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Speedlink Orios Gaming Mouse Pad XL – Neon Sensations?

20Sep

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Speedlink Orios Gaming Mouse Pad XL – Neon Sensations?

Ok so we all love a good mouse pad, but wow when this monster of a pad from Speedlink landed at TC HQ it was something else! Measuring 910mm wide x 420mm deep x 3mm high the Orios Gaming Mouse pad XL dominates the desk giving you a massive surface to glide your mouse freely across (in this case the Roccat Kone AIMO) as well as an area for your keyboard if you so desire. Features With an anti-skid rubberised backing that holds the mouse pad to the deck for even the heaviest handed player, the soft slick cloth surface on top also has a water-repellent finish should you do the unthinkable and knock a drink over. The feel of the mouse pad is very sleek and the mouse moves quickly around however I did on occasion feel my hand starting to sweat a little where it made contact with the pad...

Mutant Year Zero: Seed Of Evil PS4 Review – Plants Vs Mutants

13Sep

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Mutant Year Zero: Seed Of Evil PS4 Review – Plants Vs Mutants

Seed of Evil is the eagerly awaited expansion to the award-winning tactical adventure game Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden published by FunCom. The DLC, available on PC, Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo Switch carries on where the original game ends and offers hours of more gameplay, new locations to visit, and a new leading character; Big Khan the Moose. Gameplay If you love X-Com inspired games but have never heard or played Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden then firstly let's just say get hold of it, you won't be disappointed! In summary, the story-driven tactical adventure is a mixture of real-time stealth as you explore and scavenge for scrap materials in a post-human world that has been beautifully reclaimed by nature and then during combat it becomes a turn-based strategy game a...

Roccat Announces New Hardware At Gamescom 2019

20Aug

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News & Updates

Roccat Announces New Hardware At Gamescom 2019

ROCCAT, Turtle Beach’s Hamburg, Germany-based PC team, today revealed its latest PC accessories debuting for European fans at Gamescom 2019 and it looks pretty exciting! ROCCAT Kain The ROCCAT Kain is an all-new series of PC gaming mice born from the vision of creating the best “click” and aimed to deliver maximum precision performance. Not only does the series introduce ROCCAT’s innovative Titan Click – an all-new mechanism that registers the click signal up to 16 milliseconds faster than other mice making it the most responsive mouse on the market, but it also delivers “all the feels.” Even before plugging-in the Kain mouse, gamers will immediately notice the impressive shape. Combined with a weight of 89 grams the Kain mice offer exceptional grip and ergonomics. Adding its lightning-f...

Pool Nation PS4 Review – No Drinks On The Table Please

13Aug

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Pool Nation PS4 Review – No Drinks On The Table Please

Pool Nation by Manchester-based devs Cherry Pop Games and published by Wired Productions is a photo-realistic billiards simulator where you have the chance to start a single-player career, beat your friends in a one on one while sitting on the couch as well as play against online buddies around the world. In what is, in essence, an overhauled version of the PS3 classic from years gone by with added features, will Pool Nation have you reaching for the chalk or leaving the pub early? Gameplay Pool Nation brings to the table a vast variety of game modes to test your cue wielding ways. I do enjoy a good billiard game albeit 8ball or 9ball as it is one of the few games in real-life that I play better after a beer (drink responsibly!). So what do you have on offer in Pool Nation? Wel...

Tour de France: Season 2019 Xbox One Review – Sadly A Tour de Farce

9Aug

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Gaming, Xbox Reviews

Tour de France: Season 2019 Xbox One Review – Sadly A Tour de Farce

We have the pleasure of a guest reviewer today! folks meet Si Woodhams who is not only an amazing drummer in my band, but also knows a thing or two when it comes to cycling, definitely essential in order to undertake this gaming review! I should start this review by saying I am a cyclist and yes I wear the lycra to go with it as well. Therefore, you would think when the biggest cycling race in the world decides it needs a video game to go with it, it would live up to all the excitement we have had over the last 3 weeks of actual racing, sadly Tour de France: Season 2019 (TdF 2019) from Bigben Interactive failed to live up to that in more than one way. Gameplay Let’s get the good bits out of the way first! There are all of the 21 stages of the TdF 2019, plus a whole host of t...

