United Front Games

Review Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (PlayStation 4)

Dim same

In a gaming sphere that currently adores sandbox and open world games, too few gamers would recognise the name Wei Shen. Sleeping Dogs' lead is a troubled character who makes the likes of Aiden Pearce seem annoyingly lacking in the personality department, and the aforementioned title that our chaotic cop comes from is often similarly...

• Thu 9th Oct 2014
• Reviews
• Square Enix
• PS4
• Sleeping Dogs

Review LittleBigPlanet Karting (PlayStation 3)

Stuck in the pit stop

Over the years, many developers have tried and failed to dethrone the Mario Kart series. This year, United Front Games has stepped up to the starting line, dishing out its very own blend of cardboard cut-out tracks and knitted karting chaos, all under the name of LittleBigPlanet Karting. However, despite high hopes, the...

• Tue 20th Nov 2012
• Reviews
• Retro

Review Sleeping Dogs (PlayStation 3)

Triad and tested

For a product dubbed Sleeping Dogs, United Front Games’ debut open world adventure is decidedly grisly. The former True Crime follow-up – unceremoniously whacked by publisher Activision in 2011 – was resurrected by Square Enix earlier this year, promising much needed sustenance ahead of Grand Theft Auto’s as-of-yet undated...

• Thu 23rd Aug 2012
• Reviews
• Retro

Review ModNation Racers (PlayStation 3)

Drive, create, share

ModNation Racers takes everything that is good about Nintendo's Mario Kart franchise and rids itself of the bad. It then put the remains into a bowl and mixes in one-third LittleBigPlanet and two-thirds fun. This is a kart racer done the Play, Create, Share way, a genre Sony's single-handedly brought to the forefront of the...

• Mon 6th Feb 2012
• Reviews
• Retro