George Benjamin Jones

George is a journalist and student from Brighton, UK. He's been a gamer since he was five, and a writer for four years. He loves RPGs and obscure indie games; his absolute favourite is Persona 4 Golden.

Joined: November 2, 2017
Articles: 39
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ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnJanuary 20, 2018

Sky Preview: Not quite Journey

Thatgamecompany’s Sky is in testing on iOS this weekend. It has a section where you slide down a sun-soaked hill to uplifting music. It has muted grey caves and cold, colourless plains patrolled by antagonistic, hulking constructs. It has a…

ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnJanuary 17, 2018

Never Stop Sneakin’ Switch Review

The chunky polygonal models, the music, even the way the camera pans and orbits around characters in cutscenes-from the moment you boot Never Stop Sneakin’, it’s clear that it is parroting all of Kojima Productions’ cinematic flair. But this isn’t…

ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnJanuary 16, 2018

Hellblade wins Best Writing in a Video Game from the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain

Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice has won the “Best Writing in a Video Game” award from The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe and Tameem Antoniades collected the award for their work on the game. The game won against…

ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnJanuary 16, 2018

Scribblenauts Showdown announced for Switch, PS4, XBO

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that the Scribblenauts series is making a return with Scribblenauts Showdown, a new game releasing on March 9th for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. According to the press release, the game features…

ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnJanuary 16, 2018

MicroÃ¯ds Bringing Co-op Platformer Super Chariot to Switch

French publisher MicroÃ¯ds have announced that they are bringing Frima Studio’s 2014 co-op platformer Chariot to the Nintendo Switch eShop. The game is already available on Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The enhanced port, titled Super Chariot, is set…

ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnJanuary 11, 2018

Nintendo drops January Direct

After months of speculation and rumours, Nintendo finally-and suddenly-dropped their January Direct Mini on YouTube and their own site. Poised as a teaser for what’s to come in 2018, here’s everything that was announced in the short video: …

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ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnDecember 11, 2017

Ginger: Beyond the Crystal Switch Review

Where Super Mario Odyssey was 2017’s defining platformer and A Hat in Time was its heartfelt collectathon throwback, Ginger: Beyond the Crystal sits somewhere between the two, though not quite good enough to hold ground against either. Ported to the…

ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnDecember 7, 2017

Dying Light will get a new PvP expansion in 2018

Earlier today, Techland announced a new standalone expansion for their 2015 zombie survival game, Dying Light. Bad Blood is a battle royale-inspired DLC that pits six players against each other in a battle for loot. In order to secure a…

ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnDecember 7, 2017

Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris Expansion Review

When Destiny 2 was unveiled, I was a little disappointed to see that it wasn’t more of a departure from the first game’s ideas. But as I played it, I grew to appreciate the lessons learned, and how Bungie had…

ByGeorge Benjamin Jones
OnNovember 24, 2017

Heat Signature Receives Big “Fair Points” Update

On Wednesday, Tom Francis unveiled the next big update for Heat Signature. In a blog post titled “Fair Points Update: Reacting To Good Reviews”, the developer explained that he had read a lot of the criticism levied at the game…