142 recovered articles
Archive span: February 1, 2016 to July 20, 2016.
February 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 1, 2016 - 2 0 There was a period in my life where I did look like a caveman. It was during a 3 month holiday where I didn’t shave, didn’t really tend to my super long hair and was dirtier than your i...
February 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 1, 2016 - 2 0 I won’t even pretend to know what the hell is going on in football. Sports have never been my forte ever since I was young. No rugby for me even though it was drilled into my Afrikaner ...
February 8, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 8, 2016 - 7 0 Hello there, I’m MG THABO, or as I’m known in the real world, Marko Swanepoel. I’m 23 years old and I’ve been writing about videogames for about 5 years now and I’ve always loved it. I ...
February 8, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 8, 2016 - 2 0 If you never played the Binding of Isaac then you might be shocked at what goes on in the game. Its story is loosely based on the biblical tale of Abraham who was commanded by God to sa...
February 10, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 10, 2016 - 3 0 During last year’s EA conference at E3, a little game took us all by surprise. A very nervous man came out on stage with a weird hand tattoo, trying to explain his passion project to u...
February 12, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 12, 2016 - 3 0 Spoilers for those that haven’t watched until season 5 will follow. Be warned. Game of Thrones season 5 had many of my friends conflicted. A number of them have sworn off the series gi...
February 12, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 12, 2016 - 3 0 Destiny got off to a shaky start back when it released in 2014. The game was hyped to the moon and back and when it finally dropped many felt a bit underwhelmed. The story was threadba...
February 15, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 15, 2016 - 1 0 Game of Thrones Season 6 is coming. I’ve been sitting for 5 minutes trying to find a way to not make that pun, but I have failed. I will go jump off the Wall now. But yes. season 6 is ...
February 17, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 17, 2016 - 2 0 Fallout 4 was a resounding success last year, walking away with a ton of GOTY awards and received the extended admiration of a lot of gamers. Deservedly so too, since Bethesda really n...
February 18, 2016 · high confidence
- Genre Action, Adventure, Based on a True Story - Director Johan Renck - Producer Octagon Films, Take 5 Productions - Actors Travis Fimmel, Clive Standen, Katheryn Winnick - Where we got our copy ShowMax - Reviewed on S...
February 18, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 18, 2016 - 2 0 Well, that title didn’t work out quite like I thought. Anyway, Pinstripe is a game made by just one man who has done all of the programming, art and music for the game and based on ear...
February 18, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 18, 2016 - 2 0 Rocket League, the smashing soccer car success is finally on Xbox One after only being available on PS4 and PC. Xbox One owners will get the game along with some Xbox One exclusive goo...
February 24, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 24, 2016 - 3 0 When Netflix released in South Africa many people, including myself, were overjoyed. Netflix is the premier streaming service globally and their exclusive series ranks as some of the b...
February 25, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 25, 2016 - 3 0 PS Plus has had a bit of a rocky time recently with not a lot of worthwhile free games to make you excited about having the subscription. While there is usually a standout game each mo...
February 25, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 25, 2016 - Uncharted 4 is undoubtedly Sony’s killer exclusive right now, promising all of the worlds as we move ever closer to Nathan Drake’s final adventure. As such, they’re really pushing the game...
February 26, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 26, 2016 - 3 0 I don’t have to tell you again about the popularity of Rocket League. The game has sold millions of units and is ingrained into the gaming landscape now as one of the most fun multipla...
February 29, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 29, 2016 - 2 1 When Plants Vs. Zombies went into a different direction from their humble tower defense roots to an objective based third person shooter, I was a bit bummed and skeptical about the who...
February 29, 2016 · high confidence
- Published February 29, 2016 - 1 0 Racing sims are like sushi for me. I can see why other people enjoy them, but they’re really not for me. Racing sim enthusiasts often take things to the next level. Tuning every tiny d...
March 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 1, 2016 - 2 1 Lionhead has always had a bit of a corner in my heart. Fable was one of those franchises that I always had a hard time trying to hate because they were pretty fun games. Sure, there’s a mo...
March 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 1, 2016 - 2 0 My favourite weapon in games is probably any type of sniper rifle. There is just something magical about shooting a dude in the head from another town over with deadly precision. I’m more ...
