Latest Articles By Steven Burns
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GTA 5 Essentials #2: Money, Property, and Influence
Money has always been part of the GTA series, but it's usually implemented as a secondary feature, a means to an end. In the…
Last Updated July 25, 2013 · by Steven Burns -
Stealth Inc. – A Clone in the Dark Review
A devious, intelligent puzzler with a sadistic streak that would shame GLaDOS, everything that made the PC original of Stealth Inc. so appealing has…
Last Updated June 5, 2021 · by Steven Burns -
Killzone: Mercenary Hands-On: The Best And Worst Of The Vita
Killzone: Mercenary feels like the realisation of a dream, albeit one from 2004. It feels like the long-coveted 'PS3 in your pocket' is actually…
Last Updated July 23, 2013 · by Steven Burns -
FIFA 14: A Difference Of Opinion
As tasks go, pleasing everyone with the newest FIFA is a task more impossible than climbing Everest in a wetsuit. Every year, EA make…
Last Updated November 7, 2025 · by Steven Burns -
Why the next generation needs more than just ‘good graphics’
Michel Ancel isn't in the race for photorealism. As is obvious from his games - the Rayman series, Beyond Good and Evil - that…
Last Updated July 17, 2013 · by Steven Burns -
Rayman Legends Hands-On: Delays, Mini-Games and Massive Potential
We were in France to play Rayman Legends, but no-one was playing it. Not really. There were two reasons for this. The first is…
Last Updated July 17, 2013 · by Steven Burns -
Dynasty Warriors 8 Review
Since the franchise debuted in 1874, it has been customary to open any review of a Dynasty Warriors game by mentioning that the latest…
Last Updated June 5, 2021 · by Steven Burns -
GTA 5 Gameplay Trailer Analysis: More Money, More Problems
Well, that kicked everyone's ass, didn't it? Like it had done for Red Dead, LA Noire and Max Payne 3, Rockstar's GTA 5 gameplay…
Last Updated December 21, 2023 · by Steven Burns -
PS4: How The DualShock 4 Rights The PS3’s Wrongs
Well, this is embarrassing. Not a month after returning from E3 and telling a few friends how I didn't feel the new PS4 pad…
Last Updated July 6, 2013 · by Steven Burns -
GTA 5 Essentials #1: Vehicles and Multiplayer
Since the day it was released, GTA 4 has had to contend with allegations that it simply isn't fun. Or, As Fun As It…
Last Updated July 5, 2013 · by Steven Burns