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Evil ninja Raidou added to the Dead or Alive 6 roster

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Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja have announced that the evil ninja Raidou will be returning to the Dead or Alive franchise in Dead or Alive 6.  Koei Tecmo has also revealed screenshots of Raidou as well as two never before seen stages and details on two new game modes. Raidou, the most dangerous and evil […]

Nintendo scraps Metroid Prime 4 development, starting afresh with Retro Studios

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At E3 of 2017, just a few short months after the launch of the Switch, Nintendo announced that Metroid Prime 4 was in development for the system. This announcement in itself came ten years after the release of Metroid Prime 3 : Corruption back in 2007. The fourth installment has been heavily anticipated since the […]

Resident Evil TV series in the works at Netflix

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In addition to the planned feature film reboot, Constantin Film looks set to bring the Resident Evil franchise to the small screen, with the production company teaming up with Netflix for a TV adaptation of the Capcom video game series. According to Deadline, the plan for the series is “to expand the Resident Evil universe and deepen […]

Diablo joins Marvel Contest of Champions

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Kabam has announced the latest update for Marvel Contest of Champions, with the supervillain Diablo becoming the latest addition to the roster of the mobile fighting game. Check out Diablo’s gameplay trailer, bio, and stats and abilities here… An unrivaled alchemist and a member of Spanish nobility, Esteban Corazon de Ablo uses his arcane concoctions […]

WRC 8 coming to consoles and PC this September

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Bigben and Kylotonn have announced that WRC 8, the official videogame of the FIA World Rally Championship 2019, will be making its return to PC and consoles this September.  After a two year absence, the WRC franchise will be making its comeback and the developers have used this period to improve all aspects of the game so that […]

Puzzler Roterra coming to the App Store next week

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DIG-IT! Games has announced that they will be releasing their puzzler Roterra on the App Store on 31st January.  Roterra has been inspired by a 16th century epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto called “Orlando Furioso” and will see players solving puzzles to save her land. Roterra follows the story of Angelica, the rightful Queen of Roterra, who has lost her […]

Resident Evil 2 live-action trailer pays homage to George A. Romero

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With Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 remake set for release tomorrow, the video game giant has unveiled a live-action trailer which is inspired by the 1998 TV commercial for the original RE:2 directed by the legendary filmmaker George A. Romero (who was at one point attached to helm a Resident Evil movie). The trailer brings the […]

Dystopian adventure Pikuniku out now on Nintendo Switch and PC

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Sectordub and publisher Devolver Digital have announced the release of their puzzle exploration adventure Pikuniku on Nintendo Switch and PC.  This vibrant dystopian adventure will see players uncover a deep state conspiracy and start a revolution. Pikuniku takes players to a strange but playful world filled with bright colours and peculiar characters, however, the world isn’t the happy […]

Video Game Review – The Hong Kong Massacre

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Shaun Munro reviews The Hong Kong Massacre… Hotline Miami just had a baby with Max Payne, and its name is The Hong Kong Massacre. While this top-down, blood-soaked strategic actioner doesn’t do a whole lot new, it does succeed as an addictive, pulse-quickening stab at familiar material. As with Hotline Miami, players are thrown into small(ish) self-contained levels […]