Fixed camera angles, limited ammunition and an overbearing sense of being chased by something deadly is to me what defined a genre. With Resident Evil 6 coming late November and a 3DS title set to bridge the gap between Resident Evil 4 and 5, I’m always interested to see how Capcom can take the series in new directions. With a mixture of third person action and a new spin on a familiar story I was anxious to check out Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City.

There’s only been one gaming blackout in my life; circa 2001, and mainly due to Sega dropping out of the hardware business after the Dreamcast and leaving a Sega-boy like me with nowhere to go. It wasn’t long before I was hooked on Halo, and with strong support from Sega and other Japanese developers I know and love, I have remained exclusively “Xbox” for the last decade. Early in 2011, something changed, I picked up a PlayStation 3 and haven’t looked back.

The 10th October marked the end of the Battlefield 3 public beta. Available worldwide by October 28th, the highly anticipated FPS from EA and Swedish developer DICE is stepping up to be a contender for this year's heavyweight title. The beta was a great opportunity to find out what to expect.

You have to take any series crossover with a pinch of salt. There has to be compromises to bring two distinctly different universes together. The problem with Street Fighter X Tekken should be that it brings two very different existing fighting games together, 2D versus 3D. Turns out, it works quite well.

I’ve recently been revisiting some neglected titles on my shelf of shame, including Alan Wake. There’s a lot Alan Wake does right, in fact I’ll just say it’s a fantastic survival horror and all-round action game. Something has changed though. Where I would have found the many cut scenes well animated and cinematic, I find the characters lifeless and unconvincing. So much so, I can’t believe it was released only a little over a year ago.