beta

  • My time with The Division 2 beta

    13/02/2019
    I spent a reasonable amount of time this past weekend with the private beta build of the Division 2. Not as much as I would have liked but that’s general to my gaming time these days. I was going to put down my views on the beta build almost...

  • Onrush Beta Impressions

    25/05/2018
    If you’ve read some of my previous articles you’ll know I love a good beta or demo, I’m a big fan of demos. So when I saw it had gone live I was intrigued to try the beta for Onrush, the new action arcade racer from Codemasters. I’ve always...

  • Cycle 28 Beta Impressions

    03/02/2018
    Cycle 28, developed by Pill Bug Interactive, is a 2D arcade space shooter with a twist. “As Olivia Bergen – a flight lieutenant that has become separated from her fleet – you only know Cycle 27. You live it over, and over, and over again. And if that wasn’t...

  • Tanked Up 85 – Pink Beer goes Splatoon

    04/08/2017
    This week we talk ‘Splatoon 2’, the ‘Destiny 2’ beta, ‘Yonder: the cloud chronicles’ and ‘The Final Station’ before moving on to our topic. A Czech brewery “Aurosa” has emerged releasing the ‘first beer for her’® a pink-bottled number, discussion ensues. Lego may be mentioned. Aadil starts things off...

  • On The Test – Destiny 2

    29/07/2017
    We return with the first of this summer/autumns big FPS beta tests, Destiny 2. Ben is joined by two veteran Guardians, Dave Wyatt and Ross Falconer to discuss both the game and the beta test itself. Both Ross and Dave give Ben a little background on some of the...

  • On The Test – Splatoon 2

    03/04/2017
    Nintendo unleashed the first Test Fire for Splatoon 2  during March and we’ve got together to throw paint around and discuss what we liked and didn’t. Ben is joined by first time On The Testers Andy Webb and Lucy Yearwood who give their thoughts on the beta as well...

  • For Honor Beta Impressions

    13/02/2017
    Originally posted by Alex Ashcroft For Honor, created by Epic Games and published by Ubisoft Montreal, is a Medieval action fighting game which pits 3 factions against each other in a bid to decide who is cooler; Knights, Vikings or Samurai. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they can’t agree. The Open Beta...

  • A Ghost in the Wildlands

    08/02/2017
    Back in the late 90’s, as a young teenager in the west of Scotland, your recreational time was either drinking on the streets or attending the local under 18’s disco and asking multiple girls throughout the evening to “Nip yer pal”(kiss your friend in English). Although both these activities I...

  • On The Test – Ghost Recon Wildlands Beta

    07/02/2017
    In this episode Ben Nother, Aadil Kurji and Alfred Rome discuss the huge open world shooter Wildlands. They get into the mechanics, the bugs, their concerns and future tweaks they’d want to see. Give us your thoughts on the TCGR Wildlands beta over on twitter @outoflivespod  ...