Simon Bramble
Simon was once a freelance games journalist with bylines at publications including GamesRadar. He is now a content designer at DWP Digital - aka the Department for Work and Pensions.
Latest articles by Simon Bramble
Hotline Miami’s cleverest surprise is that it’s not a shooter - it’s a puzzle game
By Simon Bramble published
Retrospective Yes, really.
Taking an uncomfortable, thought-provoking journey into the heart of darkness with Spec Ops: The Line
By Simon Bramble published
Retrospective
Quantum
By Simon Bramble published
Tower offense with a couple of intriguing twists, we’re hoping this quantum theory jumps to blazing reality
Samurai Shodown Anthology review
By Simon Bramble published
A slew of classic SNK fighters crammed into one UMD
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena review
By Simon Bramble published
This time around expect to be pleasantly surprised
SuperCar Challenge - hands-on
By Simon Bramble published
This time around there are over 40 supercars to play with
Stormrise - hands-on
By Simon Bramble published
Another real-time strategy title gives a go at making it work on consoles
Prototype
By Simon Bramble published
A little bit of this and a lot of that, it might turn out to be more than the sum of its parts
Savage Moon review
By Simon Bramble published
This is one tower-defense game that really gets under the skin
Heroes over Europe
By Simon Bramble published
Following on from Heroes of the Pacific, can this WWII fighter hit the heights or will it drop from the sky?
Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer review
By Simon Bramble published
The grand-sounding title means "Mercenary-X set to take on the impossible"
Guitar Hero Metallica
By Simon Bramble published
The biggest metal band in the world engulfs Guitar Hero
Aliens: Colonial Marines
By Simon Bramble published
The daddy of the space marine genre will be stalking you in-game soon
Wheelman – hands-on
By Simon Bramble published
Milo Burik... that name sounds familiar. Oh hang on. No. it can’t be! Vin Diesel’s back!
Crash Commando - PS3 Network review
By Simon Bramble published
What a weird combination of elements
SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 review
By Simon Bramble published
Retro collection comes out fighting
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames review
By Simon Bramble published
Will you want to join the revolution?
Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli review
By Simon Bramble published
For all its efforts to simulate every aspect of throwing a Ferrari around a track, it seems that a few thrills and some sense of danger has gone.
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