Darren Edwards

Kine is an intensely entertaining and challenging puzzler dripping with charm. It has bags of character and will have you smiling from start to finish. I can’t say much more than do yourself a favour and buy this game.

Indivisible on Xbox One is super stylish, charming and loads of fun to play. There is a slightly wonky difficulty curve to get to grips with and the game will set you back a fair few pennies, however, if you're looking for something different to lose yourself in, you’ve found it.

It’s that time of year once again, the UK’s biggest gaming event is back. After being hosted at Birmingham’s NEC for the last few years, 2019 marks EGX's return to London, namely at the ExCel arena. EGX runs from 17th - 20th October this year and will have over 250 games playable on their impressive show floor. Whether you are heading there yourself, as I am, or are simply curious to peek at upcoming releases, here are the 5 biggest games playable at the show this year.

GRID, I can happily say, is a triumph. It can be forgiven for a career mode that on some fronts lacks variety, due to how well realised the gameplay is, as it's deep, authentic and above all else, a huge amount of fun. You’ll struggle to find a racer that plays better than this.

In the run up to the release of Alien: Isolation, excitement was reaching a fever pitch as details were revealed. The game was confirmed to be part of official Alien canon, set 15 years after the original film.

Decay of Logos has charm and meets all the basic action/adventure RPG criteria, but offers little else. Unfortunately its ambition is let down by an average execution. The Legend of Zelda, this ain't.

Halo 3: ODST expanded on the narrative and provided a unique experience in the franchise, whilst losing nothing of what makes it great.

Doom 3 is bloody scary, and jumpy as hell.

How the “hell” do you follow up on such a well received and crafted game such as Doom? Why, give players more of the same it seems.

Hype, hype and more hype. As with the build up to E3, speculation around potential announcements has been going into overtime ahead of Gamescom this year. Will we see more of Project Scarlett? Will we finally see some Halo: Infinite gameplay? Will Splinter Cell 7 get confirmed? Still, there was a steady stream of reveals throughout the day and just in case you missed anything, here are the 7 biggest announcements from Xbox and opening night at Gamescom 2019.

If you've played Doom before, you'll immediately be hit with a wave of nostalgia with Doom (1993).

“Pulse pounding” and “stunning” are just a few words that are used to describe the action on offer in Subdivision Infinity DX, at least according to the official synopsis, and in a competitive market games such as this really have to stand out from the rest.

10 years ago? Surely not. We’re talking about the year when President Obama was first inaugurated and Michael Jackson passed away. Feel old yet? It’s particularly scary as that was the year I started University, and my housemate introduced me to a cracking little game by the name Trials HD. We ploughed hours into chasing personal bests, climbing online leaderboards and had a great laugh in the process. That is the beauty of this game, as the addictive and entertaining gameplay is perfectly balanced by its slapstick charm.

I was lucky enough to attend, and got to spend some quality time with Doom Eternal, id Software’s much anticipated sequel to the excellent 2016 release Doom. The demo was pretty generous and set around, and on, a besieged Mars and nearby space station.

I approached the entrance to Codemasters’ HQ with trepidation and excitement in equal measures. It was my first experience of such an event, and was immediately put an ease by how friendly everyone was. This was especially true of GRID’s Director, Chris Smith, who was bursting with passion for his latest project. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to put some questions to him…