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Comic Book Review – Assassin’s Creed: Uprising Vol. 2

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Calum Petrie reviews Assassin’s Creed: Uprising Vol. 2… Uprising is the combination of a few story arcs merging together in the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles – though it does reference one story arc in particular that is close to my heart, that is The Black Cross. The reason it is close to my heart is the […]

Comic Book Review – Gears of War: The Rise of RAAM #1

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Calum Petrie reviews Gears of War: The Rise of RAAM #1… In this spin off series from the hugely popular Gears of War franchise, we see the series’ most iconic villain before he became the boogeyman to humanity. The events in issue one bring the Locust Horde into a new light – it strangely humanises the […]

Video Game Review – The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: Xbox One Edition

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Calum Petrie reviews The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: Xbox One Edition… Upon the original release of the game in 2014, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter was both praised and ridiculed for its simplicity. The game was labelled a “walking simulator” due to the bare bones investigation and traversal around the game’s luscious and outstanding vistas. […]

Video Game Review – Echo

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Calum Petrie reviews Echo… From my first impressions of the trailer I was expecting Echo to be a totally new experience. It has been a while since I immersed myself in a single player linear experience, and this was something I was more than ready to dive into. The game is a journey of one […]

Video Game Review – Expand

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Calum Petrie reviews Expand… Expand is not your usual type of game; it lingers somewhere between the simplicity of an early 80’s adventure game and a modern brain teaser. The combination makes for a deliciously addictive mix of basic gameplay complemented by frustrating trial and error, with the fear your controller is not long for […]

Video Game Review – The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game

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Calum Petrie reviews The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game… The LEGO games have been around for a good few years now, often taking on a comical and lighthearted approach to the source material and its licensed properties. The franchises that have received this treatment have spanned from Star Wars to Harry Potter as well as […]

Assassin’s Creed: Origins high-end headphones will set you back almost £50,000

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Ubisoft is hitting back hard with Assassin’s Creed this year. After a two year hiatus the franchise is returning with its biggest makeover since Black Flag with Assassin’s Creed: Origins. The setting of Ancient Egypt is not only the furthest back the series has ever ventured to, but it also promises to be the biggest Assassin’s […]

Video Game Review – Dishonored: Death of the Outsider

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Calum Petrie reviews Dishonored: Death of the Outsider… Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is the latest entry in the deceitful and twisted Dishonored franchise, and has once again been created by the talented team at Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda. The story of this game follows Billie Lurk (voiced by the talented Rosario Dawson), an […]

Comic Book Review – Dishonored: The Peeress and the Price #1

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Calum Petrie reviews Dishonored: The Peeress and the Price #1… This new instalment of the wonderful Dishonored franchise takes us back into the wonderfully dark and twisted world and vengeance and deceit. The returning characters of Corvo Ortanno and Emily Kaldwin are back to once again return piece to the pit of chaos that is […]