Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360)

Those of you not blessed with being a computer game geek like myself may be unaware of a recent scandal that has rocked the world of computer game journalism. As a pretty limited industry computer game websites and magazines require advertising mostly from computer game companies. This means that a company making a game could threaten a web site with losing thousands of pounds worth of advertising if they did not give their game a favourable review. This allegedly happened at top US games site Gamespot where a senior reviewer was fired for giving a game less than good marks even though the company designing the game had spent thousands on advertising that dominated ...

Christmas is over and for the majority of gamers, we've probably worn our consoles out because of excessive playing. However for me, I couldn't get to play my xbox until New Years Day because of several family get togethers, so by then, my thumbs were twitching and this game was just crying out to be played. My boyfriend bought me this for Christmas as I asked for it because it had been a while since I had bought a brand new game, so I was really looking forward to playing this. IO INTERACTIVE & EIDOS ------ Developers IO Interactive have decided to bring us this game. Most people will recognise IOI because they have brought us the ...

If you're familiar with the Hitman series, you'll be familiar with IO interactive, the makers of the series. Hitman is the stealth series started back in 2000. While they have made other games, like the tactical shooter Freedom Fighters, the Hitman series has pretty much dominated their development time. So you may be shocked that IO has released a game that isn't a Hitman game. Kane & Lynch is nothing like the Hitman games; in fact it's a bit more like IO's other game Freedom Fighters. It's a mix of third person shooting and tactical gameplay with squad commands. But don't think this is like Freedom Fighters where it's all about saving the world. This is a gritty ...