Heavy Rain: Director’s Cut out 8th Nov.

Next week sees the release of the authoritative version of this hugely significant game in the US. Whilst no EU / AU release dates are available at this time they should follow shortly… If you own a PS3, but have somehow managed to avoid playing this instant classic, you should seriously consider picking up this [...]

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Fri, November 4 2011 » Gaming News » No Comments

NEWbreview Podcast Episode 5: End of 2010 Special!

This week is a VERY special podcast as Tom is joined by not only two, but THREE guests, including a very special one. Adam, Alan and Ms Debbie Timmins from TheAverageGamer.com join Tom in a special run down of the entire year. We have all the usual general shenanigans, including: Gaming highlights/moments of the year, [...]

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Tue, January 4 2011 » Podcasts » 1 Comment

DLC Review: Heavy Rain Chronicles: The Taxidermist

Game: Heavy Rain Chronicles: The Taxidermist Format: Playstation 3 Developer: Quantic Dream Publisher: Sony No one can deny that Heavy Rain is a divisive game. Some would even go so far as the argue that it isn’t even a real game thanks to its focus on storytelling over traditional gameplay. I personally found it to [...]

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Wed, April 14 2010 » PS3, Reviews » 1 Comment

Review: Heavy Rain

Game: Heavy Rain
Format: PS3
Developer: Quantic Dream
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment

*This review of Heavy Rain does NOT contain any spoilers*

Heavy Rain as swept across the globe! No silly i’m not talking about the weather, i’m talking about Quantic Dream’s latest PS3 offering, Heavy Rain, a game which is as impossible to review as it is groundbreaking. It’s near impossible to review because not only is it extremely hard to talk about this game without revealing any spoilers (whilst also trying to avoid sounding like a pretentious d*ck) but it’s also nigh impossible because well, you could say Heavy Rain isn’t really a game at all.

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Wed, March 10 2010 » PS3, Reviews » 2 Comments

Checkmate Arcade 88 – Swiss Cheese Armor

Jason answers the question, “What would you do for love?” by playing Heavy Rain. Steven puts on his swiss cheese armor in BioShock 2 and checks out the new Resident Evil 5 dlc, Lost in Nightmares. But that’s not all order this episode today and receive the games coming soon for March and a heaping [...]

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Sat, March 6 2010 » Recommended Podcasts » 4 Comments