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BC Weekly Update 20/10/13 Games

20/10/2013

We have had three notable releases over the last few weeks, Telltale Game's The Wolf Among Us, Quantic Dream's Beyond; 2 Souls and Zen Studios Star Wars Pinball. We also welcomed a new writer to the site Dorian who opens up the reviews with a review of Beyond 2 Souls;

Beyond; 2 Souls

The vision of Quantic Dreams is quite a thing to behold. They try to create games in a unique style that can leave some flat and other drooling.
To see if their latest effort could hold its own take a trip to our review.

The Wolf Among Us

In terms of narrative The Walking Dead pushed Telltale up with the best developers in the world.
However the Walking Dead has left a burning question can the developer continue to produce experiences that can rival the best of was their adaptation of Robert Kirkman's world a fluke.
Now we have the chance to find out as they take on another comic tale this time drawing from Fables by Bill Wilingham in The Wolf Among Us.

Early Impression; STAR WARS® PINBALL: BALANCE OF THE FORCE

This is a very early view and we will be creating individual reviews for all of the Zen Pinball tables over the coming weeks and beyond. However today the Balance of the Force pack dropped and I have spent some time on each table.
Just for transparency all the scores are form my first full game on the table and I played on the Vita (My platform of choice for Pinball) with the view 4 option selected.

BC Weekly Update 13/10/13 Games

14/10/2013

It's been a very busy week on the comic/game crossover with news from NYCC, you can check this out on the Comic news feed.
In terms of site gaming-wise the big news has been Castles in the Sky. This lovely experience was played through by Jon and one of our youngest contributors, his daughter. The video is below and I can highly recommend giving it a watch.
We have a few reviews coming in the next few days including one of Telltales latest endeavor, The Wolf Among Us, so keep your eyes open for that.

BC Weekly Update 06/10/13

7/10/2013

Its been an interesting week with the release of GTA online and the Battlefield 4 Beta. Two games that will probably be dominating the online space for a while if they can sort their kinks out.
The site is growing and we are on the look out for new writers so if you fancy trying your hand then please let us know by emailing Paul on this handy placed link
In related news we would like to introduce a new writer Matthew to the site and his first article is one of the weeks Highlights as you will see below.

New Red Dead

A poignant piece describing how gaming and one game in particular was able to be more than the sum of its parts and become a friend.

The Star Wars #2

Resident Alien The Suicide Blonde #1

BC Weekly Update 29/09/13

29/9/2013

Our big news this week has been the Eurogamer Expo held in Earls Court, London. You can take a look at the news on its dedicated page and we will be putting up more posts on the page during this week. Click here for the page.

The Curve Studios Takeover

To celebrate the release of Jasper Byrne's Lone Survivor we decided to highlight all the games that we have reviewed from Curve Studios and what a collection of titles they are. You can look at all the reviews below.

Lone Survivor

Thomas Was Alone

Stealth Inc

A new Comic Book Reviewer enters the site

Our new writer Kevin Birtcher started with an eclectic mix of titles but one thing for sure is his writing style has impressed lots and we are very happy he have him aboard the site.

BC Weekly Update 22/09/13

22/9/2013

There have been quite a few changes going on around the site. Some of these will be getting revealed over the next few weeks but we are happy to announce a new writer will be joining the site. His first pieces will be up on Tuesday and we will be introducing him later in the week

Eurogamer News Feed

On Thursday we will entering the world of Eurogamer, throughout the show we will be updates and hands on news and views from games big and small.

With both next gen consoles available to play this is looking to be the most exciting event in years and we really hope the show will live upto the hype.

GTAV: The First 30 Minutes

Believe it or not but GTAV was released last week, you may not have realised but lets face it would you really be reading this page if you did not know. Anyway we sent our intrepid explorer Jon to find out if Rockstar have lived up to the pre-release hype. You van view his findings here.

Fashion Beast

Just a little quote that I hope will get you to take a look at the Fashion Beast review but most of all to think about purchasing one of Alan Moore's best. (sorry for the spoiler)

Fashion beast is just that a total beast of a story it will ravage your ideas and leave you frightened sitting up a tree if you’re not careful.

BC Weekly Update 15/09/13

15/9/2013

We are going to be adding a new dedicated blog later in the week so keep an eye out. For now though its time to take a look around the world of BC.

