About Darren
Darren Price
Consumer & Gaming Writer - Australia
Darren Price has been playing video games and messing with technology for 45 years. For the last fifteen years he’s been writing about games and tech, as well. He hates sport, but loves sports video games - which he puts down to a mixture of being annoyingly contrary and extremely lazy. Whilst he is completely tone deaf, he considers Rock Band to be his guilty pleasure. A geek from way back, Darren builds his own computers, collects comic books, owns several lightsabers and is a sucker for video-gaming merchandise.
Stories by Darren - Page 32
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- game of the year?
Wed, 27th May 2015
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NetGuide's Darren Price has spent the last week locked away with the PC version of game of the year contender, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Escape from Castle Wolfenstein with The Old Blood
Wed, 20th May 2015
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B.J. Blazkowicz battles Nazis and mutants in Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, a prequel to last year's hit shooter.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launch trailer unleashed
Sat, 16th May 2015
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In advance of next week's arrival of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, CD Projekt RED have released the hugely anticipated game's cinematic launch trailer.
Is Project CARS the greatest motor racing game ever made?
Thu, 7th May 2015
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Netguide's Darren Price pushes the pedal to the metal and takes the new crowd developed motor-racing simulator, Project CARS, out for a spin.
State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition comes to Xbox One
Sun, 3rd May 2015
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Post-apocalyptic hit 'State of Decay' rejuvenated on Xbox One with Year One Survival Edition, offering shinier graphics and more content.
Just Cause 3 gameplay reveal trailer released
Thu, 30th Apr 2015
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Explosive new 'Just Cause 3' trailer drops, featuring Rico Rodriguez's latest high-flying, Mediterranean island revolution!.
Why Game of Thrones fans should check out The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Fri, 24th Apr 2015
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Charles Dance trades Westeros for The Witcher 3, promising GoT fans a familiar voice and a realm brimming with dark fantasy.
Only one month to go until The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Mon, 13th Apr 2015
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It's only a month to go until the release of possibly the most ambitious action-RPG ever made, The Witcher 3: Wild hunt. To wet our appetites develope.
Dragon Age: Inquisition hots up with the Jaws of Hakkon expansion
Fri, 10th Apr 2015
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PlayOn's Darren Price gets just the excuse he needs to return to the world of Dragon Age: Inquisition with the release of the Jaws of Hakkon DLC pack.
Jack's back...Borderlands: The Hansome Collection
Thu, 2nd Apr 2015
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Borderlands: The Hansome Collection further swells the unnervingly large catalogue of last-gen games that had been remastered for the Xbox One and PS4.
Hardline: Not your daddy's Battlefield
Thu, 26th Mar 2015
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Visceral Studios redefines Battlefield with a cop vs criminal theme in Hardline, diverging from military roots for a narrative twist.
Old-school Xbox One platforming with Ori and the Blind Forest
Sun, 15th Mar 2015
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Ori and the Blind Forest dazzles with Ghibli-esque charm, reviving classic platforming on Xbox One in a stunning indie creation.
Get ready for the monster mash with 2K's Evolve
Tue, 10th Mar 2015
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2K's four vs. one monster hunting game is now out in the wild. PlayOn's Darren Price has spent the last few weeks being the hunter and the hunted in E.
The Saints get re-elected and go to Hell
Fri, 6th Mar 2015
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In a diabolical twist, Saints Row IV returns with re-elected chaos and a fiery trip to Hell on new-gen consoles.
The Battle of the Bulge in CoH2: Ardennes Assault
Wed, 18th Feb 2015
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Relic's WWII saga continues in CoH2: Ardennes Assault with immersive RTS gameplay and potent historical narrative.
Why Hardline will revive the Battlefield franchise
Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
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In only a few short hours gamers will get to play the Battlefield Hardline beta for the last time before its release on March 20th.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer interview
Sun, 1st Feb 2015
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PlayOn speaks to CD Projekt RED about the attention to detail in creating the open-world of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Alone in the Dark gets illuminated for the weekend
Fri, 30th Jan 2015
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Pre-ordering fans gain beta access to Atari's Alone in the Dark: Illumination, unveiling the horrors of Lorwich this weekend.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- does it live up to the hype?
Tue, 27th Jan 2015
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It's been a long time coming, but PlayOn's Darren Price has finally got some hands-on with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Life is Strange this week
Mon, 26th Jan 2015
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This week sees the release of episode one of Square Enix's digitally delivered, narrative driven adventure game entitled Life is Strange.