King’s teams top e-sport competition
The world of e-sports continues to grow and now two teams from the same Dunedin school have won almost $2000 in prize money at a national tournament.
Entertainment
Keen on Tina’s arena
Keen on Tina’s arena
I was apprehensive going into Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. On the one hand, the character herself I find generally unlikeable and irritating, but the gameplay of the Borderlands series is fantastic. It doesn’t take long for Wonderlands to win you over, however.
Getting into the ‘Ring’
Getting into the ‘Ring’
What to do as a game reviewer when you’re not as extremely jazzed about a new release as all your peers?
Tokyo trip spooky, but not special
Tokyo trip spooky, but not special
Ghostwire: Tokyo is an intriguing game; a very strongly Japanese-themed game, set in a realistic representation of Tokyo (obviously), but having gameplay elements you might expect to see in Western titles.
Strategy and persuasion
Strategy and persuasion
TRIANGLE STRATEGY From: NintendoFor: Nintendo Switch ★★★★+
Tech review: Logitech keyboard
Tech review: Logitech keyboard
This is a neat little budget keyboard, stripping a mechanical keyboard back down to its bare essentials. Keys, some LEDs, and nice clicking, writes Michael Robertson.
New tricks for old dogs win awards
New tricks for old dogs win awards
Dunedin based independent game developer and publisher Runaway Play has won three international awards this month for its latest release Old Friends Dog Game.
Shoot and scoot
Shoot and scoot
Big-profile shooters Doom and Wolfenstein have both been revived and updated to a more modern format in recent years, but another, lesser-known series returned over a year before them.
You’d best not miss
You’d best not miss
Four-and-a-half years after its release, Destiny 2 just seems to keep powering on, with any signs of a Destiny 3 out of sight over the horizon.
Headed out West
Headed out West
It took me a long time, for whatever reason, to really get into Horizon Zero Dawn.
A grand return to form
A grand return to form
Gran Turismo 7 is a love letter to the car and a return to form for a famous single-player franchise that had dabbled in multiplayer in recent years.
Pokemon is fun again
Pokemon is fun again
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is fun.
Quest to develop diverse talent
Quest to develop diverse talent
A quest to help members of ethnic communities develop their creativity has been a driving force for a Dunedin training organisation.
Time is a flat circle
Time is a flat circle
Time manipulation mechanics were a bit of a thing in 2021, especially time loops. Deathloop springs to mind.
A stream of talent
A stream of talent
Three out of four Kiwi kids see streaming as a viable career option. What does that sentence even mean!? Bruce Munro takes a deep dive in the swift-flowing online-video-communities river.
Microsoft to gobble up Activision in biggest gaming deal
Microsoft to gobble up Activision in biggest gaming deal
Microsoft is buying "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard in the biggest gaming industry deal in history as global technology giants stake their claims to a virtual future.
Let’s make it a fair fight
Let’s make it a fair fight
Dolmen is an upcoming game in the Dark Souls-style die, die and die again genre, and I got a chance to play a preview build, which offered a few select sections.
Give it a go - Dungeons and Dragons
Give it a go - Dungeons and Dragons
Each week people across Otago meet up and take on the role of a mighty warrior or a powerful wizard.
Game developers get $1.19m boost
Game developers get $1.19m boost
Ever imagined what it would be like to fly across the ocean as an albatross? What about being an annoying seal?
Scares on the cards
Scares on the cards
I’ve always thought horror was strange. Who would willingly play a game designed to frighten them? Well, myself of course. Horror has always been fun to play through and it comes in different forms, whether a jump-scare fest or a slow psychological burn.