The 10 Best Indie Games of EGX 2016
With the week drawing to a close, the dust has just about settled on the UK's largest gaming convention, EGX, for another year. While last weekend's showpiece event at the…
Previews
Hands-on Preview: Yooka-Laylee – The 3D Platformer We’ve Been Waiting For
Touted as the spiritual successor to classic N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka-Laylee is being developed by a number of former key Rare personnel who came together to form Playtonic Games. With one…
Preview & Interview: Meet ROVR, the Treadmill Bringing Real-World Movement to Your Favourite VR Games
While I'm a huge virtual reality proponent, I'll be the first to tell you that I suffer horribly from ‘simulation sickness’, an unpleasant sensation akin to motion sickness that occurs due…
EGX 2016: Hands-on Preview – Sniper Elite 4
After waiting in line for over two hours, we were hoping that our first hands-on with Sniper Elite 4 would be worth the wait. Dropped straight into the third mission…
Hands-on Preview: WWE 2K17 – Reclaiming the Title
With professional wrestling fans being amongst the most vocal and critical in the world, the developers of the WWE 2K series find themselves in an unenviable position. With an annualised super-franchise…
Dishonored 2 Hands-on Preview – Superb Steampunk Sequel
Cautiously setting foot into the beautifully ornate atrium of the grandiose Clockwork Mansion, I momentarily lose myself, wondering at its Victorian-esque architecture, and keen to explore further. However, it's not long…
EGX 2016: Hands-on Preview – Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Another year, another Call of Duty hands-on article. Everyone should be, by now, familiar with the basics of the Call of Duty series and Infinite Warfare doesn't change the fundamentals…
EGX 2016: Opinion – Titanfall 2 is Better than Call of Duty
Having played Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and the remastered version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare at EGX 2016 last weekend, I was very impressed with the former…
EGX 2016: Day Three Wrap-Up – ROVR, Horizon Zero Dawn, Battlefield 1, Dishonored 2 and More
On the penultimate, and traditionally busiest, day of EGX, the Power Up Gaming contingent set our sights on battling the inevitable queues to secure play time with some of the…
EGX 2016: Day Two Wrap-Up – Little Nightmares, Yooka-Laylee, Titanfall 2 and More
While day one of EGX 2016 was certainly eventful, day two was stacked with a whole plethora of games and more Tornado energy drinks that any man should ever consume. With the queues even longer…
EGX 2016: Hitman Episode 5 – Freedom Fighters Details Revealed
Earlier today, IO Interactive, the team behind the popular Hitman series, took to the stage at EGX 2016 to give fans a sneak peak at the latest entry in its episodic…
EGX 2016: Day One Wrap-Up – Mafia III, Sonic Mania and Horizon Zero Dawn Steal the Show
For the fourth consecutive year, Power Up Gaming are spending the duration of EGX 2016 on-site at the NEC in Birmingham, bringing you the latest from the UK's largest gaming convention.…
EGX 2016: Outlasting Rise of the Tomb Raider’s Co-op Endurance DLC
When it was announced back at Gamescom 2014 that Rise of the Tomb Raider, the sequel to the popular reboot of the action-adventure franchise, was going to be a timed…
EGX 2016: Sonic Mania Hands-on – A Love Letter to the Blue Blur’s Classic Era
Sonic fans would be forgiven for treating Sega's July announcement of an all-new 16-bit-style game with a degree of skepticism – after all, the publisher doesn't exactly have a stellar…
We Happy Few First Impressions – Contains Traces of Joy
We Happy Few left an immediate impression after the Microsoft Conference at this year's E3 Expo. It's graphics and setting mirrored past Bioshock titles and its premise seemed all the…
The Tomorrow Children Beta Preview – Digging The Hole Deeper
Since it was first announced at Gamescom 2014, I’ve been very interested to see more of The Tomorrow Children. The brutally beautiful art style appeared fantastical yet dystopian in equal…
Overwatch Beta Preview – Epic Team Warfare Done Right
From May 5th - 10th, Blizzard cast their upcoming team-based shooter, Overwatch, into the public ether for some good ol’ fashioned scrutiny from the gaming masses. As if we needed any excuse, we…
Grand Kingdom Beta Preview – Wait Your Turn
Turn-based role-playing games are a divisive subject. Some people enjoy the tactical aspect, which allows them to plan their attack strategy in advance. Others would rather get stuck into the…
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Beta Impressions – Hardcore Parkour!
When the original Mirror’s Edge was released, its promise seemed to surpass its execution leading to good but disappointing critical reception. Despite this, and despite poor sales, the game has…
Zombie Party Review – Fun Times Ahead
While a lot of people may find that the Indie video game market is somewhat over-saturated, and full of games that are all alike, very often, that cookie-cutter Indie title…
