What should be an exciting prospect for anyone picking up a PS3 is access to Q Games series of PixelJunk games. Although they have recently started branching out — such as PixelJunk Monsters’ appearance on Facebook, or PixelJunk Eden on Steam — the largely exclusive collection of retro-like titles sets a quality standard on SEN (formerly PSN). Based on a bonus level from PixelJunk Shooter 2, PixelJunk SideScroller stands apart as one of the best technical shoot ‘em ups I’ve ever played.

I’m quite a fan of the more thoughtful remakes to hit Xbox Live Arcade. There’s definitely fun to be had with the straight ports and re-releases, but there’s something about the successful modernising of a classic that I just can’t get enough of. Bionic Commando: Rearmed set a new standard at the time of it’s release.

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.

id Software is responsible for numerous years of my life being consumed running around hallways looking for keys. Fact is, I’m not a single bit upset that this happened. I revel in their mastery of the subtle art of time consumption and with Rage they aim to do that in a post apocalyptic setting.

I am a huge fan of RPG’s, though I feel slightly ashamed to admit it. Being recommended a couple of games when I first picked up my Xbox a few years ago, the one that really grabbed me by the man parts was Fallout 3. Having finished that game 100% I was left wanting more, so when I learnt Oblivion was basically the same game set in a medieval fantasyland I leapt at the chance to spend any spare moment I got hunting, stealing and conjuring my time away in the world of Elder Scrolls.