Gaming

… an inventive, visually distinct and highly original wrinkle to the skate genre.

A visually breathtaking open-world RPG that blends martial arts mastery with cinematic flair.

… a generous, expansive offering with plenty to recommend it, flaws and all.

… an absolute cracker of a game.

…. multiplayer experience that you can lose hours of your life with mates; a game that is slick, engaging and full of those random, chaotic moments that you see clipped

Australia’s gaming frontier is shifting fast. The easy image of lounge-room co-op nights and late-hour LAN battles is giving way to something sharper, more deliberate. Across the continent, players, studios

… a big budget blockbuster AAA video game that puts most of its peers to shame …

... a worthy addition to a series that seems to be pleasingly rising from the grave.

… a cel-shaded haven of amusing ultraviolence, solid writing and utterly compulsive gameplay.

Modest fun awaits the Gears faithful but anyone who didn’t play it the first and second times around might be a bit mystified as to the appeal.