Hades

BLADES OF FIRE doesn’t quite manage to bring the heat

Jonathan Port on his follow-up game that crosses Uridium with Paradroid

TIME TO CONFRONT YOUR DEMONS

IN A GAME FILLED WITH HORROR CLICHÉS, THIS ONE NATURALLY BEGINS ON A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT, WHEN A COUPLE OF KIDS ENTER AN ABANDONED MANSION. JOIN US AS WE TOO STEP INSIDE THE SPLATTERHOUSE – AND IF YOU’RE FEELING FAINT, JUST KEEP REPEATING, “IT’S ONLY A VIDEOGAME… ONLY A VIDEOGAME…”

TARGET: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY. MISSION PARAMETERS: CREATE THE VIDEOGAME TIE-IN THIS DEFINING ACTION MOVIE TRULY DESERVES, IN AUTHENTIC NINETIES FASHION. DEVELOPER: BITMAP BUREAU. WE SPEAK TO THE TEAM TO FIND OUT HOW THEY HAVE TACKLED A MISSION WORTHY OF A TERMINATOR\

DOOM: THE DARK AGES is indulgent and deliciously violent, but surprisingly safe