Stuart Cullen

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Write about games @CodecMoments + @TechStomperIE + Talk about games @gamersgalaxypod also survived @YOSchallenge3 VIEWS ARE MY OWN

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Everybody's Gone to the Apocalypse

1 week ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

Rebellion is best known for their X-ray kill cam Sniper Elite series, undead slaying Zombie Army games, and James Bond bad-guy dream simulator title Evil Genius. So, to say the Oxford studio has a type of game would be a fair shout. They tend to stick to what they know and do best. But, that has all changed with their latest game, a brand-new IP, Atomfall.
WWE 2K25 review - Reclaiming the Belt

3 weeks ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

It’s that time of the year again – when the most electrifying sports entertainment gets its yearly update. And so, WWE 2K25 makes its way to the ring. Over the last few years 2K and Visual Concepts have had a good run of things with the WWE series. Each instalment has built on the past and garnered positive reviews overall. WWE 2K24, in particular, set a new high bar for the genre. To say WWE 2K25 has some big boots to fill is an understatement.
Monster Hunter Wilds - Mild Hunt

3 weeks ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

Monster Hunter series has exploded in popularity ever since the 2018 release of World. That game delivered a much more accessible version of the game than past offerings, a massive move by Capcom. Since then, we have seen the series jump from that hard-to-get-into Japan-centric experience to a much more mainstream property. This formula has continued ever since and the latest instalment Monster Hunter Wilds, which continues what this new fan base have grown to love.
Split Fiction review - Bit Friction

1 month ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

No one has mastered co-op gaming quite like Hazelight Studios. From breaking out of jail in A Way Out, to saving your marriage in It Takes Two, the studio has nailed the art. Their latest title, Split Fiction, only cements this reputation. In fact, the Stockholm studio has added many facets and much depths to the gameplay front.
ROBOBEAT (Xbox Series S|X) review - Bang on Beat

1 month ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

Rhythm-based shooters are a genre on the rise. From BPM: Bullets Per Minute to Metal Hellsinger. These titles offer an interesting blend of FPS thrills, shooting in time with the beat. ROBOBEAT aims to take this core foundation, but also remixes it a little, adding in a few rogue-like elements. There’s also a middle eight of procedurally generated content and arena-style shooting. ROBOBEAT aims for, and delivers, something truly different.
Under Defeat HD (Xbox Series S|X) review - Blast from the Past

1 month ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

Few genres put a smile on my face quite like the shoot ’em up genre. The highly addictive, just one-more-go gameplay loop and its often-rock-solid difficulty deliver that dopamine hit like no other style. So, when a classic entry gets a nip and tuck and sent back to the frontlines, you better believe I’ll be taking it for a spin and that’s just what’s happened to Under Defeat.
Avowed review - Living Lands Worth Dying In

1 month ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

It’s no secret that Microsoft have been a lacking in exclusives for more then a few years. To solve this, the Washington-based giant went on a spending spree of studios a few years ago. That game development splurge took some time to come to fruition. In fact, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is arguably the first true system seller to emerge from their acquisitions. The next game to join this line up of one is Avowed.
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black review - Change of Challenge

1 month ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

Ninja Gaiden series first started kicking players rear ends back in 1988. The Xbox era would see the series become a mainstay in the hack and slash genre. This breakout era would spawn three titles that would, for the next 21 years, be required texts for the genre. And so, news that Team Ninja and PlatinumGames were teaming up for the fourth game in the 3D era was more than welcome. And to top off that piece of wonderful news, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black was announced and dropped that same day.
SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada review - First Drift

1 month ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

I have a love-hate relationship with the extraction shooter genre. I love the idea behind them how you spice up your standard PvP action by having it PvPvE. But, I hate the fact that you can spend ages finding kit and tooling up for a fight, only to be mowed down in seconds. Enter SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada – a new Extraction Shooter from Japanese developers Game Studio and Namco Bandai. A title that looks to have fused two of my guilty pleasures, mechs and anime, into one experience.
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics review -

1 month ago | techstomper.com | Stuart Cullen

Few developers have a legacy quite like Capcom in the fighting realm – Street Fighter to Power Stone, Darkstalkers, to name just a few. The Japanese heavyweight firm have been the tip of the fighting spear for decades. With so elder titles going extinct in the digital age, Capcom are keeping some classics alive with Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. A mouthful of a title, but also a delicious stomachful of a collection. Read More: Street Fighter 6 review – Mortal FunMarvel vs.