2Aug

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Car Mechanic Simulator PS4 Review – Time To Appreciate Your Mechanic

I do love to play around with cars in my spare time, usually fixing my own as I can't afford garage rates. Under the watchful eye of my father in law, who is a mechanic, I have successfully taken parts off my car and replaced them. It was a refreshing change to take a look at Car Mechanic Simulator by Red Dot Games on the PS4 as it meant that I wouldn't be scraping grease and oil off my hands afterwards! Gameplay I reckon that most people have seen or at least know of Car Mechanic Simulator as it has been around for a few years now. For those of you not in the know, the game comprises of you running a garage whereby you repair cars and try and make some profit while upgrading your tools and abilities to take on tougher challenges. Unlike Stu who reviewed the Nintendo Switch versi...

Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled PS4 Review – Woobeega!

28Jun

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled PS4 Review – Woobeega!

Well, it is finally here! after all the hype and excitement I finally got hold of a copy of Activision's Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled (referred to herein as CTRNF.) Having not played it for many many years since its original form on the PS1, it is scary to think that when CTR originally came out I was 19, young, free and playing the field, with no real responsibilities, and here I am age 38 with a wife, mortgage and 4 kids, how times change! The Crash Bandicoot franchise seems very much alive since the successful launch of the N'sane Trilogy, how will this blend of Crash Team Racing, Crash Nitro Kart and Crash Tag Team Racing work out? Will dev Beenox be able to resurrect the nostalgia? Gameplay Ok, let's cut to the chase. The real reason you are probably reading this is to see ...

Home Sweet Home Ps4 Review – Hide and Seek and Scream

24Jun

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Home Sweet Home Ps4 Review – Hide and Seek and Scream

Is it safe to come out now? For the last couple of weeks I have been playing through Yggdrazil Group's first-person horror/puzzle game Home Sweet Home, and those that know me will remember how easily I can jump when playing games of this nature! Gameplay With elements taken from Thai folklore which indeed adds to the story and atmosphere, you are fooled into thinking this is another typical horror game when you wake up in a room as a guy called Tim who has no memory as to how he got there but is aware that he has a family that he needs to find. With the basic scenario set out, you begin your single player mission to walk about the rooms and hallways of the building looking for answers. It does not take that long to come across strange goings-on when you see out of the corner of your...

American Fugitive PS4 Review – Old School GTA Returns!

6Jun

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

American Fugitive PS4 Review – Old School GTA Returns!

American Fugitive developed by British studio Fallen Tree Games and published by Curve Digital is a 3D top-down open world game that has strong roots with the original Grand Theft Auto games. Available across all platforms, I was lucky enough to take the PS4 version out for a spin! Gameplay American Fugitive is set in a quiet American country town called Redrock County back in the 1980s and yes it is single player. You take on the character of Will Riley who arrives at his father's house following a late night phone call to find him lying dead on the floor. Even though you had no part to play in the cold-blooded murder of your father, you are framed and locked up in a prison. Powered by vengeance and determination to find out who actually committed the crime you break out of jail...

Roccat Kova Aimo Gaming Mouse Review – Ambidextrous Gamer’s Dream

21May

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Roccat Kova Aimo Gaming Mouse Review – Ambidextrous Gamer’s Dream

It appears that the designers over at Roccat have been doing some innovating with one of their latest gaming mice. As any left-handed folk will know, if you walk into a shop to check out mice, they are predominantly for right-handed people due to the curved design and placement of buttons however Roccat have broken the mould and come up with one that can be used by both left and right-handed gamers alike. How have they achieved this I hear you ask? Well, it is all thanks to the mirroring of the handy buttons down each side of the mouse as well as making the mouse body symmetrical. Behold the Roccat Kova Aimo. Being a Roccat gaming mouse, you have access to the amazing Swarm software that lets you customise all 12 physical buttons as well as extra functions thanks to the Easyshif...