40 ............... Sunday, July 15, 2018 1SM 1SM Sunday, July 15, 2018 ............... 41 lBETHESDA have Humanity — a charity that for Fallout 76 and is in the lDEAD Island is now on mobiles. base. You can also bash them with a released a cover of the helps disadvantaged iTunes store. Bethesda has Dead Island: Survivors has hammer and throw grenades. John Denver’s classic people across the globe to said all proceeds will go to micro-transactions and you have to A real flavour of Orcs Must Die with Country Roads to raise build stable communities. the charity with a minimum build traps and turrets to mow down a dash of Clash Royale. It’s free on MUSIC & GAMES cash for Habitat For The cover is in the trailer donation of $100,000. waves of undead as they attack your Android and App Store . SHAQUILLE O’Neal has had a rollercoaster ride when it comes to gaming, but the FAR Cry 3 has been lauded by many as the larger-than-life basketball player is back with best game in the series so far, so it’s no a bang here. surprise that Ubisoft have given it a This started out life as a Crowdfunding re-release with the Classic touch. project at Indiegogo — and raised $458,884 You and a group of friends are on a gap- year holiday but your pals get kidnapped Yarny’s a tug-team treat from just 1,339 fans. It is a side-scrolling beat-em-up in the by pirates. Meet Vaas, one of the best bad guys in ONE of the surprise announcements at Unravel 2 you can’t help but fall for Yarny’s same vein as Streets Of Rage, but this has no gaming history. To say he has a few this year’s E3 was that Unravel was charms. You can even customise his pretensions — expect lots of cheesy one- screws loose is an understatement — he getting a sequel. Xbox One, PS4 and PC £16.19 colour and the shape of his head to liners and dodgy gags over three hours. shoots your brother and you escape into The bigger news was that Coldwood personalise your adventure. You are a Shaq who has been raised in And the co-op doesn’t prevent you Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn the jungle and launch a 16 to 17-hour bid to Far Cry 3 Classic Edition Interactive released the game after the attacking it on your own. However, the Finish the main tale and there are 20 China and is a kung-fu master. Your village is release your friends. EA conference. challenge levels that will test your skills attacked and you are out for revenge over a Xbox One, PS4 ,PC and Switch £15.99 most fun is when you have a friend — it There is all the usual fare, like climbing Xbox One, PS4 and PC £24.99 Yarny is back but this time he is part raises the game a few levels and there to the limit. They add a wedge of replay number of stages and boss fights. It’s justice and the main theme being sung by Shaq is a towers to unlock maps and having to hunt is very light so don’t expect stunning new of a couch co-op game, so you and a value. Shaq-style. is no better feeling than beating a NEW highlight. to get skins to upgrade your kit. looks, and it is a shame that the Blood friend can tackle the journey together. puzzle through team-work. This a strong return. It has built on It is good fun but, like similar games, it can Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn will make fans If you played Far Cry 5 then you will have Dragon DLC is not included. Fans of the first game will know what what was good in the original. The only get repetitive fairly quickly. They have tried to You jump, swing and climb your way MUSIC smile but some of the gags could upset a few a dilemma. That game evolved the core It is a halfway house — it is still a good to expect — a blend of light story-telling through some truly beautiful levels down side is that it is crying out for freshen it up with sections where you can people. This won’t blow you away, but it is a gameplay, so this is a trip back in time. game in its own right but there is nothing online options. Couch co-op is fun, but turn into a robot and a . er…cactus. short, sharp blast of fun to be had, even if the and solid puzzle platforming. from grim, rain-soaked streets to lush That is a bit of a pain because constantly new. However, if this has passed you by in The tale focuses on two young forests. It’s all backed up by a not everyone has friends close by. The motley group of enemies include price is a bit steep at the moment for what climbing towers just feels like you are fill- the past then you’re in for a treat. kilted soldiers with GERMAN accents. you get. runaways, but the story often fades into soundtrack that delivers awe and a HHHHú ing in time. HHHH the background over the seven levels. sense of tension in equal measures and STUART CULLEN CAEZAR There is plenty of chunky cartoon colour in HHH As this is a re-release the HD treatment STUART CULLEN WHERE: Glasgow/London. the graphics and the animated cut scenes STUART CULLEN WHO: JJ Gilmour (vocals/ piano/guitar/omnichord), Joe Donnelly (bass/piano/ guitar). FOR FANS OF: David Bowie, U2, Simple Minds. JIM SAYS: They dismiss ‘Real heroes themselves as a supergroup, but Joe and JJ have an impressive pedigree. Both were in legendary Scottish band The Silencers, but not at the same time. Gui- inspired us’ tarist Joe had already left the band when JJ came on GAME designer Dave Miller docks by a crew of comman- board around the release of had the perfect inspiration for dos. They disembarked and 1991’s Dance To The Holy Bomber Crew — his great- fought a heroic battle and kept Man album. uncle was a navigator on World the presence of the explosives JJ then carved out a solo War II missions. secret until they detonated the career, including last year’s Now Runner Duck Games following day, rendering the DiX album. He also had a co-founder Dave hopes the dock unusable. There are many brief stint as East 17’s front- insight they have brought to the other incredible lesser-known man as well as singing with game can turn it into a massive stories from WWII, so we had the Casbah Club featuring REDY FOR hit for the indie studio. plenty to draw from.” Bomber Crew started life on Bruce Foxton from The Jam Dave joined coder and co-founder Jon Wingrove to tell the PC but Jon, bottom, admits and Big Country stars Mark they spent a long time working Brzezicki and Bruce Watson. STUART CULLEN about the past, present and future of their on the controls to make the The duo may not have move to consoles. played together in The THE BATTLE latest title. He said: “That was some- Silencers but they weren’t WELCOME back to the Dave, below, said: “I’ve Red Faction: Guerrilla always been fascinated with thing we actually prototyped strangers. In fact, it was sad playground of destruction. Re-Mars-tered even before the PC release. We circumstances that sowed The Red Faction series has War epic WWII aircraft, as my great- uncle was a naviga- showed a demo ver- the seeds for Caezar. had an interesting journey from Xbox One, PS4 and PC £26.99 sion of the game at a Joe explained: “We got to first-person shooter on the PS2 tor on a Whitley the freedom fighters — but the bomber. I loved play- few events, and a lot know each other much better to third-person open-world game of the refining of the when JJ organised a benefit with Guerilla and Armageddon. bottom line is blast, blast and ing games like B-17 more blast with a heavy arsenal Flying Fortress when controls came out of night for The Silencers guitar Now THQ Nordic have given just watching how player Cha Burns at the ABC Guerrilla the HD treatment and of weaponry. I was younger, but The highlight is that you can up coming back to them new players man- in Glasgow. Cha was fighting hammered in the best pun in aged. cancer at the time and sadly gaming history — calling it the the ante. If enemies are hiding in in recent years, I felt a a building, then destroy it. You little disappointed “We’ve made a few passed away a few months Re-Mars-tered edition. Well, we other improvements after the show. It was then we liked it anyway. can attack it with a sledgeham- that there wasn’t mer, throw blast charges at it or more of a focus on here and there, but started chatting about writ- The interesting aspect is how we haven’t had to ing together. The sadness the game evolves from a just hit it with a two-tonne truck. the crew. That really does ramp up the hits the cut back or simplify and emotion we both felt was sandbox game in 2009 to a “Jon and I dis- EXCLUSIVE fun factor and change the flow of cussed some ideas the game in any way.