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Video Game Review – Disney Speedstorm

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Harrison Abbott reviews Disney Speedstorm… Monetisation can be a touchy subject for gamers. Ever since the birth of this medium, shrewd businesspeople have been devising craftier and craftier ways to make our wallets that little bit lighter. In the late ‘70s, many arcade machines had their difficulty levels artificially inflated — so that they could […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #63 – Computer Scrabble

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We descend rapidly from the petrol-headed world of Buggy Boy, as we pull a chair up to the virtual table for our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  Our gaming universe suddenly becomes somewhat quieter with the ZX Spectrum version of the board game Scrabble. Scrabble – or as it’s correctly known here Computer Scrabble – was […]

Video Game Review – Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

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Shaun Munro reviews Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly… Coffee Talk is a game that arrived at just the right time back in 2020. Released mere weeks before the pandemic shut down coffee shops around the world, the charming visual novel’s cosy aesthetic, witty banter, and sneaky supernatural flavour made it just the diversion […]

Video Game Review – God of Rock

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Shaun Munro reviews God of Rock… Colliding the rhythm and fighting game genres is such a downright inspired idea that it’s genuinely surprising it hasn’t been done before. It’s also a neat enough hook to earn God of Rock a decent amount of goodwill, no matter that the launch of this intriguing hybrid ultimately feels […]

Video Game Review – Dead Island 2

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Shaun Munro reviews Dead Island 2… The original Dead Island didn’t set the world ablaze back in 2011 – with an emotional, unforgettable cinematic trailer cementing misaligned player expectations – but the zombie-themed action-RPG still sold well enough that a sequel was announced in 2014. Since then, much has changed; Dead Island 2 has passed through […]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the highest grossing video game movie, continues record-breaking box office run

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We knew The Super Mario Bros. Movie would dominate, but these numbers are impressive. The film is eyeing a worldwide box office total of $659M, and that also places it well over the previous benchmark for video games. What’s crazy is the achievement happened earlier this week when it surpassed $500 million, overtaking 2016’s Warcraft […]

Epcot mascot Figment joins Disney Speedstorm roster

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A Floridian theme park mascot has been announced as one of the playable characters that will be coming to Disney Speedstorm at launch. If you’re not familiar with the upcoming title, it’s essentially an arcade racer in the vein of Mario Kart or Crash Team Racing, with the unique selling point being that it swaps […]

Video Game Review – Tron: Identity

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Shaun Munro reviews Tron: Identity… While Tron fans might remain thirsty for Disney to finally bankroll an open-world RPG set within the iconic sci-fi universe – ever a slam-dunk proposition if there was one, right? – throwing the ball to acclaimed developer Mike Bithell (Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular, John Wick Hex) was an appealingly […]

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor gets a final trailer

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As part of the Star Wars Celebration 2023 reveals this weekend, EA has shared a final gameplay trailer for its hotly-anticipated Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sequel Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, which we have for you below… The story of Cal Kestis continues in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, a third-person, galaxy-spanning, action-adventure game from Respawn […]