Tag Archives: Gaming

2017 has been a bit of a big year. There’s been some huge triumphs of gaming, and, frankly some staggeringly large disappointments. I have been fortunate enough to be able to play a fair amount of these games, some to excess, some not nearly as much as I’d like to …

Reviewed on: Xbox One Available: Now “Saturday morning cartoons of your youth” is the kind of thing that has become Facebook lore – I’m looking at you, “Only 70’s/80’s/90’s kids will get this!” types – but like all click-bait hanging around on our social media, it taps into something powerfully …

Empires is back! 12 years, finally after 12 god damn years of playing Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings, because I didn’t like the third one and there was no new AoE installment looking at coming out at all. Now there is a new age upon us! Age of Empires 4! Is currently in development …

Below is the main event stream for the DotA 2 Championship, The International 2017. The biggest Esports tournament in the world! If you’re new to DotA 2, don’t worry, casters and analysts will try help newbies out along the way. Group Stage (All games are best of 2/Bo2) – August 3rd …

This monitor was supplied by Samsung for review. Specs as reviewed: 27″ 1920x1080p FHD Screen, 1800R Curved Screen, 144Hz refresh rate, AMD Freesync compatible, Vertically Aligned (VA) Quantum Dot Monitor – RRP: $899 I generally consider myself an advocate of 4K gaming. In fact, apart from screen resolution, I’ve been …

Giveaway: Thanks to PlayStation NZ for giving us a copy of this game to one of our lucky readers! To be in with a shout, just answer the following: Q: What year was the original WipE’out” game released? Answers: A) 1995 B) 1996 C) 1997 Send your entries to comps@theempire.nz …