Games

Boss Rush: The Shard (Mirror’s Edge)

July 15, 2015 Andy Kavanagh

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The Shard is not a boss in the truest sense of the word. It’s not a singular entity that you fight face to face, nor is it even one fight alone. The Shard is the name given to the final sequence of 2008’s divisive first-person free-runner Mirror’s Edge, and it’s also one of the most […]

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Games

Boss Rush: The Shard (Mirror's Edge)

July 15, 2015 Andy Kavanagh

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The Shard is not a boss in the truest sense of the word. It’s not a singular entity that you fight face to face, nor is it even one fight alone. The Shard is the name given to the final sequence of 2008’s divisive first-person free-runner Mirror’s Edge, and it’s also one of the most […]

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Culture

Press Start: The Ban Hammer

July 13, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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Welcome back to Press Start. This is the only place to be on a Monday when you just simply do not want to start work yet. As you might know by now, this is all pretty much video game related as it is what I know best (I don’t have a life). This week we are […]

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List

Music Monday: Lesser Known Videogame Composers

July 13, 2015 Marcus Deehan

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You know who gets a raw deal when it comes to making a video game? I’ll tell you who! Almost everyone, at some point in time or another! *Ahem* However, there is one group involved in the process that don’t get nearly enough recognition and those are the composers, sound engineers and audio people in […]

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Games

Digital Phobias – Video Game Nightmares

July 11, 2015 Declan Doody

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This morning I posed a question on The Arcade’s Facebook page: ‘What scares you while playing a game?’ Not everyone was forthcoming with their fears, though I probably shouldn’t have asked the question at 8:30am! I can’t be the only person who is constantly thinking of their very real and perfectly logical and rational fears […]

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Games

RePlay: Enslaved: Odyssey To The West

July 10, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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Welcome back to this week’s Replay! Today I’ll be covering Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. I’m presuming most of you out there do not know this game or at least haven’t played it because every time I mention it to someone they haven’t a clue about it or I get the old “Oh yeah that […]

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Buzz

The Arcade Feedback Survey

July 10, 2015 Declan Doody

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Help us be the website you deserve!

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Games

Boss Rush: Fortune, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

July 8, 2015 Declan Doody

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In the world of video game villainy and tyranny, there are those who walk the line between monster and damaged soul. Characters who, with nothing else to live for, turn their life into a weapon, lashing back at the world that dealt it a cruel hand at the game of life. Even amongst these select […]

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Games

Top 5 Wishlist Characters For Street Fighter V

July 5, 2015 Ciaran Nolan

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With the recent reveal of both Cammy and Birdie as confirmed fighters for Street Fighter V, I thought I would go through some of my personal picks for returning characters from the long extensive back catalogue of the Street Fighter series. I will mainly be focusing on characters that haven’t been in a game or two; those […]

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Comics/Books

Marvel Continue To Remove The Fantasic Four 

July 4, 2015 Seán Ó Cinnéide

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Marvel are at it again. Over the last while many of you have probably noticed Marvel have been dialling back their coverage of the Fantastic Four. This is happening, of course, because they’ve elected not to endorse or feed into the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot being helmed by director Josh Trank at FOX. There’s currently […]

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