March 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 1, 2016 - 4 0 I think I’ve said enough about how awesome Rocket League is at this point. The game is still taking the world by storm and just getting better as time goes on. For those of you unfortunate...
March 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 1, 2016 - 1 0 We reported a while ago that the Batmobile will be available as a playable car in Rocket League, which excited many that want to chase down an oversized ball in a car used by a billionaire...
March 3, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 3, 2016 - 7 0 From all of my interactions with people that are non-gamers, I’ve noticed a bit of a trend. Games aren’t respected as valid narrative artforms in the same way that something like books or ...
March 4, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 4, 2016 - 3 0 Dead Island was a good example of a “safe” game. It won’t spark any revolutions, there isn’t anything glaringly wrong and you know exactly what you’re getting into. It’s a co-op focused FP...
March 4, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 4, 2016 - Mirror’s Edge was a great little concept game. It featured a first person parkour system that hasn’t really been realised in other games quite at the same level that Mirror’s Edge tried to acc...
March 9, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 9, 2016 - 2 0 My knowledge of football can accurately be described in the following way: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. While I do grasp what’s generally going on on the pitch, I still have no clue what the specifics are. ...
March 11, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 11, 2016 - 4 0 South Africa has its, let’s just say, fair share of problems, but you can’t deny that we have a pretty kickass country. We have braais, wonderful landscapes and a rich cultural history. T...
March 11, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 11, 2016 - 4 0 I remember way back when I was still a little heart stealer, I was kind of afraid of a game called Diablo II. I was about 7 when it released and I remember seeing it on a store shelf and ...
March 14, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 14, 2016 - 2 0 Geek Fest has been an amalgamation of everything you love about being a geek. Stuff like figurines, cosplay, games, geeky goodies and so much more. It’s two days of bliss where you can ge...
March 14, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 14, 2016 - 2 0 P.T. was probably the best horror game of 2014 and guess what? It wasn’t even a game. It was just a very elaborate teaser for Silent Hills, but it was so well done that it captured the mi...
March 14, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 14, 2016 - 3 0 I went through a bit of a Grunge phase when I was about 18. I was all about Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and so on. It was a weird genre to gravitate towards since I w...
March 15, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 15, 2016 - 2 0 Fallout 4 was a resounding success last year with it winning countless GOTY awards and resonating in the hearts and minds of gamers months after its release. Predictably, Bethesda planned...
March 15, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 15, 2016 - 2 0 King’s Quest was part of the point-and-click revolution that happened on PC. It was the golden age for clicking on random things and hoping they would work. Like most of the games from th...
March 16, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 16, 2016 - 2 0 I’ve probably gotten around 70% of my games from some type of sale. You see those marked down prices and you just get filled with some sort of euphoric release and proceed to waste your m...
March 16, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 16, 2016 - 2 0 The Oddworld series has been around for almost a decade and I’ve heard about it a lot throughout my life. Some consider it one of their favourite platformers of all time so that speaks vo...
March 17, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 17, 2016 - 2 0 We reported a while back how ShowMax started rolling out their voucher based subscriptions and how that can be a massive deal for some South Africans. We touched on how it is sometimes di...
March 17, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 17, 2016 - 2 0 If you think that name sounds familiar then you’re not alone. Below was announced way back in 2013 during Microsoft’s E3 conference and it was showcased as a top down rogue-like adventure...
March 17, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 17, 2016 - Even though I’m a 2 meter tall behemoth that looks like he can push a mountain, I’ve never been into rugby. Much to my detriment since it is the sport of choice for South Africans and if I ha...
March 18, 2016 · high confidence
- Developer Moon Studios - Publisher Microsoft Studios - Genre Platformer - Game modes Single Player - Reviewed on Xbox One - Available on PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One - MG Thabo - Published March 18, 2016 - Ori and the Blind ...
March 21, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 21, 2016 - 2 0 The argument between digital and physical is a well established one with numerous debates on the price and convenience angle. Digital games have been strangely priced given that they’re e...
March 22, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 22, 2016 - 4 0 Note: This is the opinion of the writer and does not represent the opinion of Geek Node as a publication. I would probably consider myself a geek. Well, considering I write for a website ...
