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Comic Book Review – Strontium Dog: The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha: Dogs of War

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Andrew Newton reviews Strontium Dog: The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha: Dogs of War… Late 22nd century. After the Atomic Wars, many survivors were warped by the Strontium 90 fallout. These “mutants” became a victimized underclass, and the only job open to them was bounty hunting. One such Search/Destroy agent, or Strontium Dog, is […]

Comic Book Review – Graveyard Shift #1

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Andrew Newton reviews Graveyard Shift #1… Graveyard Shift is the new comic book series from writer Jay Faerber (creator of Image Comics’ Near Death and Noble Causes series).  Those lovers of horror and particularly vampire horror stories will be intrigued by this storyline which sees police officer Liam start his night with what appears to be a normal […]

Comic Book Review – The Humans #2

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Andrew Newton reviews The Humans #2… From out of the smoke of their lost brothers’ funeral pyre comes a ghostly figure from the past. A long-thought-dead member returns to The HUMANS, bringing visions of hell and loss with him and a night of mourning quickly turns into an outta-sight homecoming party! Issue 2 of The […]

X-Box Bargains – Bionic Commando

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Andrew Newton looks at a selection of Xbox 360 bargains; next up is Bionic Commando… Following on with my quest of seeking out and reviewing bargain games rather than wait for Black Fridays and January sales etc. I thought I’d continue today with Bionic Commando by Capcom. I have fond memories of the original Bionic […]

Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd: The Daily Dredds – Volume One

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Andrew Newton reviews Judge Dredd: The Daily Dredds – Volume One… For those of you old enough, cast your minds back to the far reaches of 1976 (those of you like me who are not old enough just imagine). For children it was one of the best years ever with one of the hottest summers on […]

Comic Book Review – 2000AD Prog #1908

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Andrew Newton reviews 2000AD Prog #1908… Borag Thungg Squaxx dek Thargo.  Prog 1908 greets us this week with part 9 of the excellent ‘Block Judge’ storyline by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra with Ezquerra once again proving how effective his artwork is at bringing Dredd’s world to life. In part 9 of ‘Block Judge’, Dredd is doing his usual […]

Intrigue expansion now available for Galactic Civilizations III

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Intrigue is the new major expansion for Stardock’s 4X turn based space strategy game, Galactic Civilizations III.  This latest expansion adds a number of new features including politics, government, commonwealths and the new Galactic Market.  These new features can be seen in the expansion’s release trailer and can be seen below. With Intrigue players can now choose […]

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands Splinter Cell special mission and free weekend

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Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands received the first update of the second year post launch content on 10th April.  Titled Special Operation I, the update includes a Splinter Cell themed mission which features Sam Fisher voiced by the legendary Michael Ironside.  Ubisoft have also announced the free weekend which takes place 12th April to the […]

Two DLCs coming to Alina Digital’s RTS Arms Race – The Cold War Era

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Canadian based independent developer Alina Digital have announced that this year will bring two new DLCs to their turn based RTS Arms Race – The Cold War Era which is available on Steam.  The United Nations DLC pack will arrive next month on 23rd May with the Politics DLC set to arrive in September.  Both DLC […]