Alex McHugh, Author at Green Man Gaming Blog

Alex McHugh

Alex "Theoban" McHugh is a massive RPG and classic gaming fan, recently though he's become consumed by The Elder Scrolls Online. He's also a devoted Warhammer 40k player, hoping to take his beloved Word Bearers to victory. At least, once would be nice. Follow Alex on Green Man Gaming <a href="//www.greenmangaming.com/profile/alexmchugh">here</a>.

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The 10 best RPGs on PC (that you might've forgotten)

October 16th, 2018 Alex McHugh

Everyone knows that the best games are those that are RPGs, that's a solid fact. RPGs mix together a different array of systems, themes, worlds, and can take almost any form. You can tell that RPGs are the best by the way that almost every game now has some form of RPG element added in. But...

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The 10 Best Space Action Games on PC

October 15th, 2018 Alex McHugh

Space, the final frontier. It's not so final when you have a spaceship, or a large mechsuit, or another way of existing out there in the vastness of space without freezing your lungs out. Sometimes space can even be fun and filled with action, when properly protected. We're here to do one thing...

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Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe partners with War Child UK

October 12th, 2018 Alex McHugh

War Child UK has teamed up with Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe to help promote the charity's Armistice 2018 campaign.

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Hitman 2 Ghost Mode - Multiplayer Done Right?

October 12th, 2018 Alex McHugh

The Ghost competitive multiplayer mode unveiled today for Hitman 2 isn't what you'd expect, or rather, it might just be what you'd hope a multiplayer mode for a Hitman game would be. There's always been a knee-jerk reaction to multiplayer modes being added to games, especially games that have...

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Five top picks from our VR sale

October 11th, 2018 Alex McHugh

Reality hasn't been so good for us the last couple of years. Let's face it, since 2016 things have gone a little bit. Wild. Thankfully, technology is here to save us from the continual calamitous cavalcade of human existence. Thanks VR! We're running a sale on VR titles right now, where...

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Microsoft announces Project xCloud game-streaming technology

October 9th, 2018 Alex McHugh

Microsoft has unveiled Project xCloud, a game-streaming service which will bring Xbox One games to pretty much any device.

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Hands-on with Hitman 2 - Colombia

October 8th, 2018 Alex McHugh

Recently I headed down to Warner Bros for a little hands-on time with Hitman 2 ahead of its release on the 13th of November. The level I played through was the recently announced Colombia level with three targets and the traditional Hitman variety in approaching them. It's an absolutely huge level,...

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We're getting Weird and Wonderful at Green Man Gaming

October 5th, 2018 Alex McHugh

It's October and that means it's time to get a bit weird, and a whole lot wonderful. We don't want to let you down so we're doing both with our Weird and Wonderful sale, starting on the 4th of October. You know how sales work, the games go down in price and then you buy them 'cos they're...

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Paul Sulyok - One to Watch

October 5th, 2018 Alex McHugh

We at Green Man Gaming are proud to announce that our CEO and founder, Paul Sulyok, has been nominated in the 'Ones to Watch' category as part of LDC’s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders programme, supported by the Telegraph. Established in 1981 LDC is a leading player in the private...

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Why attending conventions is important

September 27th, 2018 Alex McHugh

Last weekend saw the Birmingham NEC play host to EGX 2018, an annual gaming event showing off indie games, big triple A titles, and everything in between. We were there, hitting the show floor and taking a look around, taking in the new stuff and getting some hands-on time with upcoming games...

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Survival update comes to Stormworks: Build and Rescue

September 26th, 2018 Alex McHugh

Stormworks: Build and Rescue will today receive an update which will add new dangers, missions, and more to the open world building game.

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Questions I have about Kingdom Hearts III

September 24th, 2018 Alex McHugh

This weekend saw the annual EGX convention, a yearly celebration of everything video game, held in sunny Birmingham in the middle of England. As part of it, we got to sit down for a few minutes with the upcoming Kingdom Hearts III, the long anticipated next part in the legendary Kingdom Hearts...