March 22, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 22, 2016 - 2 0 The Binding of Isaac holds a special place in my heart. I don’t play the game as much, but I’m hooked on watching other people play the game and it’s endlessly enjoyable. The game has so ...
March 23, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 23, 2016 - 2 0 “Enough death will leave you broken. Time after time.” That’s some wicked foreboding you got going on there From Software. The next entry into the notorious Dark Souls franchise is releas...
March 23, 2016 · high confidence
- Published March 23, 2016 - 3 0 Telltale’s The Walking Dead was a triumph in videogame narrative and remains one of my favourite narrative driven franchises ever. It presented us with really tough decisions that would w...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 3 0 Geek Fest is the annual hunting ground of the geeks. Where we all come together and form one amorphous mass of geeky passion and go on a geeking out rampage. All your wildest dreams will b...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 2 0 Geek Fest is upon us and as is tradition with many of these gatherings, there will be a ton of giveaways. This year at Geek Fest, they are going a bit more high tech by making use of Peris...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 3 0 Funny story, I had to analyse the original Independence Day in my film theory and criticism class in university and the instructions asked that I “provide evidence why this movie can be co...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 3 0 Xbox had a fantastic month in April with its Games with Gold service. They delivered AAA games on both the Xbox One and Xbox 360 and it was generally a strong month from a value standpoint...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 3 0 We reported a while ago on how Driveclub’s developer Evolution Studios was closed down. Following their closure, other companies started looking to hire the employees that formed part of E...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 2 0 Update: Update 2 has gone live with a large number of bug fixes (all detailed below). Remedy have been working diligently to try and address all the bugs reported by players of Quantum Bre...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 1 0 It warms my heart whenever a game that had so much love poured into gain so much success. When you see a AAA game doing well, it was probably because their marketing was on point and somew...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 2 0 Homefront: The Revolution is upon us soon with its release date of 17th May and they are doing all they can to give us more information about the game. I played the closed beta and while I...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 3 0 Titanfall was a very interesting release back when the Xbox One launched., It was a well received and well liked multiplayer game that people played for quite a while, but it unfortunately...
April 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 1, 2016 - 5 0 Gears of War 4 is upon us in October and it’s exactly the game the Xbox One needs. I personally can’t wait to jump into the world of chainsaw guns and beefy men again. Also, I cannot wait ...
April 4, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 4, 2016 - 2 0 Early Access was a strange experiment by Valve that had many degrees of success and astounding failures. The premise was simple: give gamers the opportunity to play a game as it’s being de...
April 4, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 4, 2016 - 2 0 Chinese Room’s first game Dear Esther made some waves within the gaming landscape. The game could barely be described as a “game” as all you did was walk around, look at stuff and listen t...
April 5, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 5, 2016 - 2 0 Aliens: Colonial Marines was a stain on the gaming landscape when it released. What was promised as a shooter in the universe of Aliens was quickly revealed to be a bland, broken mess that...
April 6, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 6, 2016 - With the success (?) of Batman vs Superman, of course there will be talks about what will happen in the future with these classic heroes. There’s talks of a solo Batman film written by Ben Aff...
April 6, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 6, 2016 - 2 0 The Division was met with relative success. While it did obviously receive some criticism, it was widely liked by gamers everywhere. I have the game for myself and I’ve been enjoying it a ...
April 6, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 6, 2016 - I love a developer with a sense of humour. In an industry filled with cold suit types, it’s refreshing to see a bit of levity once in a while from the people making high budget games. Remedy r...
April 6, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 6, 2016 - 1 0 Gears of War 4 is undoubtedly one of Microsoft’s biggest releases this year. It will usher in the series’ debut in the new generation and it will feature a brand new story with all new cha...
April 7, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 7, 2016 - I admittedly don’t know a lot about Star Wars since it wasn’t really a part of my childhood. But I still fully understand the massive impact it had on the entertainment landscape. It’s still o...
April 7, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 7, 2016 - 4 0 I’ll admit, I know next to nothing about Wonder Woman. I know she has a rope and uses invisible stuff, and that’s about it. However, I do know that she is one of the first and strongest fe...
