David Crookes

More space shooting is on the horizon, as Aliens: Colonial Marines drafts you into a United States Colonial Marine squad preparing to face an Aliens assault more intense and horrific than ever before.

The Dead Space duo to date has caused a massive stir in the console world, delivering an awesome intergalactic pair of adventures that thrilled and chilled in equal measure.

A true console zombie-fest, Dead Rising 2: Off The Record sees Frank West, photo journalist and original hero of Dead Rising’s Willamette incident, take centre stage as gamers get a different perspective on the Fortune City outbreak.

The original Xbox Live edition of Trials HD set an incredible benchmark for downloadable content, with production values as high as the awesome two-wheeled stunt jumps performed in the game.

Strategy games have come on in leaps and bounds since 1994, when the first XCOM title was released, and there may only be a pocketful of gamers who remember the original with the fondness it deserves.

FOR a launch title, ZombiU will succeed in showcasing just what the dual-screen action of the new console can achieve, as well as scaring the living daylights out of you.

Just as the ever-popular kids’ building bricks have elongated the gaming lifespans of the Star Wars, Batman and Harry Potter franchises

Hitman has been hiding in the shadows for a very long time. Six-and-a-half years to be precise.

THE console iteration of James Bond will struggle to ever release itself from the shackles of the peerless Nintendo 64 shooter GoldenEye.

‘Genre defining’ isn’t a term you can throw around glibly in a saturated shooter market.