Posts By Mat Growcott

A lot of us have been asking just when DayZ Standalone will be released. The top mod has been being converted to a full game for quite some time now, and apart from "when it's ready," and "soon," it doesn't seem we have much information on an actual time and date that we'll be able to buy it. We still don't have a set-in-stone calender entry, but it might be closer than expected.

One of the biggest problems with Puppeteer, at least in my experience, is that people go in expecting it to be a lot like LittleBigPlanet. Some people I've spoken to about it have dismissed it entirely, thinking that is had been developed by Media Molecule. That crowd cheers and changing sets make up a huge part of its aesthetic mean that some are quick to point out the similarities.

Platform games are having something of a return to popularity, and it's about time. While Mario and Sonic remained regular parts of the gaming community, the likes of Rayman disappeared completely for a while. Even Donkey Kong - one of Nintendo's most recognisable characters- was resigned to guest appearances, mini-games, bongo playing and Super Smash Brothers.

Amazon are giving $10 to those that have been "inconvenienced" by the Watch Dogs delay. An email was sent out today to customers who had previously pre-ordered the Watch Dogs bundle.

Fancy trading in your dust-covered Kinect next time you visit a GAME store? It's probably best you keep a hold of it - the biggest gaming retailer in the UK are giving just £3 credit for Microsoft's motion sensor, or £2.30 cash. That's less than $4.

Fox have registered a trademark that hints at the possibility of a new Aliens game. If you played Aliens: Colonial Marines, you'll know that this might just be the most important news you read today. With its glitchy enemies, lack of difficulty and "anybody can run it" graphics, Aliens: Colonial Marines was definitely game of the year.

There's a scene in Beyond: Two Souls in which Ellen Page takes a shower. A shower is hardly sexually charged, of course, and nothing is actually shown in-game, but for all intents and purposes, Ellen Page is naked on screen. It is, at best, a minor titillation for people looking to be titillated.

Sony and Evolution Studios have today announced that DRIVECLUB will be delayed into 2014. Despite it initially being a launch title, and a big part of the first PS4 PlayStation Plus, the decision to delay was made so that the team at Evolution could "deliver on their vision."

Magic: The Gathering - Tactics - the online strategy card game first released in 2011 - will close down in March next year. New accounts can no longer be made, and there will be no new sets of cards after November.

Stranger's Wrath HD was a superb re-release of an tragically underrated Xbox game, and the fact it came to PlayStation 3, Vita and PC was very satisfying. Munch's Oddysee HD was due a similar second chance, but unfortunately one of those platforms has had to be dropped... for now, at least.