April 8, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 8, 2016 - 1 0 Post-rock is a really weird, but incredible genre. Most of it consists of long-form atmospheric pieces that use a broad scope of instruments to create a sort of peaceful ambiance. I’ve bee...
April 12, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 12, 2016 - 3 0 No Man’s Sky has been a fixture of the hype train for quite a while now. They’re really pushing to make this game special and we’ve seen numerous press conferences where they, without fau...
April 15, 2016 · medium confidence
- Published April 15, 2016 - Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of all ages! We have picked the final winners in our RIDE competition…drumroll! Geek Node Ride Giveaway Congratulations to all! We will be in contact with ...
April 15, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 15, 2016 - 3 0 For those that don’t know me I originally came from a wonderful little site called EGMR . We were the bad boys of the local gaming website scene, always kicking over trashcans and getting...
April 18, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 18, 2016 - Gears of War has been one of Microsoft’s flagship franchises, giving us many memories of bulky dudes wielding chainsaw guns and grunting a lot. It’s obviously a very important franchise for M...
April 18, 2016 · high confidence
- Genre Action, Superhero - Actors Charlie Cox, Jon Bernthal, Élodie Yung - Reviewed on Netflix - Available on Netflix - Season 2 - MG Thabo - Published April 18, 2016 - 2 0 Daredevil season 1 took us all by storm. Every...
April 22, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 22, 2016 - 2 0 If you’re unaware of the phenomenon that is Rocket League, then please direct me to the rock you’re living under because it might just be big enough to be considered the 9th wonder of the...
April 26, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 26, 2016 - 3 0 This is slightly strange. Steam does actually have movies at its disposal such as the Free-To-Play documentary that followed a bunch of pro Dota 2 players as well as one of my personal fa...
April 26, 2016 · high confidence
- Published April 26, 2016 - 3 0 Uncharted 4 is due for release on the 10th of May and every Sony fanboy is hugging their Nathan Drake body pillows in anticipation for the game. Only a few weeks away and we get to play D...
May 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 1, 2016 - 0 0 The long awaited trailer for the Assassin’s Creed movie is officially here and it’s looking… pretty okay? It was mostly a montage of people doing parkour tricks, dialogue about some dude tha...
May 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 1, 2016 - 0 0 65 million, the population of the United Kingdom, according to Wikipedia. Why is this number important? Because GTA V has shipped 65 Million copies. Just think about that for a second. There...
May 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 1, 2016 - 0 0 Ori and the Blind Forest was a phenomenal platformer that ticked all the boxes. It was beautiful, innovative, fun and highly emotionally provocative. It was a digital only release for Xbox O...
May 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 1, 2016 - 0 0 Microsoft’s UWP initiative got off to a rocky start. It was an attempt to combine programs across their PC, Xbox and mobile systems, but as time went on, we noticed that there were some glar...
May 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 1, 2016 - 0 0 Dragon Ball games have never quite lived up to the ambitious dreams that fans had. People wanted to create their own warrior in this mystical world with their own powers and explore planets ...
May 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 1, 2016 - 0 0 Fallout 4’s first two DLCs went by with moderate success. While not changing anything groundbreaking, they did provide some nice extras to the Wasteland and gave players a small reason to co...
May 3, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 3, 2016 - The views contained in this article are that of the author and should not be taken as the opinion of Geek Node as a publication. Call of Duty has taken the gaming world by storm ever since it fi...
May 3, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 3, 2016 - 0 0 The Call of Duty franchise has gone through a weird period in recent years. Since it is a yearly franchise with multiple studios working on it, there’s been a lot of cries of the franchise b...
May 4, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 4, 2016 - 0 0 Movie adaptations can be a scary thing, especially when it comes to anime. Every time I see a live-action adaptation about some much loved anime, I cringe a little on the inside because the ...
May 4, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 4, 2016 - Golf and me have never really gelled. I understand the appeal, but it’s a pretty boring sport, all things considered. I’ve played one golf game in my life for a hot minute and during the bouts o...
May 6, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 6, 2016 - 0 0 DOOM is soon upon us, releasing on the 13th of May. It is promised to be a hyper-violent trip into hell where you rip the eyes and faces off demons and plaster their gory bodies onto the wal...
