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Video Game Preview – Sheltered

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Martin Carr previews Sheltered… Consider Sheltered a constantly evolving organic entity. Fancy words I know. But ultimately the most accurate when it comes to describing what we have. You see what Team 17 have done is started with a basic concept. A sort of low-fi Fallout 4. Minus the graphical enhancements, combat nuances or inherent […]

Book Review – Rise of The Tomb Raider: The Official Art Book

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Martin Carr reviews Rise of The Tomb Raider: The Official Art Book… This coffee table tome is reminiscent of those fancy photographic bibles produced by Taschen. Off limits to those who deemed themselves uncultured enough for a surreptitious browse. Something which Titan have thankfully sidestepped, whilst retaining the quality and discarding that highbrow elitism. To […]

Video Game Review – The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

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Martin Carr reviews The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing… Hungarian games developer NeoCore have unleashed a Diablo III clone which is fun, fast but ultimately offers little to shout about. I know that sounds like a rather harsh opening but consider these hurdles. Diablo III was an epic action RPG which managed to remain addictive […]

Video Game Review – Whispering Willows

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Martin Carr reviews Whispering Willows… I am a fan of haunted mansions. Whether exploring a dilapidated annexe or traversing creaky stairwells, there is much to be said for anything which provides that type of locale. Whispering Willows may not have the heavy artillery, and perpetual moaning of the undead outside like Resident Evil. Yet there […]

Video Game Review – Elite: Dangerous

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Martin Carr reviews Elite: Dangerous… Elite: Dangerous should come with a health warning. This game is not designed for the novice. Ported over from PC with no graphical compromise and minimal lag, Frontier has offered up an open world experience Xbox One style. That it comes with a list of YouTube based training tutorials, which […]

New poster for The Last of Us featuring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey

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HBO Max has released a new poster for its hotly-anticipated TV series adaptation of the critically acclaimed video game The Last of Us featuring Pedro Pascal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Last of Us here The Last of Us story takes place twenty years after […]

AEW: Fight Forever trailer teases a throwback to the best wrestling games

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Do you remember the era when someone could pick up a controller and easily fall into a fighting game? More specifically, do you remember the days of playing wrestling games with your friends and having a wild time? All Elite Wrestling seems to recall those times and wants to bring us back. During Full Gear […]

Video Game Review – The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

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Shaun Munro reviews The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me… The Dark Pictures Anthology wraps up its first season of interactive horror with The Devil in Me, which with the presence of Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley in the lead role – easily the series’ biggest Hollywood get to date – offers hope that Supermassive might […]

We almost had the most 00s thing ever: Eminem in a Grand Theft Auto movie

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Tony Scott almost helmed a film set in the Grand Theft Auto universe with Eminem in the lead. At least that’s what Hollywood agent Kirk Ewing claims in a new interview. During an interview with the BBC Sounds podcast, Ewing and Chris Warburton broke down the history of the GTA franchise. During the interview, Ewing dives […]