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Grand Theft Auto IV
by Sam Fletcher - September 12th, 2008
I take my position at PlayStation Beyond very seriously. As such, when given the task of writing a feature for the site the first thing that came to my mind was my PS3, a group of friends and enough alcohol to make me regret it the next day.
There is merit to this article though, as it aims to find out the best game to play with your friends while in an intoxicated state...trust me you’ll see.
GTA IV
It’s only fitting that the first game I tested was a game that allows you the player to get drunk....
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So with Resident Evil 5 receiving a steady dose of media coverage in its run up to release, taking with it an armful of awards from this year's E3. We take a look at what has made the franchise stand out from the crowd over the years, and try to conjure an image of what we can expect more of in its newest outing.
Resident Evil was a seized opportunity back in 1996 when the original graced our screens....
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by Dave Hunt - May 28th, 2008
It’s a safe assumption that all of you who visit gaming news sites like this one are huge fans of gaming. It’s likely you were young when you first played a video game, be it Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario, or Donkey Kong. Your love for video games started in your youth, and that passion has never dwindled or disappeared.
Gaming has come a long way since we were young. There are few clearer examples of technological advancement than the evolution of video games over the past 25 years....
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With each and every new console release since the fifth generation, games have become more and more realistic. What we once perceived as bright, bouncy and blistering with infectious theme music, we now hopelessly find ourselves forever lost in a sea of graphical spectacle and physical dynamics. With titles like Metal Gear Solid 4, Gears of War, Mass Effect, Uncharted, Grand Theft Auto IV and Elder Scrolls, we have become accustomed to an era of self-realism, where the player is now very closely intertwined with that of their human code....
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The Grand Theft Auto series is what brought videogames to the mainstream. It’s a bold claim, albeit one that’s undeniably true – sure, Lara Croft made the cover of The Face, but if you were to ask an audience of non-gaming types what modern games they’ve heard of, a good percentage of them are bound to reference Grand Theft Auto in one way or another, whether it’s one of the original top-down 2D games or a more recent 3D offering. Why? Whether it’s for the right reasons (gaining critical acclaim for being, you know, actually good) or because the game was caught up in controversy on more than one occasion, the GTA series is popular – whether distant or close – amongst people of all ages.
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