May 9, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 9, 2016 - 0 0 It was a warm, sunny day on the 7th of May at the Inanda Country Base in Kyalami. There was a horde gathering outside a seemingly innocuous field, but the energy resonating from them was pal...
May 9, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 9, 2016 - 0 0 Epic Games, the developers of some of the most beloved game franchises of all time such as Gears of War and Unreal Tournament, are now stating that they don’t think singleplayer modes within...
May 10, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 10, 2016 - 0 0 Fallout 4 promised something that hasn’t been done before when it was announced. Allow mods on consoles. Obviously, this seemed a little ambitious because mods have never been present on co...
May 11, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 11, 2016 - 0 0 Orange is the New Black surprised me when I first watched it. What I initially thought to be a simple drama within a women’s prison turned out to be so much more. It had the emotional impac...
May 11, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 11, 2016 - 0 0 Yearly franchises are a bit problematic. They open up all kinds of negative side-effects such as franchise fatigue, people turning on the franchise and the creators not getting enough time ...
May 11, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 11, 2016 - 0 0 Uncharted 4 has now officially released to widespread critical acclaim and massive fanfare. It’s undoubtedly one of the biggest releases for Sony this year and on some people’s most anticip...
May 13, 2016 · high confidence
- MG Thabo - Published May 13, 2016 - 0 0 I admittedly do not know a lot about the various superhero themed series out there such as Arrow, The Flash and of course, Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter. There’s too many to ...
May 16, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 16, 2016 - 0 0 System Shock has been a major influence to a lot of hallmark titles in gaming history. You know BioShock? Yeah, System Shock was the inspiration. The games released in the 90s with spartan ...
May 16, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 16, 2016 - 0 0 Cosplayers are insane. Sometimes someone just puts on a Finn hat and calls it a day, but other times a cosplay can be this intricately crafted masterwork that blurs the line between fantasy...
May 16, 2016 · high confidence
- Developer DrinkBox Studios - Where we got our copy DrinkBox Studios - Genre RPG - Game modes Single Player - Players 1 - Reviewed on PS Vita - MG Thabo - Published May 16, 2016 - 0 0 Ever played a game that you were su...
May 17, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 17, 2016 - 0 0 If you missed Mr. Robot last year then you missed out on some really excellent TV, my good sir and/or madam. It was a high intensity hacker drama that actually got the damn hacking right th...
May 18, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 18, 2016 - 0 0 Wait, this isn’t my department? I know more about the thought process of a vegan than I do comic books. But this story is pretty simple. DC Comics has now changed their official logo which ...
May 23, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 23, 2016 - 0 0 As gamers, we trained ourselves to distinguish between videogames and real life. Real life is by most accounts pretty boring and there’s all kinds of “laws” and “ethics” involved in everyth...
May 23, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 23, 2016 - I have admittedly not played Talos Principle, but from what I’ve heard it’s a pretty great introspective puzzle game that uses a lot of interesting mechanics to both tell a story and provide gr...
May 24, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 24, 2016 - 0 0 Xbox’s Games with Gold initiative had a massive boost in confidence in April, with a multitude of great AAA games being released for free. However, they faltered a bit in May giving a less ...
May 24, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 24, 2016 - 0 0 The Uncharted series is no stranger to fanfare, with fans of the series being incredibly passionate about the third person action adventure. With good reason too, Naughty Dog are masters at...
May 24, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 24, 2016 - 0 0 The Lannisters send their regards. Conan, the clueless gamer that we all so love, has gotten the opportunity to sit down with Blizzard’s latest and greatest shooter, Overwatch. Not only tha...
May 25, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 25, 2016 - 0 0 In today’s LeakWatch, we have a budding reddit user who posted “confidential” information about the upcoming robot shooter, Titanfall 2. The user suggested he had some trusty sources that s...
May 25, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 25, 2016 - 0 0 Cross-network functionality can almost be seen as the “final frontier” of multiplayer games. Since there’s so many people on different platforms, the pool of available players is segmented....
May 26, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 26, 2016 - 0 0 Well, it seems that gaming is going progressively more into the visual realm. Quantum Break did its take on a TV show/gaming hybrid and it succeeded in that experiment. But now we might get...
