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Preview: Fist of Awesome

Fist of Awesome, a game which prides itself on giving the player the ability to sock a bear in the jaw.

Contest: WIN Star Trek Goodies! Thanks to Namco Bandai

To help celebrate the launch of Star Trek: The Game, we at Big Red Barrel are boldly going to offer you the chance to win a selection of Star Trek awesomeness

Review: Iron Man 3

My enthusiasm for Iron Man 3 was tempered by the previous entry in the series but Shane Black and Robert Downey Jr. restore my faith in Tony Stark.

Free To Stop Playing

My phone is always with me. Always ready to game. Well...at least when the games tell me they are ready.

BRB UK 57: 3-Doily-S XL

Hello! It's that time of the week for a little smidge of British videogaming podcastery courtesy of Dan, Jon and Tim; we love to make things as complicated as possible for ourselves, so it's a show of...

Violence Is Not (Always) The Answer

The opening hour of Bioshock Infinite is one of the most evocative in video games, but the level of violence in the game only evokes frustration from me.

Event: A Wake For LucasArts – The After Shots

On Saturday the 13th of April, Big Red Barrel were invited back to help host another evening at Loading Bar in Soho London.

Star Trek Catan – Reviewsical

Do you like Catan? How about Star Trek? If yes then you should play Star Trek Catan. Not sure? Watch this reviewsical...

Contest: WIN! LEGO! Thanks to LEGO Hero Factory Brain Attack

WIN LEGO!! If that doesn't make you excited you are dead to me.

The Trouble With Columbia

Naturally any headscratchers that have come from this game seem to lie within the story and even then it comes down to personal interpretation, but that's not to say that there's no issues within...

Review: Defiance Pilot Episode

Films and video games never seem to get along. Defiance is the first TV and video game hybrid to try something completely different. Is the show any good? Well, it definitely isn't a load of Shta...

Review: Guacamelee!

Drinkbox's Guacamelee melds elements of their previous title, Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, with some new ingredients to make a 'videojuego fantástico'.

BRB UK 56: Tim-o-nomics

It's that time of the week for a smidge of tea-fuelled burbling about the week's gaming news. This week, Dan and Tim are joined by Kev from the Big Red Barrelcast – as Jon forgot that a weekly podcast...

Review: Oblivion

In recent years, there have been a number of science-fiction movies that have reinvigorated the genre - Moon, District 9... Oblivion?

The Sound of Silence

With Sony enjoying the next-gen spotlight, Microsoft are keeping quiet, but the speculation rages on regardless.

Free To Play (Ain’t A Bad Place To Be)

Free to play games are nothing new, but with the rise of the iOS and Android marketplace games, there are more games using this model than ever before. Because of this flood there is a wide range...

The Need For Price Increases

I do not want a price increase, but I am looking to prove that they are both needed and overdue.

BRB UK 55: Old Snake is Old

What ho! It's that time of the week to take a meander around the week's gaming news with Dan, Jon and Tim – your bunch of belligerently blathering Brits. So pop on a monocle, grab a cup of tea and hav...

Contest: WIN a Copy of Army of Two: TDC for Xbox 360 Thanks To EA

If you live in the UK and are over 18 years old, then you too can be in an Army of Two... for free!