About Matthew Smail

In Chapter 1 of King’s Quest, The Odd Gentlemen set the scene for an impressive reinvention of the classic series and delivered a lengthy, challenging and enjoyable romp that sounded …
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Weighing in at a titanic 25 gigabytes in size (with an 18 GB patch on day two) and released via the Xbox One Game Preview Program, ARK: Survival Evolved is …
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Every now and then a game comes along that is so spectacular, so wonderful, so utterly compelling that it simply reduces mere mortal reviewers to a stream of incoherent superlatives …
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Ever since first playing Elite on the ZX Spectrum as a young boy, I’ve always had a soft spot for vast, daunting space adventures. Such games are rare on consoles, and it’s …
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I’m the kind of Game of Thrones fan who read the books a long time before the TV series started, and although I do enjoy the high production value of …
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Fans of the Caped Crusader have much reason to rejoice following the recent Game Awards Show. Why? Because Telltale Games has just announced that a Batman game is now in …
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This, the sixth and final episode of Telltale Games’ first season of Game of Thrones is centred around three key locations and follows the events of Episode 5 almost immediately. …
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With the nights drawing in and the party season beginning to ramp up, Microsoft has made a wise decision in ensuring that Knight Squad launches as the main Games With …
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Another day, another remaster of a popular game from the most recent previous generation. This time, Nordic Games has published Gunfire Games’ adaptation of Darksiders 2, which is out now on Xbox …
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Three or four years ago, I heard a rumour that Amnesia: The Dark Descent was going to be released on the Xbox 360, and I couldn’t wait for it to happen. …
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