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Roland Emmerich announces Space Nation multimedia franchise spanning games, TV and animation

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Stargate and Independence Day director Roland Emmerich is heading back to the stars, albeit just about everywhere but the big screen, with the filmmaker announcing the upcoming launch of Space Nation, a multimedia franchise that will span video games, a live-action TV series, and animated shorts. The new project is being spearheaded by Emmerich, producer […]

Sword Art Online Last Recollection story trailer released as pre-orders launch

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With Sword Art Online Last Recollection set to release on 6th October, Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that pre-orders are available now for PlayStation and Xbox consoles and PC.  The game will come as a number of editions along with a season pass for future DLC.  A brand new trailer can be seen below…. Based […]

OCP invites you to the RoboCop: Rogue City closed beta

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Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law – those will be your objectives if selected for the closed beta of RoboCop: Rogue City.  NACON and developer Teyon (in collaboration with MGM) have announced that the closed beta will take place from 3rd to 9th July on Steam.  Those selected for the beta will […]

Book Review – Push Start: The Art Of Video Games

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Villordsutch reviews Push Start: The Art Of Video Games… As a fan of all things gaming since, well, since as far back as my aging mind will allow me to remember, the visual appearance of Push Start has already has caught my interest.  With one of Tomohiro Nishikado’s Space Invaders staring at me from the […]

Video Game Review – Layers of Fear

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  Tom Powter reviews Layers of Fear… Clichés are often seen as a hallmark of lazy writing, designed to be used for maximum effect, but can come across as a laughably familiar. However, if used effectively, clichés can work in the writer’s favour. Layers of Fear, developed by Bloober Team SA, is packed full of clichés […]

Video Game Review – Foul Play

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  Kris Wall reviews Foul Play… Foul Play casts you as renowned Victorian daemonlogist, Baron Dashforth as he recounts his greatest adventure live on stage,  FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! Aided by his loyal sidekick, Mr Scampwick, the duo must battle their way across 5 acts in a series of side scrolling brawls that harken back […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #96 – Cruising on Broadway

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Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… Continuing with the countdown we arrive at No. 96 and with this we hit Cruising on Broadway from Solarsoft, released way back in 1983. With the box art and title – seen above – you’d probably be expecting something flash and filled to the back […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #90 – Bounder

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Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… From Avalon yesterday we bounce towards the life of a sentient tennis ball with the first Gremlin Graphics game (and it certainly won’t be the last) to grace our countdown, as Bounder arrives to truly shatter our nerves. Gremlin Graphics was the software house that delivered numerous titles […]