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Friday the 13th for NES is being adapted into a movie, and it needs your help

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Ladies, and gentleman, it’s finally happening. Friday the 13th for the NES is being made into a live-action film. I remember the first time I popped Friday the 13th into my NES. Like most NES games, I died repeatedly, and just assumed that I was just really bad at video games. In my 10 year old mind, there […]

First-person puzzle adventure Fractured Minds helps raise awareness of mental health issues

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Fractured Minds, a BAFTA Young Game Designer award winning puzzle adventure game from Wired Productions and up and coming developer Emily Mitchell, is now available to buy on Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC to help raise awareness of mental health issues. This new first person puzzle adventure explores anxiety and mental illness […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Michael Levine on creating Resident Evil 7: Biohazard’s famous theme ‘Go Tell Aunt Rhody’

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We chat with Michael Levine about his work on Resident Evil: Biohazard… Composer Michael Levine is no amateur when given the task of creating an iconic theme for a project. Levine is the man responsible for creating the famous Kit Kat ‘Gimme A Break’ jingle that every person with a TV has heard. More recently […]

Retro Video Game Review – The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

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Jordan Jones reviews The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link… What was it about the second installments of major NES franchises? Super Mario Bros. 2 released in the West with radically different gameplay than it’s predecessor, while Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest was almost in a completely different genre. So, too, was The Legend of […]

Video Game Review – Syndrome

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Jordan Jones reviews Syndrome… Syndrome is a frustrating game, and much of that has nothing to with it’s difficulty. You see, when Syndrome is good, it’s very good. The game generates a palpable feeling of tension in its best moments, but they are simply too fleeting. At times, I felt like the game was standing in […]

First Impressions – Hello Neighbor

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Jordan Jones provides his hands-on impressions of Hello Neighbor… Nothing gets the blood pumping in a game quite like being chased. Some of the scariest moments in gaming have always involved being pursued to some degree. It’s the reason that Resident Evil 3 is still a terrifying experience to this day. There is this ever-present […]

Video Game Review – Death Stranding

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Shaun Munro reviews Death Stranding… In an age where the dollar value of a single-player game without the expected “live service” accoutrements couldn’t be lower, it’s enormously refreshing to see something like Death Stranding – a title so stridently committed to minimalism despite its evidently massive production budget. But more than that, the latest offering from […]

Go behind-the-scenes of Streets of Rage 4

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Those gamers among you who remember the iconic Streets of Rage series will enjoy the new behind-the-scenes look at Streets of Rage 4 from publisher and co-developer Dotemu (publishers of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap) and co-developers Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games.  In the video the developers share their love of beat-em-ups and some of […]

Mark Wahlberg to play Sully in Uncharted movie

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Having circled the role of Nathan Drake some years back when David O. Russell (The Fighter) was attached to the project, actor Mark Wahlberg has now signed on for a role in the long-gestating big screen adaptation of the Uncharted video game series. Wahlberg won’t play the game’s antagonist – that role has gone to […]