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Gangsters: The Mafia Game That Should Be Remastered

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CryMor Gaming on Gangsters: Organized Crime… Ever since The Godfather came out, mafias and mafiosos have been embedded in western pop culture. The idea of a violent crime organization governed by structure and family is a dark polymorphization of American ideals with American reality, making it all the more appealing. So many video games have tried to […]

Personhood in Video Games? The Philosophy of NPCs

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CryMor Gaming presents a look at NPCs… Non-player characters, or NPCs, have been a staple of video games since arguably Computer Space, the very first video game ever created. You simply cannot have a world without some form of externally-controlled entities- it would make everything feel empty, isolated, and (from a design standpoint) downright lazy. […]

Startopia: A Kooky Simulator of the Industrial Cosmos

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MRIXRT presents a look at Startopia… During the 1990s, a genre of video games called simulation titles came to be beloved by the masses. They featured an interesting concept- whereas a conventional video game would be escapism, simulation titles would be based on realistic prospects like running a business. The SimCity franchise is the most […]

Games Where You Have to Destroy the Game? Yup, They Exist | CryMor Gaming

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CryMor Gaming presents games that have self-destructive goals… Video games have been around for so long that it can be hard to come up with an original idea. The problem is not that everything has been done, it’s that everything has been done in a way that mutually befits a gaming goal. You can’t have […]

Shang Tsung featured in new Mortal Kombat image as director calls reboot “unapologetically brutal”

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After the record-breaking trailer premiere, Mortal Kombat fans were left wanting more of the characters teased in the upcoming movie reboot – specifically Chin Han’s Shang Tsung, the film’s main villain. Now, thanks to Total Film, we have our first full look at the sorcerer and Outworld’s Emperor with an image which also looks to […]

Alpha phase for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey begins at the end of the month, new gameplay trailer released

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Frontier Developments has announced that the PC Alpha for the highly anticipated Elite Dangerous: Odyssey game expansion will begin on the 29th March.  After having a small delay due to the current situation in the world, PC gamers will be able to start setting foot on alien worlds very soon.  A new gameplay trailer can […]

Aliens: Fireteam co-op survival shooter calls in the Colonial Marines

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Developer Cold Iron Studios has released an announce trailer for Aliens: Fireteam, a new co-operative third-person survival shooter set within the Alien universe. The game, set for release this summer, pits three-player teams of hardened Colonial Marines against over 20 enemy types, including various Xenomorphs from Facehuggers to Praetorians, along with Synthetics from the Weyland-Yutani […]

Get a glimpse behind the scenes of upcoming seafaring RPG Maritime Calling with new developer video

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Indie developer Tiamat Games has released a new behind the scenes video for their upcoming seafaring roguelike RPG Maritime Calling.  In this all new video, the team behind the game chat about crafting an authentic sailing experience.  Watch this video below… The ‘Making of Maritime Calling’ developer video gives gamers a sneak peak behind the scenes […]

Avengers: Infinity War actress to play Tiny Tina in Borderlands movie

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Lionsgate has announced that young actress Ariana Greenblatt (Avengers: Infinity War, Love and Monsters) has been cast in the role of Tiny Tina in the studio’s upcoming feature adaptation of the hit video game series Borderlands. Greenblatt – whose upcoming credits include Netflix’s Awake and Warner Bros.’ In the Heights – joins a cast that […]

Hood: Outlaws and Legends gets first character gameplay trailer

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Focus Home Interactive and developer Sumo Digital have released the first playable character gameplay trailer for their upcoming PvPvE heist game Hood: Outlaws and Legends.  This first of four character gameplay trailers focuses on the Ranger, a character based on the most well known son of Nottingham, Robin Hood.  Join game director Andrew Willans in the […]