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Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Island, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga and more join My Arcade’s Micro Player and Pocket Player lines

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My Arcade has announced new additions to its lineup of Micro Players and Pocket Players, which includes classic titles such as Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Island, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug! Check out the upcoming products here… Bubble Bobble and Elevator Action Micro Players: The same arcade cabinets that gamers know and love, scaled down […]

Funko unveils Kingdom Hearts III merchandise

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With the hotly-anticipated video game set to arrive this month, Funko has released a line of tie-in merchandise for Kingdom Hearts III which includes Pop! vinyl figures for Sora from Monsters, Inc., 5 Star figures for Sora, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and a soldier Heartless, and a Vnyl. 2-pack containing Sora and a Shadow Heartless; take […]

Sword Art Online Collab begins on Puzzle and Dragons

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GungHo Online Entertainment has announced that players of their puzzle, dungeon crawling, monster collecting mobile game Puzzle & Dragons are now able to try on the NerveGear and dive into virtual reality battles with the Sword Art Online Collaboration event.  The event will run until 20th January and all those who participate will receive a free Sword […]

Nominations for the 2019 WGA Awards announced

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Coming hot on the heels of last night’s Golden Globe Awards, the Writer’s Guild of America has now announced the nominations for the feature film and video game categories of the 2019 WGA Awards. Set to contest the Best Original Screenplay prize are Eighth Grade, Green Book, A Quiet Place, Roma and Vice, while BlacKkKlansman, […]

Amanda Ripley returns in Alien: Blackout survival horror game

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For the past couple of weeks the Alien franchise has been teasing a mysterious new project in the sci-fi horror series, culminating with a promo this past weekend announcing the return of Alien: Isolation protagonist Amanda Ripley, complete with the tagline “Read. Play. Watch.” The ‘Read’ portion presumably refers to the upcoming Amanda-led comic book […]

Alien promo teases new multi-platform Amanda Ripley project

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Over the Christmas period, the social media accounts for the Alien franchise released a number of animated teasers under the title ‘6-Part Dossier Exposing the Secret History of Weyland-Yutani’, with speculation suggesting that these could be promotional material for the upcoming Dark Horse comic Aliens: Resistance. Well, we now have a new promo, which confirms […]

EA announces Darth Tyranus update for Star Wars Battlefront II

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Count Dooku is coming to Star Wars Battlefront II this month, with EA announcing that the Darth Tyranus update for the shooter is set to arrive on January 23rd. In addition to Dooku, the update will also include a second skin for the Sith Lord titled ‘Dark Ritual’, along with a new ‘Coruscant Guard’ Clone […]

Pikachu, Jigglypuff and Charizard make snow angels in Pokemon: Detective Pikachu posters

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Warner Bros. has revealed three new promo posters for the live-action Pokemon feature Detective Pikachu which sees Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Charizard enjoying the cold weather by making snow angels; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Detective Pikachu here “The story begins when ace private eye Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting […]

The Top 15 Video Games of 2018

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Shaun Munro on the top 15 video games of 2018… Time sure flies, doesn’t it? It seemed like yesterday that Red Dead Redemption 2 was still forever away and people thought that Bethesda wasn’t capable of releasing one of the year’s worst video games. 2018 has come and gone, then, and following the incredible momentum of 2017, […]