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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #68 – Tapper

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Polar opposites now from yesterday’s Match Point which was all healthy people and Barley Water (whatever that is?) to working in a bar with Tapper today, where the only serving you have here is flinging ale down a bar to patrons before they grab you by the neck. Tapper was released by the ‘publish anything […]

Netflix adapting Gears of War into feature film and animated series

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Netflix are joining the cinematic video game revolution with the news that they’re adapting Gears of War into a feature-film and animated series.  Stuck in development hell for a long time at New Line Cinema, the rights then passed to Universal in 2016, and Netflix have now acquired them at a time when there’s a […]

Interview – Clive Townsend talks about his ZX Spectrum classic Saboteur

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Clive Townsend created and released Saboteur – with software publishing house Durell Software – back in 1985.  Taking on the role of a clad in black Ninja, you had to steal a computer disk and make your way through numerous rooms, filled with guards, lasers and dogs to the helicopter waiting for you on the roof; […]

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration trailer teases six new games and over 100 classics

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Atari has released a brand new trailer for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration that teases six new games created by developer Digital Eclipse.  With Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration gamers will go on an interactive journey though the company’s history while getting to play over 100 games from their past, from the Atari 2600 to the […]

Gran Turismo movie adds Geri Halliwell-Horner and Djimon Hounsou

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Sony and Playstation Productions want to bring the world of Gran Turismo to life, and the cast is starting to fill out with a story from The Hollywood Reporter noting that Djimon Hounsou and one of the iconic Spice Girls, Geri Halliwell-Horner, will join the film. Hounsou is a very busy actor, appearing in numerous […]

HBO Max releases poster for The Last of Us TV series

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Following on from the show’s premiere date announcement, a new poster has been released for the hotly-anticipated video game adaptation The Last of Us teasing Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they travel through the post-apocalyptic landscape of the United States; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Last […]

Video Game Review – Resident Evil Village: The Winters’ Expansion

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Harrison Abbott reviews Resident Evil Village: The Winters’ Expansion… Resident Evil Village tied up most of its loose ends, with an explosive climax that seemed to definitively put the “Winters Family Saga” to bed. Father, mother and child were all reunited in the third act, we at long last discovered how Ethan managed to survive […]

Latest Star Wars: The Black Series & Vintage Collection reveals include Knights of the Old Republic, ROTJ and more

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Earlier this week, we got a look at Hasbro newest Pulse Premium Star Wars figures , and now we have another bunch of reveals including Black Series figures Scar Trooper Mic, Mara Jade and Doctor Aphra from the Star Wars comic books, Bastila Shan and Darth Malak from the video game Star Wars: Knights of […]

Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game gets a trailer and screenshots

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Good Shepherd Entertainment and Teravision Games have released a brand new trailer for their upcoming 3v7 asymmetrical online multiplayer horror, Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game.  This new trailer showcases how the game captures the scenery, characters, weapons and atmosphere of the classic 1988 film.  The new trailer shows locations familiar to fans of the […]