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Video Game Review – Ape Out

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Shaun Munro reviews Ape Out… It’s nigh-on impossible for any ultra-violent top-down trial-and-error shooter not to be endlessly compared to Hotline Miami these days – especially when it’s also published by Devolver Digital. But beyond this superficial if not entirely insignificant similarity, Ape Out carves out a slickly singular identity that’s very much its own. Agreeably thin on plot, […]

Market Corrections DLC releases for Offworld Trading Company

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Stardock and Mohawk Games have announced the release of the Market Corrections DLC for their real-time strategy game Offworld Trading Company.  This brand new DLC will focus on the reasons why humanity were forced to flee the Earth. The Market Corrections DLC will tell the tale of why humans had to leave the Earth and will feature new single-player […]

Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far collection arrives on PS4 this month

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Square Enix has announced they will be bringing Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far to Playstation 4 gamers in Europe on 29th March.  Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far is a collection of nine of the most beloved chapters from the Kingdom Hearts series so players can relive the most memorable parts of Sora’s, Donald’s and Goofy’s magical […]

First major update arrives for Insurgency: Sandstorm

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New World Interactive has released the first major content update for their hit indie FPS Insurgency: Sandstorm.  This new update will bring a new arcade mode, five new weapons, a new firing range and much more.  A new trailer celebrating the update can be seen below… The new arcade mode provides the foundations for a set of […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Jeff Rona discusses his latest work on Capcom’s Devil May Cry 5

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Eighteen years after the original Devil May Cry was released by Capcom, the title has become more than just an action-adventure hack and slash video game. It has become an institution in the video game world sparking novels, comic books, costume lines, concerts of the music, action figures and animated shows. Eleven years after the […]

Alien: Isolation recut as a digital web series, watch it here

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As part of its Amanda Ripley push which includes the mobile game Alien: Blackout and upcoming comic book series Aliens: Resistance, Fox has released a brand new Alien: Isolation digital web series, which takes the cut scenes from the acclaimed video game and adds in new story beats to bring Amanda’s story to life. You can […]

Man the Guns expansion arrives for Hearts of Iron IV

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The brand new Man the Guns expansion is now available for Paradox Interactive’s popular World War II strategy wargame Hearts of Iron IV.  This latest nautical themed expansion brings a boat load of improvements, including strategic convoy routes, alternate histories, a new ship design mode and older ship designs refits.  A new trailer has been released showing the […]

Puzzle adventure Ghost Giant arrives on PSVR this April

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Zoink and Perp Games have announced that their upcoming puzzle adventure Ghost Giant will be arriving on Playstation VR digitally via the Playstation store on the 16th April with a physical format releasing on the 19th April. This highly anticipated puzzle adventure is filled with a warmth and charm that makes it stand out from the crowd. In […]

Video Game Review – Trials Rising

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Shaun Munro reviews Trials Rising… Trials Rising has been a long time coming for fans of the physics-based racing franchise, with the divisively-received Trials Fusion landing way back in the spring of 2014. And though the latest instalment makes a few peculiar design calls, it is for the most part the addictive, infuriatingly challenging blast fans will […]

Season one of Era of Celestials arrives on March 1st

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YOOZOO Games and GTarcade have announced that 1st March will see the start of Season One of a new Era of Celestials eSports tournament.Season One will see players fight it out to see who becomes the ‘Strongest Vanquisher’. During this time, all Era of Celestials’ match servers will be grouped together across US, EU and Asia, however, players will […]