first time that the public at large would get a taste of Anthem. Unfortunately, the game’s ‘VIP demo’ got off to a rocky start, with connectivity issues and bugs hurting the experience across multiple platforms. The VIP demo was …

Back in April 2016, Blizzard shut down Nostalrius, one of the most popular vanilla WoW private servers around. This kicked off a lengthy discussion for Blizzard, with the studio ultimately announcing plans to launch WoW Classic. That announcement came in late 2017 and now this year, people will finally have …

Back in April 2016, Blizzard shut down Nostalrius, one of the most popular vanilla WoW private servers around. This kicked off a lengthy discussion for Blizzard, with the studio ultimately announcing plans to launch WoW Classic. That announcement came in late 2017 and things have been quiet ever since- until …

Forza Horizon 4 will be out in just a few weeks time. We’ve already got the PC system requirements, we know that the game will take a step back from microtransactions and later today, we’ll be able to get our hands on it for the first time thanks to a …

Back at E3, CD Projekt Red showed off a 48-minute gameplay demo for Cyberpunk 2077 in a behind closed doors gathering with the press. We’ve already heard a lot about the demo, but we had no idea when to expect a public unveiling. That changed today, as CD Projekt Red …

After debuting a new full-length trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 last week, the games press were treated to an impressive 50-minute long gameplay demo behind closed doors. From what we’ve been hearing, the game is already looking to be an incredible RPG, and now we know what hardware was …

Sega has been making a big push for Yakuza over the last year. In 2017 we received Yakuza 0, a prequel to the entire series and Yakuza Kiwami, a remake of the first game. Now this year, fans are eagerly awaiting the release of Yakuza 6. To help promote the …

Final Fantasy XV is heading to PC officially next week but we’ve managed to get a quick look at performance ahead of time thanks to the release of a free playable demo. The game’s initial benchmark release didn’t turn out to be all that useful, but the demo version of …

Final Fantasy XV is set to land on PC in March, complete with upgraded graphics and mod support. The previously released benchmarking tool gave us a brief look at what the game will look like, but we’ll have an even better chance to see the game in action next week, …

The virtual reality revolution isn’t going quite as smoothly as Oculus VR predicted, as its parent company, Facebook, is set to close 200+ of the VR firm’s demo stations around the U.S.. This comes amid reports that some of the demo stations would often sit for days at a time …

Bioware’s long-awaited return to the Mass Effect franchise is approaching us fast, with Mass-Effect: Andromeda set to kick off an all-new adventure in March. However, if you would like to play the through the first ten hours of the game a little early before committing to buying the game, then …

If you took a look at my recent review of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, while you’d know that it does lack a few more killer apps to make it a truly recommendable purchase, one experience I absolutely loved was Henry. If you can experience it yourself with your …

Earlier this month, a few leaks pointed towards a release date for Final Fantasy XV and now following on from Square Enix’s event last night, we have confirmation that the game will finally be coming out on the 30th of September this year. However, once the Xbox One and PS4 …

Last month, word spread across the internet that IBM was creating a virtual reality game based on Sword Art Online. While that didn’t turn out to be entirely true, the ‘game’ is actually just a short demo/prototype, it is still fairly exciting to see. Over 100,000 people applied to try …

Last week, the internet exploded with news that IBM was actively sponsoring the development of a virtual reality MMO based on the Sword Art Online anime/manga series. At first, it seemed that this would be a real game launching later this year but now, it looks like that might not …

Remember last year when screenshots and videos of Valve’s Aperture Science/Portal virtual reality demo started popping up on the web? Well, now you can download that demo for yourself as Valve has just released it as a SteamVR performance testing tool. The tool is obviously designed to rate your system …

What does $100 million buy you in game development? So far it’s purchased the fans of Star Citizen a second Alpha, as with the continued expansion of the number of backers – now over one millon – and ever increasing pledges, that astronomical total has now been reached. The celebratory …

There are lots of things that have people excited about virtual reality. There’s the potential for a return of light-gun games, where we spend our time gunning down hordes of enemies with pin point accuracy; horror games where we wet ourselves in fear at a terror that is quite literally …

Microsoft’s Hololens hasn’t quite captured the online world’s imagination like the Oculus Rift, but augmented reality has just as much potential as virtual reality in the right hands. With Microsoft’s Hololens, it wants people to see it as much more than just an alternative to Google Glass. In a new …

We’ve seen some pretty cool experiments in the Unreal 4 Engine, we’ve had a look at what the original Bioshock would look like in the engine, the temple of time from The Legend of Zelda was rebuilt in the engine and now we’ve got a look at what Super Mario …

Square Enix took an odd approach with its Final Fantasy XV demo, for starters, it is only available to those that bought Final Fantasy Type-0HD  and now in an effort to step out of the box even further, the publisher is updating the XV demo, fixing up some bugs, balancing …

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD launched this week, with early copies coming with a code for the demo of Final Fantasy XV. As you would expect, these limited codes are now on sale on eBay and are going for around half the price of the game it came with. If you …

Chances are you’ve heard of Star Citizen, it is one of the most ambitious crowd funded games to date. If you aren’t sure what all of the hype is about, then this weekend is your chance to give it a go as a 20GB demo of the game will be …

The Final Fantasy XV demo has received a release date and a trailer. The demo will be called ‘The Episode of Duscae’ and will come bundled with early copies of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, which is due to launch on the 20th of March this year in Europe and the …

If Papers Please was one of your favourite gaming experiences of 2013, you certainly weren’t alone. The tense, challenging and occasionally heart wrenching experience earned its creator Lucas Pope all sorts of accolades and praise, but he’s not rested on his laurels since. In-fact he’s been working on a new …

EA faced quite a lot of backlash this morning after it was discovered that demos for Fifa 14 and UFC 14 were no longer free on the Xbox One. The demos currently cost £3.99 which sparked concern amongst the gaming community but according to EA, this isn’t its own doing and …

So I bit the bullet guys. I tried a Rift again at i50 this weekend – on the simply stunning looking games, Dream and Sandman – and I decided to do it. I couldn’t wait any longer. I bought one. But I didn’t order it from the developer’s, no that …

You know those demo machines that you see in game retailers that let you have a play on a few different titles? Those contemporary interpretations of a traditional arcade cabinet? Sony has some of those ready made for the launch of its up coming next-gen machine: and this is what …