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Star Wars Battlefront II will feature “more than three times the content” of its predecessor

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It seems that EA is going all out in an effort to get Star Wars fans back on board for the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront II following criticisms of the first game and its lack of content. We’ve already heard that the sequel will be “dramatically larger” than its predecessor, and now EA CEO Andrew […]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie gets a new trailer and character posters

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Illumination Entertainment and Nintendo have released  a new trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the upcoming animated feature adaptation of the iconic video game series, which sees Chris Pratt and Charlie Day voice the iconic brothers Mario and Luigi and follows the duo as they team up with Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Toad […]

Exclusive interview with Cris Velasco, award winning video game composer

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Tai Freligh chats with award-winning composer Cris Velasco… Cris Velasco is a multiple award-winning composer of epic orchestral, dark experimental and modern hybrid music scores for video games, film and television. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in Music Composition, Velasco pursued his passion to write music for visual media; his first major release […]

Former Hearthstone developers working on new Marvel game

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Marvel Entertainment has announced that Second Dinner, an independent game developer founded by Hearthstone director Ben Brode, executive producer Hamilton Chu, and several ex-Blizzard employees, is currently working on a new Marvel video game title. “I’ve worked with Hamilton [Chu, former Hearthstone Executive Producer and Second Dinner CEO] and Ben [Brode] for years and they […]

Marvel Games Creative Director: “We want all of our games to tell an original, all new story”

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During DICE 2017, Marvel Games Creative Director Bill Rosemann opened up a bit about the direction that upcoming Marvel games will take. Speaking to IGN at the event, Rosemann stated: “We want to give [developers] freedom to tell their story and we want to make it an original story… We want to give our partners…freedom to look […]

Book Review – Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino

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Villordsutch reviews Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino… The original Atari 2600 was a truly fantastic looking console.  It came with faux-wood panelling to give it an extra special piece of class that other gaming consoles – like the Binatone – just couldn’t bring to the sophisticated buyers home (yes Intellivisison tried but it couldn’t match the Atari […]

Music Review – The Spectrum Works by Allister Brimble

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Villordsutch reviews The Spectrum Works by Allister Brimble… If you asked most classic gamers if they would like to sit down and listen to the tunes of a ZX Spectrum for just under an hour, they’d probably look at you like you’re a fool.  Expecting to be blasted in the ear with the migraine inducing screech […]

Pierce Brosnan linked to Cable, Highlander trilogy in development, Star Wars updates and more – Weekend News Roundup

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Rounding up this weekend’s big news stories… Before we get started, you may want to check out all the Super Bowl spots. You can find them here… FOX FINDS ITS CABLE? Over the past few weeks there’s been a lot of speculation that Pierce Brosnan may be set to take on the role of Cable […]

Interview: Bob Smith of Bob’s Stuff on creating a new wave of ZX81 and ZX Spectrum games

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Villordsutch chats with Bob Smith of Bob’s Stuff about creating a new wave of ZX81 and ZX Spectrum games… The Sinclair ZX81 – currently 35 years old – is a great British machine that proudly boasts 1K of RAM or 16K if you buy yourself an additional RAM pack.  It’s fair to say on its […]