In Minecraft there is an achievement called “When Pigs Fly”. This achievement requires four seemingly simple things. Simple my pixelated arse. Allow me to regale you with a tale…

When Namco Bandai, best known for their niche and Japanese titles, announced Inversion, a third person shooter that lets you shoot gravity, we were a little surprised. We were invited to go along to Namco’s offices to try out both the single player and the multiplayer of the title and see if it made us float up or sink into the ground.

We, here at StickTwiddlers, are getting very excited about the upcoming Tom Clancy title, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. So when we got a chance to visit BAFTA HQ and check out the new tie-in movie Ghost Recon Alpha and sit in on a Q&A with the film’s directors, François Alaux and Hervé de Crécy, Ubisoft  [ Read More ]

You’re never really experienced gaming if you’ve never played at least one game which required you to mash the buttons frantically, as though you were trying to thumb punch a bear into submission. Street Fighter is a classic example. I think I wore out enough controllers on that one to build a life size replica  [ Read More ]

You are the world’s greatest sniper, picking off targets from distances which quite frankly beggar belief. Some day, your exploits will be told on film, you’ll probably be played by Jason Statham. Or, you’ve been shot to shazbut by countless Germans and it’s all getting a little much. If the latter rings true, we’re here  [ Read More ]

Normally, when looking for games which cost less then a chicken kofte from ‘Kababylon’, my local fast food emporium, I would never consider the dark and seedy world of DLC. However, when firing up one of my favourite XBLA arcade titles, Defense Grid, earlier this week, I noticed a new DLC pack entitled ‘You Monster’  [ Read More ]

Not too long ago StickTwiddlers were invited to a Paradox Interactive event preview of their upcoming games. Previously famed for Magicka, Mount & Blade and Crusader Kings games we were lured into the hollows of a church basement to learn of Paradox’s new games due for release this year. The Showdown Effect This is a  [ Read More ]