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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #18 – Underwurlde

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As Eric completes is task of mischief, depositing his report back in the safe and leaving half the school drunk as skunks, we eject Back to Skool and head towards our next helping in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  At No.#18 is another release from the software house Ultimate Play the Game – on first glance […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #10 – T.L.L.

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When people question whether there is any validity in war, maybe in the form of a song, you could respond with, “Gaming on the ZX Spectrum!”, for just the other day – at No.12 – we had Carrier Command and though yesterday’s Sim City may not have been war like it did end in tears.  Today […]

J.J. Abrams hopes to make a Portal movie announcement soon

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Back in 2013, J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions announced a partnership with video game developers Valve, revealing that they would be working on big screen adaptation of the hit games Half-Life and Portal. There was little news on either project until earlier this year when Abrams confirmed that both were still in development, and now […]

Agents of Mayhem teams up with Grimecraft for latest promotional stunt

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First there was the ‘leaked’ sex tape from Agent of Mayhem‘s Agent Hollywood, and now a character of the Mayhem universe has teamed up with Grimecraft to launch his latest single. August Gaunt, Legion lieutenant and enemy of Mayhem, bears an uncanny resemblance to a current pop icon – who I think you may be […]

Christophe Gans will return to the fog to direct a Silent Hill movie sequel

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Earlier in year Brotherhood of the Wolf and original Silent Hill director Christophe Gans announced that he had a sequel script written and ready to go, but you did wonder whether, much like the characters trapped in this tiny town of terror, it would ever see the light of day. Fear not, or fear a […]

Konami announces Silent Hill f, the first game from the series in over ten years

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Following a decade of laying dormant the fog is descending once again with the news that Konami will release the first brand new Silent Hill title since 2012’s Downpour. Titled Silent Hill f, the game will relocate the action from the nightmarish dreamscape of the titular town to 1960’s Japan, and as part of Konami’s […]

Mortal Kombat: Onslaught coming to mobile in 2023

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Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios have announced that the Mortal Kombat is heading to mobile devices once more in 2023 with Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, a collection RPG which promises “the first mobile-exclusive cinematic story experience for the franchise.” In Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, players will have to build a team of kombatants from a vast […]

Exclusive Interview – Jeremy Adams on writing Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons and Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind

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Ricky Church chats with Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons and Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind screenwriter Jeremy Adams… Over the New York Comic-Con, Warner Bros. Animation premiered Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind and Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons. Snow Blind follows the MK character Kenshi in a postapocalyptic wasteland while Battle of the Super Sons follows […]

The Week in Nontroversies – Daredevil in She-Hulk and Chris Pratt in The Super Mario Bros Movie

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Anghus Houvouras on the week’s big nontroversies… Nontroversy – Things people are discussing and seemingly angered by on the internet, but no one is actually affected by or truly concerned about. Social media is a mine field when it comes to nontroversies. On any given week there are a half dozen minor meltdowns prompting mobs […]

Locomotive horror Choo-Choo Charles reveals release date with new trailer

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A new trailer has debuted for oddball indie horror title Choo-Choo Charles, showing off its quirky gameplay and, at long last, pinning down a firm release date.  The demented brainchild of solo-developer Two Star  — who, for months, has been documenting his project’s journey on YouTube —  Choo-Choo Charles turned heads when its insane concept was […]