May 26, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 26, 2016 - 0 0 No Man’s Sky has been hyped through the universe and back, with it promising a gigantic galaxy exploration game. Tons of marketing, trailers and effort went into this game and people now ca...
May 26, 2016 · high confidence
- Developer Gearbox Software - Publisher 2K Games - Genre FPS, MOBA - Game modes Single Player, Multiplayer, Co-op - Players 1-10 - Reviewed on Xbox One - Available on Playstation 4, Xbox One - MG Thabo - Published May 2...
May 27, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 27, 2016 - 0 0 Apartheid. Now there’s a loaded word. Mutter it on Facebook and you’re in for some fun times. But the notion that discriminating against an entire race just because of how they are is still...
May 30, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 30, 2016 - 0 0 Aziz Ansari’s Netflix series, Master of None, was one of my biggest surprises as far as television series goes. It’s a gloriously grounded comedy that focused on real life situations as opp...
May 31, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 31, 2016 - 0 0 Dead Island 2 has been stuck in limbo. The original developer TechLand went on their own and the project was given to legendary developers Yager. Then they all got shafted and the project w...
May 31, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 31, 2016 - 0 0 If you don’t remember from last year, Overkill, the creators of the cult classic heist game Payday 2 was under some extremely heavy fire. After the game was released for a few years already...
May 31, 2016 · high confidence
- Published May 31, 2016 - 0 0 Oh remasters, it seems we’ll never shake you. If we head into the next console generation then we might get remasters of remasters soon. People seem to be very against letting the past go, ...
June 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 1, 2016 - 0 0 Bethesda blew us away last year in their debut E3 conference with the huge reveal of Fallout 4 and DOOM. This year they’re back, but they have considerably diversified their catalog with a ...
June 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 1, 2016 - The views contained in this article are that of the author and should not be taken as the opinion of Geek Node as a publication. As you no doubt know by now, No Man’s Sky is a space exploration...
June 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 1, 2016 - 0 0 E3 is upon us and it’s shaping up to be quite the year. The marquee rumour that need to be addressed is the console hardware upgrade rumours that have been confusing and worrying people thi...
June 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 1, 2016 - 0 0 Or, Fahrenheit. They just had to make it more difficult for us gaming journalists huh? The classic Quantic Dream game headed by the estranged creative mind of David Cage was a cult hit back...
June 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 1, 2016 - 0 0 Overwatch is Blizzard’s foray into the world of shooters and like everything Blizzard does, they don’t mess around. The game is wonderful with people saying they are marathoning the hell ou...
June 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 1, 2016 - 0 0 XCOM is a fantastic franchise. It’s a classic franchise that was adapted for the modern age, but all the depth was still brought along. It is a no nonsense turn based strategy game that pit...
June 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 1, 2016 - 0 0 It’s special time once again in sunny South Africa and if the rand is anything to go by, we need it badly. If you were in the market for an Xbox One then this is your change. For the next 4...
June 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 1, 2016 - 0 0 I’m going to be real with you, loyal reader. Since we are so close to E3, news has been a desolate wasteland. All major news sites are running news on sales, top charts and random YouTube v...
June 2, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 2, 2016 - 0 0 I was one of those kids that thought history was pointless. I mean, why do we have to learn about the past when we can focus on the future? But as I grew older, wiser and less edgy, I saw t...
June 2, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 2, 2016 - 0 0 Mafia III is shaping up to be quite a great open-world gangster game and the narrative looks interesting enough to get its hooks on you. I for one am looking forward to returning to that er...
June 6, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 6, 2016 - 0 0 Final Fantasy and I have a bit of an estranged relationship. I really love the series, but in total I have played 4 Final Fantasy games. 8, 13, 13-2 and 14. So not exactly a super fan. The ...
June 6, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 6, 2016 - 0 0 The Division is still going strong with a huge player list, but the game has had some turbulent times as of late. Its newest updated broke the game and it took quite a while to get it back ...
June 7, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 7, 2016 - 0 0 Skyrim was a cultural phenomenon when it came out in 2011. I was once of the hordes of gamers that sacrificed my life to the fantasy RPG by spending upwards of 200 hours in it. 5 years on, ...
