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46 DECEMBER 2015
Designed to appeal to a mass audience, Star Wars:
Battlefront was never going to be a title intent on pushing
the boundaries of innovation. Trading depth for simplicity,
DICE have created a rambunctious, adventure-filled
homage to the original Star Wars trilogy that accurately
captures practically every detail (except maybe the voice
acting) of the popular canon. It's the colossal multiplayer
battles where players will spend most of their time,
either with a blaster in hand or behind the controls of an
X-Wing fighter. Battlefront is the best pick-up-and-play
title you'll find on offer at the moment, and for Star Wars
fans, Christmas has come early this year.
STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT
GENRE: FPS PLATFORM: PS4 | XBO | PC RELEASE: OUT NOW MULTIPLAYER: YES
If you liked this, you may also like... Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Battlefield Hardline
Rico’s back, and this time it’s personal! He’s left The
Agency to return to his birthplace, Medici. Things aren’t
copacetic on the Mediterranean island, however, as brutal
dictator General Di Ravello is using it as ground zero for his
world domination ambitions. Naturally you’ll be buggered
if you’re going to let him get away with it, and are armed
to the teeth with methods to mitigate the madness. Well,
actually you’ll make stuff madder, but all in the name of
liberty! There’s some 1,000 square kilometres to explore
and optionally destroy, with an arsenal of gadgets – including
your go-go grapple hook and wingsuit – that’d make 007 feel
significantly underequipped. Not now James, we’re busy...
JUST CAUSE 3
GENRE: RPG PLATFORM:PS4 | XBO | PC RELEASE: OUT NOW MULTIPLAYER: NO
If you liked this, you may also like... Grand Theft Auto V, Saint's Row IV: Re-elected
popular culture has taught us anything, it’s to never trust
ghost. Well, unless they’re Casper, but he’s a wuss.
this latest from action-adventure specialists Level-5,
u’re the keeper of a special wristwatch which allows
u see Yo-Kai, which are impish mischief-dealing ghosts.
other words it’s a kind of PKE meter that probably also
acks your daily steps and maybe even tells the time.
nyway, you use this funky spectre detector to hunt out
d befriend nice Yo-Kai, seek and destroy nasty ones in
using battles, and also to help fix damage caused by
more rascally wraiths. If you want to keep up with the
kids, basically Yo-Kai Watch is the new Pokémon.
YO-KAI WATCH
GENRE: RPG PLATFORM: 3DS RELEASE: 05/12/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES
If you liked this, you may also like... LBX: Little Battlers Experience, Pokémon Omega Ruby
Surely even the most pop culturally illiterate have
heard of Minecraft? You know, it’s basically LEGO
in computerised form. You construct worlds and all
the stuff within them, explore, craft and fight – it’s
a creativity-inspiring marvel. This release takes Mr.
Notch’s brainchild into a whole new orbit, whereby
a prefabricated point-and-click story is supplied by
adventure gurus Telltale for intrepid souls to venture into,
in much the same manner as their Back to the Future
and The Walking Dead games. With a nice balance of
comedy and drama, your mission is to save the entire
world of Minecraft. No pressure, notc- erm, natch...
MINECRAFT: STORY MODE
GENRE: RPG PLATFORM: PS4 | PS3 | XBO | 360 | PC RELEASE: OUT NOW MULTIPLAYER: NO
may also like... Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations,
Back to the Future: The Game