Ian Higton

Video Producer

Ian is a video producer, keen streamer, VR enthusiast, battle royale fan and retro connoisseur. He lives in the West Midlands with his ZX Spectrum collection and a troublesome cat.

A person stands with their back to the camera as they walk toward an orange tunnel in the key art for Metro Awakening VR.

Review

Metro Awakening VR review - a bite-sized Metro experience that hints at greatness but runs out of steam

Off track.

Nov. 7, 2024 Ian Higton

The key art for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, showing an illustration of Indy holding his whip and an artefact as he emerges from a lit tomb into darkness.

Preview

I've played three hours of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and it nails the films' whip-cracking sense of adventure

Hats off.

Oct. 29, 2024 Ian Higton

Batman emerges from the steamy streets of Gotham in the key art for Batman Arkham Shadow.

Review

Batman Arkham Shadow review - a masterclass in immersion that makes you feel like a part of Gotham

Chronicowls of Riddick.

Oct. 24, 2024 Ian Higton

Kay Vess from Star Wars Outlaws walks towards the camera with her companion Nix on her shoulder.

Video

VR Corner | Star Wars Outlaws played in first-person VR is a force to be reckoned with

I have a good feeling about this.

Sept. 15, 2024 Ian Higton

Feature

Bot's Best Bits | Our favourite moments of magic in Astro Bot

Advanced Robo-tricks.

Sept. 10, 2024 Ed Nightingale

Agent 47 stands up holding two guns. His head is a potato because so are the game's graphics. Ian's head is there too. He is crying.

Video

VR Corner | If you thought Hitman 3 VR was bad on PC just wait until you see Hitman 3 VR Reloaded in action

It's the pits, man.

Sept. 8, 2024 Ian Higton

Shilouetted figures indulge in a firefight against a red background.

Video

VR Corner | Vendetta Forever is a moreish mash-up of VR greats Superhot and Pistol Whip

Come on baby, do the lo-kill-motion.

Aug. 18, 2024 Ian Higton

A photo of Bertie in a vest and shorts with a fitness gaming device strapped around his waist and arms. It's called Quell. Bertie is smiling and has a visible t-shirt tan.

Feature

What we've been playing - fitness games, old classics, and Dungeons & Dragons

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Aug. 16, 2024 Robert Purchese

Splitgate 2 competitors jumping out of a portal firing guns off screen.

Preview

Splitgate 2 plays great - but its new focus on objective-based 4v4 team games may be a turn off

Portal combat.

Aug. 15, 2024 Ian Higton

A masculine-looking character, viewed from behind, hunched over a computer in a dark, grey office.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Offices

Lift off.

Aug. 14, 2024 Robert Purchese

A screenshot from 7 Days to Die, showing a first-person perspective of a person holding a hunting knife as a bulbous rotten zombie charges towards them. There's a feminine zombie nearby with their arms outstretched as if hungry for brains. Perhaps they are.

Feature

What we've been playing - games that refuse to die, superb interactive fiction, and The End

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Aug. 9, 2024 Robert Purchese

News

Getting PSVR2 working on PC isn't as easy as it should be

PS A.

Aug. 6, 2024 Ian Higton

The characters from Visions of Mana stand in a group in front of a colourful background.

Video

VR Corner | Visions of Mana running in 6DoF VR lets us live out the fantasy of a hybrid future

Added Val-ue.

Aug. 4, 2024 Ian Higton

Star Wars: Outlaws protagonist, Kay Vess crouches behind cover and takes aim at an attacker.

Preview

Despite being a blatant mix of all things Ubisoft, Star Wars Outlaws feels like a proper Star Wars adventure

A New Hope?

July 30, 2024 Ian Higton

A Thrasher screenshot showing a multi coloured Eel swimming through a psychedelic space scene.

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VR Corner | Thrasher feels like a psychedelic cross between Fruit Ninja Kinect and Child of Eden

But this trip won't make you feel eel.

July 28, 2024 Ian Higton

Two Fallout ghouls dressed like an english policeman and a member of the Queen's Guard stand in front of a ruined London Bridge.

Video

Watch Ian explore the new fan-made Fallout: London mod in today's livestream

Copper load of this!

July 25, 2024 Ian Higton

The Watch Dogs 2 characters are congregating in a basement. One of them has Ian's head super imposed on them.

Video

VR Corner | Wandering around Watch Dogs 2's San Francisco in REAL VR is simply stunning

Plus a look at Blade & Sorcery 1.0 and Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space

July 22, 2024 Ian Higton

Ian and Jim's heads have been super imposed onto the bodies of two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, they look awesome.

Video

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is an inoffensive Hades clone with a focus on co-op play

But is it worth shelling out for?

July 17, 2024 Ian Higton

Ian Higton and Jim Trinca are climbing up an impossible structure with a hellish landscape behind them.

Video

VR Corner | Chained Together is highly entertaining in VR thanks to Praydog's UEVR mod

Watch Ian and Jim fall for each other!

June 30, 2024 Ian Higton

Two Tarnished stand in front of an imposing stone solider.

Video

Are tips and guides really essential for Elden Ring newcomers to get good?

An actual beginner finds out!

June 24, 2024 Ian Higton

A flaming Furnace Golem towers over a Quest 3 sporting Ian Higton as he stares up at it in slack-jawed disbelief.

Video

VR Corner | Shadow of the Erdtree's improbable places are impossibly beautiful in VR

You 'erd me.

June 23, 2024 Ian Higton

An angry bald man eating a delicious looking fry up on a oil rig

Video

Would Still Wakes The Deep be better without the monsters?

Oil be damned.

June 20, 2024 Ian Higton

Various Joanna Dark character models from across the years stand in front of a blurry background holding cheese and Gameboy Color carts.

Video

7 bizarre Easter Eggs from across the Perfect Dark series

Joanna give this video a watch, that's for sure!

June 19, 2024 Ian Higton

The stars of Taskmaster stand in front of a scene from Taskmaster the game. Ian Higton's face has been super imposed onto a gold trophy that Greg Davies is holding.

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VR Corner | Taskmaster VR is a faithful recreation of the TV show that series fans should really enjoy

But hardcore VR enthusiasts probably won't.

June 16, 2024 Ian Higton

Joanna Dark from Perfect Dark aiming a gun as the bean from Killer Bean leans on her shoulder.

Video

Rewatch the highlights from this weekend's showcases

Jimtendo Direct.

June 10, 2024 Ian Higton