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The Essential Video Game Adaptations

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Olly Dyche on the essential video game adaptations… Video game adaptations have notoriously garnered a reputation of being fairly awful, with the likes of Doom, Super Mario Bros., Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and House the Dead being great examples. However, within the fold of poor video game adaptations there have also been some good – and […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #74– Pang

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After a succession of not overly enjoyable games  – with the final one being Wriggler – it’s great to finally pick up a game that not only rings back from the past with some brilliant gaming memories, but within the opening few rounds still shows you that the gameplay has been retained after a quarter of a century.  […]

Downfall of Justin Roiland: Creator removed from Rick & Morty, Solar Opposites and more

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In just a short time, the horrid behaviour of Justin Roiland has seen some severe consequences. Roiland, best known for his work on Rick & Morty, has been removed from his position at almost all his projects. Adult Swim and Hulu have bought cut ties with the creator following the news that he was charged […]

GoldenEye 007 coming to Xbox GamePass and Nintendo Switch Online this week

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James Bond is a legend on the big screen, but saying his name can bring to mind the legendary GoldenEye 007 video game for Nintendo’s N64 system. Even 25 years after its release, it is still hailed as one of the most groundbreaking and fun games ever released for defining first-person shooters and revolutionary multiplayer. Now fans […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City #4

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DC Comics releases Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City #4 this Tuesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below… The Golden Iris Virus maintains its stranglehold on Gotham City, with its manic victims now descending upon a car dealership with explosive results for the Bat-Family. Elsewhen, in the Gotham City […]

Marvel’s Avengers is officially dead as Crystal Dynamics ceases support

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Crystal Dynamics has confirmed in a statement that Marvel’s Avengers will receive its final update (version 2.8) on March 31st, 2023. After this update Crystal Dynamics shared that they will no longer add any new content or features to the game, and as of September 30th 2023 all official support to the game will cease. […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #55 – Saboteur

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Leaving the dire Bounty Bob Strikes Back hopefully far behind us, we look to the light and hope that around the corner in the Your Sinclair Top 100 something wonderful is waiting at Number #55, and I can tell you that something is.  Out from the shadows steps Saboteur! Saboteur was published back in 1985 by […]

Mark Hamill unlikely to voice The Joker again after Kevin Conroy’s passing

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Throughout the long history of The Joker, considered to be one of the greatest villains ever created, one actor has consistently stood out in the minds of Batman fans as the definitive Joker. It isn’t Heath Ledger or even Jack Nicholson but rather Star Wars‘ Mark Hamill, who has voiced The Joker on and off for nearly […]

Meet the Klowns from new Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game

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Good Shepherd Entertainment and Teravision Games have released a new trailer for their upcoming asymmetrical multiplayer horror Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game.  Based on the 1988 film of the same name, Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game recreates the movie with meticulous attention to detail and in this latest trailer (see below) we […]