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The Return of Nintendo: The Rise of a Great Gaming Brand

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It looks like Nintendo, after years of failing to follow in the footsteps of its most fierce competitors Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox, is set to venture into gaming applications for phones. The revelation that they had finally shaken off their aversion to non-console platform gaming and were taking what has been described as a […]

Interview with the creators of noirish puzzler White Night

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Martin Burgoyne chats with Domenico Albani, Ronan Coiffec and Mathieu Fremont about White Night… I recently got the chance to interview Domenico Albani, Ronan Coiffec and Mathieu Fremont, the talented French trio down at Osome-Studio, about their “old school” survival horror game White Night. Here we discuss everything from major influences to French cuisine… Hi […]

Adi Shankar producing “super violent” Castlevania animated series

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Adi Shankar – the producer behind the unofficial shorts Punisher: Dirty Laundry, Venom: Truth in Journalism, Judge Dredd: Superfiend , Power/Rangers and James Bond: In Service of Nothing – has announced via Facebook that he’s working on a “super violent” animated series based around the classic video game franchise Castlevania. “I’m producing a super violent […]

More footage from the cancelled Justice League video game

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Last month some footage surfaced online from a cancelled Justice League video game from developers Double Helix, showing Batman taking on Superman and Bizarro going up against Bane [check it out here]. Well, a new video has now popped up, which is packed with footage from the aborted Xbox 360 project that showcases the likes […]

Batman and Superman fight Mongul and General Zod in unreleased Justice League video game

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Last year we saw some videos (here and here) and concept art from Double Helix’s canclled Justice League fighting game that was originally intended to tie in with George Miller’s movie. Now we’ve got some new videos from PToP Online (via ComicBook) which shows us Batman and Superman fighting Mongul and General Zod in the final […]

Is Damian Wayne the Arkham Knight?

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Thomas Roach on whether the Arkham Knight is Damian Wayne… Batman: Arkham Knight is one of the most anticipated games of next year, having been delayed from its original release date in October 2014. With a fair few months to go until the game is available, the speculation surrounding the identity of the Arkham Knight […]

Video Game Review – WRC 6

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Martin Carr reviews WRC 6… I like my rally games but have avoided the Forza series favouring instead anything with Colin McRae, or Dirty Rally in the title baring‘Dirt 3. Reason being that number three seemed to lack the authenticity which CodeMasters had always strived for in other incarnation. Imagine my surprise then when WRC […]

Video Game Review – Dead Rising 2 HD

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Martin Carr reviews Dead Rising 2 HD… Are you sitting comfortably? Then let us begin with some simple truths universally acknowledged. Dead Rising and it numerically named follow up are recognised for making zombie bashing a much loved pastime amongst gamers worldwide. Capcom have decided in their wisdom to reinvigorate a golden oldie, letting next […]

Video Game Review – Lost Sea

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Martin Carr reviews Lost Sea… Eastasiasoft the company behind Lost Sea have created a piece of knock about cartoon fun, swashbuckling in atmosphere, playful in its puzzle solving and accessible within minutes. Trapped inside the Bermuda Triangle and having to collect items, battle baddies and trim the verge are just a few of the elements […]