• Impact Previews: DOOM Multiplayer Beta

    The DOOM multiplayer beta is suffering from a serious identity crisis. Developed primarily out of the studio id Software by Certain Affinity, frequently the Halo games multiplayer developer, the DOOM multiplayer feels like a weird amalgamation of several other successful multiplayer games. But none of those games are DOOM....
  • How to start playing Hearthstone

    Blizzard’s online tactical card game Hearthstone is currently undergoing a dramatic and exciting change that will make the game more approachable for newcomers. Firstly, the soon to be introduced ‘standard’ mode will rotate out a large pool of older powerful cards, decreasing the power gap between a new collection...
  • Impact Previews: Clustertruck Alpha Build

    Remember that really awesome fight scene in The Matrix Reloaded? The one on the highway, where Neo and crew jump from vehicle to vehicle fighting for their lives? Clustertruck is that. Clustertruck, formerly known as Highway Fight Squad, is a first person platformer puzzler, similar in style to something...
  • Three game console gimmicks that just didn’t work

    Gimmicks. Originally meaning an attractive and clever idea, this word has been used of late in the gaming sphere in a negative fashion in order to construe features that are either overplayed or underutilized. Today I will be using the word in both fashions, to describe my personal three...
  • Impact Plays: Dark Souls, Prepare to Die Edition

    Dark Souls III is already available to gamers in Japan (as well as sneaky Xbox One players worldwide) and will become available in the UK incredibly soon. The building excitement for the latest Fromsoftware release seemed the perfect excuse for me to explore what was so brilliant about one...
  • IMPACT Gaming’s favourite characters: Brucie Kibbutz

    Brucie Kibbutz is a supporting character first introduced in Grand Theft Auto IV. In keeping with the game’s delicious satirical take on the American Dream, Brucie is an insecure individual who hides behind a ridiculous overly-masculine façade. The player will encounter him several times in GTA IV in main...
  • Impact Plays 2003 Edition: Ratchet and Clank 2

    2003. What a year. We received two The Matrix sequels that we probably didn’t need, the first Call of Duty game came out, and Ratchet and Clank 2: Locked and Loaded (known as Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando) was released. Ratchet and Clank 2 is the perfect video game sequel. It expands, builds and...