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April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 Gerard Campbell 131 Views Horizon Forbidden West, PC Gaming, PC Hardware, Playstation, Steamdeck

Horizon Forbidden West PC

Ever since I bought a Valve Steam Deck last year (an original LED model, not the newer OLED one), I have tried to do much of my PC gaming these days on it.

An interesting game I like to play with my Steam library is “Will my Steam Deck play that?”

So when my editor asked if I was keen to review Guerilla’s PlayStation 5 game Horizon Forbidden West, which has been ported to the PC, I immediately asked … “Will my Steam Deck play that? – and it can but with a few caveats.

Gaming Hardware Hardware Reviews

December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 Richard Armitt 366 Views Console Headsets, JBL, Playstation, Quantum, XBOX

JBL Quantum 100X

With the Quantum 100X JBL have catered for a lower end of the market as well as the younger end. I think it’s fair to get that out of the way.

As a big lover of the JBL brand and a convert to the mantra of ‘Sound is Survival’, I have to say the Quantum 100X was not what I expected.

Game Reviews Gaming PS5 Xbox Series S Xbox Series X

November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 Barrie Clarke 431 Views Arcade racer, Hot Wheels, Playstation, XBOX

Hot Wheels Unleashed 2–Turbocharged Byte Sized Review (XSX)

Coming out over two years after the release of the first Hot Wheels Unleashed.

Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged is another serving of bold and bright arcade racing fun.

Gaming Game Reviews Playstation PS5 Sony

November 4, 2022November 10, 2022 Guy 919 Views Action RPG, God of War, Playstation, Ragnarok, Santa Monica Studios, Third Person

God of War: Ragnarök, PS5 Review

“Boy, this isn’t game!” – Yes, it is…it’s God of War Ragnarök, one of the best games around!

God of War (2018) was one of the stand-out games of the PS4 generation.

The next entry, God of War: Ragnarök has finally arrived on PS5 and once again Kratos and his “Boy”, Atreus, have a new adventure through Norse mythology.

After almost 20hrs I can say with confidence, it will be atop many Game of the Year lists in 2022.

Game Reviews Byte Size Review Gaming LEGO Nintendo PC / Mac Switch Console Xbox One

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Barrie Clarke 1000 Views Byte Size Review, Family Friendly, Gaming, LEGO, PC, Playstation, Switch, XBOX

LEGO Brick Tales Byte Size Review (XSX)

Who doesn’t like LEGO? I have always been a bit of a AFOL, Adult Fan Of Lego if you were wondering.

Whether it is physical LEGO or LEGO games I have been keen. In recent years LEGO games have been more diverse than the classic movie tie-ins we all love.

Gaming Game Reviews Playstation PS5

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 Richard Armitt 848 Views Naughty Dog, Playstation, The Last of Us, TLOU

The Last of Us, Remake PS5

The Last of Us is unmistakable, a game that delivered a swansong for the PS3 in 2013 and got the re-up treatment for the PS4 in the years that followed.

Here we are now, nine years later and revisiting the beginning of the story, again. That’s not a bad thing either, basically Guy said it in a nutshell “my personal top game of the PS3 and PS4 generation is getting a facelift for the PS5”.

So in lieu of being able to record ourselves rambling about the game all night, we thought we’d share a condensed version of our thoughts here.

Gaming Byte Size Review Playstation PS5

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 Guy 989 Views Playstation, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSPlus, Sony

Playstation Plus: Deluxe

Long have the benefits of Xbox’s “Gamepass” subscription service been touted on Koru-Cottage. It is the closest to the Nefilx-ification of gaming we have seen, and until now it has had no competition on console.

Finally Sony have come to the party with a 3-tier offering.

I have kindly been given access to Playstation Plus: Deluxe to see how it stacks up.

Gaming Game Reviews PC / Mac Playstation PS5 Sony

January 21, 2022January 31, 2022 Gerard Campbell 1804 Views God of War, PC Gaming, Playstation, PlayStation 4. PC gaming, Sony

God of War, PC

A new year and another PS4 console game has made the jump to PC, with Santa Monica Studio’s God of War now available to PC gamers – and what a beauty it is.

When the game came out on console in 2018 it quickly became the poster child for how a talented development team could make games on Sony’s console sing.

On PC the graphical fidelity has been turned all the way up to 11 – and it looks bloody fantastic.

Gaming Game Reviews PS4 PS5 Sony

November 21, 2020 Guy 1703 Views console, Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, Dualsense, Playstation, PS5, Sackboy

Sackboy and Demon’s Souls Remake – Combo Review (Playstation 5)

A new Playstation generation has arrived.

With that, the obligatory ‘Launch Games’ also rear their heads to show off the power of the new machine.

I have been lucky enough to get my hands on both Sackboy: A Big Adventure and Demon’s Souls Remake.

It is fitting in a way to have both a new Sackboy and Demon’s Souls come to christen the new console, as they have been stalwarts of the Playstation brand for over 10yr years.

Gaming Game Reviews PS4 Video Content youtube review

July 15, 2020July 19, 2020 Guy 2291 Views Ghost of Tsushima, Ghosts of Tsushima, Katana, Kurosawa, Playstation, Samurai, Sekiro, Suckerpunch

Ghost of Tsushima, PS4 Video Review

Ghost of Tsushima is an open world, action, Samurai RPG-lite with a 70/30ish mix of ‘toe to toe’ sword fighting and stealth gameplay. All set in 13th Century Japan.

There are a few issues which I cover in the Video Review, but what makes it a game worth experiencing is its beautiful art style, its music and audio design and the story beats in the later parts of the game.

If you like Japanese culture as I do, the recreation of 13th Century Japan is what made Ghost of Tsushima go from a fun game. To what is personally quite a special video game experience.

Guy was supplied a pre-release copy under strict embargo for the purpose of this review. Thanks to PlaystationNZ and Suckerpunch for the opportunity.

Watch, Like and Subscribe to the youtube review from @nzbrowncoat after the link.

Gaming Feature Article Preview PS4

June 9, 2020 Richard Armitt 877 Views Ellie, Joel, Naughty Dog, Playstation, Sony, The Last of Us, The Last of Us 2, The Last of Us Part 2, Uncharted

The Last of Us Part II : Preview

It’s 2:47 am on a Tuesday morning, I got into a cold bed at 2:35 am after playing The Last of Us Part II. Again.

For clarity I just finished the area that is allowed to be previewed pre-embargo lifting and I can’t stop thinking about it. In fact I thought about it all the way to work. While I was at work, then all the way home. Being a week behind other outlets I wasn’t going to run a preview, but here we are.

In a couple of days full reviews will hit, next week the game will be out. For now we can lift the lid on a taste of what to expect.

Thanks again to Playstation and Naughty Dog for the opportunity to review The Last of Us Part II before release.

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