Steven Burns

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  • Microsoft E3 2015 conference reaction

    Microsoft needed a good E3 conference, and it delivered. Not with everything, but midway through the roughly hour-and-half show it was clear the firm's…

    Last Updated December 8, 2023 · by
  • An insider’s guide to E3 2015

    E3 is a special time, when all the world's games press (and about three million other professional chancers) head to a single building to…

    Last Updated December 21, 2023 · by
  • Metal Gear Solid 5 could be the beautiful end of an era

    It's a pleasure to play MGS5. Not just in terms of controlling the game itself, although that is a delight, a rare mix of…

    Last Updated December 8, 2023 · by
  • 7 Reasons The Phantom Pain may be the best MGS yet

    D-Dog Pretty much the best thing happening in video games today, acquiring D-Dog is priority number one in any Phantom Pain playthrough. Found wandering…

    Last Updated December 21, 2023 · by
  • Splatoon Review

    Update: Splatoon has been out for over a week now, and Steve has had time to sit down with the retail copy of the…

    Last Updated June 5, 2021 · by
  • Toren Review

    Imagine Ico. Go on. What springs to mind? Yorda? Hand-holding? Rubbish combat? Probably all three. But floating around in there, no doubt, will be…

    Last Updated June 5, 2021 · by
  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Review

    I spent a lot of time thinking about wrestling while playing Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, a stand-alone prequel to last year's critical darling The…

    Last Updated June 5, 2021 · by
  • Darkwood preview

    You probably won't like Darkwood. Not in the beginning, anyway, given that it's as approachable as Saddam's palaces circa 2003. It certainly doesn't like…

    Last Updated December 8, 2023 · by
  • Uncanny Valley Review

    In a fit of irony that's surely not lost on developer Cowardly Creations, Uncanny Valley's mix of horror, adventure, and consequence-based gameplay nearly gels,…

    Last Updated June 5, 2021 · by
  • Why P.T. is a bigger loss than Silent Hills

    Silent Hills is dead. Reading between the lines, it appears to be another victim of the ongoing saga of Konami Corporation of Japan vs…

    Last Updated December 21, 2023 · by