Forum fun

The work on the Beta version of Forum is still going on. Thankfully our head Elf is back after getting married (Congratulations Jolo from all of us) so we are moving at a pace. We are happy for new folks to join, in an attempt to test the hell out of the forum and of course grow the community. Here's the link to make life easier.

FIFA14 vs PES14 in the battle for money

VS

The big two played the first big Derby of the season and to see which game came out on top follow the link (in case your not sure its the blue highlighted word).

BreakQuest Extra Evolution

A block breaker with a retro feel, but can this feemium title break the stigma most games in the genre have?

Comic Reviews

Brain Boy #1

Halo Initiation #2

BC Weekly Update 08/09/13

8/9/2013

The big site news of the week is the addition of IDW publishing to the list of our comic book partners but we will have more on this in a later post. So now on with the highlights.

Killzone Mercenary; Early Impressions

FPS titles are the mainstay of many a gamer, from Halo to Call of Duty to Battlefield the list of possible ways to shoot someone in the face is pretty varied. Up till now the Vita has been lacking in this key area but will the release of Killzone Mercenary offer Vita users a FPS to be proud of or another mediocre offering.
Click here to read Paul's thoughts

The Star Wars takeover.

To celebrate the release of The Star Wars comic. The site had a takeover this week below are two of the highlights that help to highlight one of the most amazing franchises in entertainment.

The Star Wars #1; Review of the first part of the authorized adaptation of George Lucas’s rough-draft screenplay

Jon had a chance to relive his childhood this week by experiencing Star Wars again. The difference this time is that the story is relatively new.
The comic is based on George Lucas's Rough draft and according to Jon it's.....No spoilers you will have to read the review to find out more.

Star Wars; Purge, why it's the Vader story fans deserve.

The prequels made Darth Vader into a whiny muppet (My own opinion and not necessarily representative of everyone on the site-Paul).
Thankfully the Purge is here to the right the wrongs of young Anakin Skywalker and make Vader into a Badass once more.

BC Weekly Update 01/09/13

1/9/2013

Its been another hectic week here at Backwards Compatible. I thankfully am now back in the world of full internet and have a few of the big articles and news stories from the site for your viewing pleasure.

Backwards Compatible Forum moves into open Beta

That's right we now have a forum. At the moment we are in active Beta trying to hone the forum into a well oiled machine.
As such we are looking for some testers and hope that you (yes you reading this) will be up for the task.

You can find the Forum by clicking on the Logo to the left or the Forum label at the top of the page.

We hope to see lots of you on the forum in the coming weeks and months.

Gone Home reviewed in a Jon sort of Way

Jon spent some time playing Gone Home and then went about describing his experience. Its not a true review but instead a look into;
Gone Home; proof that games can still be intelligent, moving experiences.

DMC; Devil May Cry, The Chronicles of Vergil

A prologue to Capcom's 2013 hit game DMC.

The focus of the comic is Vergil and Kat two of the main characters NPC's in the game.

The comic is a fast entertaining read and hopefully the review is not a bad read either.

BC Weekly Update 18/08/13

18/8/2013

First of all, an introduction to this new update. We will take a quick whiz around the site from the week that has passed and post up a few of the highlights. So, without further ado, here we go:

Our first Community cast

Our resident Community manager AK hosted the first Community cast featuring a few friends of the site. Their topic for discussion this week was the Call of Duty Ghosts Reveal. Our three guests were @iTzViiveyy, @Gunns4Show and @NightshadowGame Give them all a twitter Follow, they are a great group of guys. The cast at the moment is in video form and can be viewed on the Community page of the site. We will be continuing with the community casts so keep an eye out as we will be getting as many of you on the air as we can.

A new writer is among us.

We have had a new writer join the site and you can read his first piece here. Its entitled 'Remember When' and is a look at the state of gaming as it stands and also a request for the direction Rob would like it go in.
Rob has also added his details to our Meet the Team section which you can check out here.

Interview with Mike Bithell

Jon had an interview with the creator of Thomas was Alone about his recently revealed project Volume. You can read his thoughts here.

Saints Row 4 Review

Last, but not least, is our early review of Saints Row 4. Get the lowdown on whether Volition's new addition to the franchise is worth a purchase.

The Curve Studios Takeover

The Star Wars takeover.

Our first Community cast

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