June 7, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 7, 2016 - 0 0 Watch Dogs 2 was an inevitability with Ubisoft proudly proclaiming how they will turn the hacking game into a franchise. There were rumours circulating that we will play as a different prot...
June 9, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 9, 2016 - 0 0 We’ve been getting a ton of leaks this week about Watch Dogs 2 with a bunch of ads airing way before they were supposed to and trailers playing where they shouldn’t have. But now we got off...
June 9, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 9, 2016 - 0 0 Volition did something wonderful with the Saint’s Row franchise. What started out as a GTA clone quickly transpired to a wacky, crazy and hilarious thrill ride of crazy. They really honed i...
June 13, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 13, 2016 - 0 0 Oh you eagle eyed vagabonds of the internet, you guys are doing the lord’s work. Bethesda’s conference started out with a stylish intro that used a spoof DOS command prompt and for a brief...
June 15, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 15, 2016 - 0 0 The original Watch Dogs was quite a violent game, despite it having a huge emphasis on hacking. You shot the hell out of people with a wide array of guns and completely wrecked everything ...
June 16, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 16, 2016 - 0 0 The views contained in this article are that of the author and should not be taken as the opinion of Geek Node as a publication. Microsoft’s E3 conference seemed pretty innocuous for the f...
June 16, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 16, 2016 - 0 0 As a part of Ubisoft’s 30-year anniversary celebration, they’re giving away a game every month until December. It’s a nice gesture for the longtime fans and judging from the first game, it...
June 17, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 17, 2016 - 0 0 The crazy and eccentric zombie slaying game, Dead Rising has always been a big exclusive for Microsoft. The first one was one of the first pure console exclusives for the Xbox 360, but the...
June 17, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 17, 2016 - 0 0 If you haven’t played Portal 2, then what the hell are you doing reading this? Go play Portal 2. I’m serious, close this tab, sell some drugs or something, get Portal 2 and play it. It’s o...
June 17, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 17, 2016 - 0 0 Oh boy, this just got a whole lot more exciting. Spec Ops: The Line, for those unfamiliar, was a harrowing walk through the worst of what humanity can do where you get crushed by the press...
June 17, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 17, 2016 - 0 0 My love for Gwent is bordering on obsessive. The simple card game caught my attention so hard when I was playing through The Witcher 3 and I spent hours upon hours perfecting my Gwent play...
June 20, 2016 · high confidence
- MG Thabo - Published June 20, 2016 - 0 0 Every year during the Ubisoft E3 conference, my friends and I have a running joke that they’re finally going to announce Beyond Good & Evil 2, the much wanted and needed sequel ...
June 20, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 20, 2016 - 0 0 I may make fun of Quantic Dream a lot with their mad leader David Cage running his mouth more than Donald Trump at a Mexican buffet, but their games have a lot of merit. They pioneered the...
June 20, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 20, 2016 - 0 0 Trademarks and copyrights can be a load of crap most of the time. They’re necessary, sure, but often times it can just be petty and pretty nonsensical. Remember that time when King wanted ...
June 20, 2016 · high confidence
- Developer EA DICE - Publisher EA - Distributor EA - Where we got our copy EA - Genre FPS - Game modes Single Player - Players 1 - Reviewed on Xbox One - Available on PC, Playstation 4 - MG Thabo - Published June 20, 20...
June 22, 2016 · high confidence
- Published June 22, 2016 - 0 0 If your memory hasn’t deteriorated yet, you might remember that Criterion had a trailer at E3 2014 showcasing an extreme sports title filled with jetskis, gliders and all types of extreme ...
July 1, 2016 · high confidence
- Published July 1, 2016 - 0 0 The views contained in this article are that of the author and should not be taken as the opinion of Geek Node as a publication. Gaming and shooting have become almost synonymous. It’s pret...
July 8, 2016 · high confidence
- Published July 8, 2016 - 0 0 Back in the early days when we were just finding our feet with online gaming, the concept of downloadable content was enticing. Shortly after a game was released, you would get some new con...
July 20, 2016 · high confidence
- Developer Milestone S.r.l - Publisher Bandai Namco - Genre Driving - Game modes Single Player, Multiplayer - Reviewed on Playstation 4 - Available on PC, Xbox One - MG Thabo - Published July 20, 2016 - 0 0 I’m going to...