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Dino Crisis reboot is not being planned, says series producer

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Not long ago, it was revealed that Capcom was shifting its focus to reviving some of their older IP’s. Obviously, aside from Onimusha, one of the first series that came to mind was Dino Crisis, Capcom’s Resident Evil meets Jurassic Park survival horror series from the late-’90s (and the awful Xbox 360 installment, of course). […]

Lost In Translation: Why Video Game Movies Always Disappoint

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Jordan Jones on video game movies and why they always disappoint… Hollywood doesn’t understand the rules of video games. Can we all agree on that? Unless this changes, there may never be a truly “good” video game movie, and I fear that we will be forever steeped in “bad” (Super Mario Bros.) to “just okay” […]

Red Game and Green Game coming soon to the Nintendo Switch

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Arriving soon on the Nintendo Switch, from the Polish Indie Developers iFun4all, are two rather brilliantly titled games.  The first being Red Game Without a Great Name and the second being Green Game: TimeSwapper.    Both titles have recently arrived on Google Play, though originally they landed on Steam, iOS and Vita back in 2015 […]

EA announces Star Wars: Rise to Power mobile game

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Electronic Arts has announced the upcoming release of the mobile game Star Wars: Rise to Power, which will invite players to find out who really has the greatest strategic mind in the galaxy. The official description for the strategy game reads: In Star Wars: Rise to Power, the war between the Empire and the dawning New Republic […]

Middle-earth: Shadow of War: The Mobile Game announced

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With the highly anticipated Middle-earth: Shadow of War edging ever closer, Warner Bros has announced an accompanying mobile game to whet your appetite even further. From today you can register for the free to play RPG, set to invade your commute, via the official site here. There are special pre-register goodies for Apple and Android, […]

Injustice 2 introduces Teen Titan Starfire

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Warner Bros has just announced a new hero for Injustice 2’s ever expanding roster: Starfire. Who is Starfire? Her true identity is Koriand’r princess of Tamaran and features as a prominent member of DC’s Teen Titans. She packs a punch with ultraviolet energy rays and leaves a fiery trail in her wake! Check out the […]

Your chance to win $100,000,000 thanks to Vostok Inc

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To celebrate the release of Vostok Inc. on the Nintendo Switch Wired Productions have announced the ultimate competition and prize.  A cash prize of $100,000,000 will be given to the first person to physically travel to and provide proof of their journey to each of the planets within the solar system and that includes Pluto […]

Check out this NES Friday the 13th fan film

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A few months ago we interviewed filmmaker Michael Ramova about his upcoming fan film based on the Friday the 13th game for the NES. This week, he has officially released the short film to the masses via Youtube, which you can check out right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgYzcTfF6vk Legendary for its difficulty, and utter craziness, Friday the 13th […]

It’s official: Nintendo announces cancellation of Project: Giant Robot

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You may remember, a few years back at E3 2014, that Shigeru Miyamoto was hyping a game codenamed Project: Giant Robot. The game was to take full advantage of the Wii U controller, allowing players to build, and customize giant robots in order to pit them against various robotic monstrosities. The game was never officially “scrapped”, […]