Tag Archives: Gaming

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 …

Are you wanting to play a new first-person shooter but don’t want to have to deal with jet-packs, space or perhaps you’re already over Battlefield 1? Well then here’s a game for you to check out, from the developers Tripwire Interactive and Antimatter Games comes the sequel of 2013’s Rising Storm. The …

There are many different kinds of Sandbox-y, open world style games. Some, like Grand Theft Auto V, try to make the world and characters modern and believable, at least in the story. Others, like the Assassin’s Creed franchise, dig into specific areas of history as a mechanism to tell a …

If you’re a bit of an armchair racer, this might be something you’re really up for. Turn 10, Microsoft, and Gfinity (an e-sports organisation) are putting together a Forza Racing Championship, using Porsche cars from their DLC, with a global reach. If that sounds like your thing, you can register …

Now, I’m a bit of a Formula 1 fan, which is a bit difficult over in this part of the world. I don’t get to enjoy easy access to the races like a lot of European countries do (which is to say, without a SKY TV subscription), so I usually …

Put your hand up if you knew that in the heart of West Auckland, in a building one floor below Family Planning, you would find New Zealand’s largest video game studio, Grinding Gear Games. I would but I’m typing. Founded in 2006, Grinding Gear Games (GGG) are the developers of the …

Now, I’m a bit of a sucker for a good reveal trailer, despite trying to stay off the hype train, and for me, Destiny has been a major weakness these last couple years. Honestly, Xbox 360, XB1, and PS4 in the end. It’s bad. So, now that Destiny 2 is …