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Exclusive Interview – Simon Sim, President of Netmarble US, talks about Lineage 2: Revolution

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Villordsutch chats with Simon Sim about Lineage 2: Revolution… Netmarble recently rolled out a major update for it’s fantasy mobile epic release Lineage 2: Revolution, which introduced (amongst other things) a castle siege mode, news dungeons and a brand new region. Villordsutch managed to speak with Simon Sim – over at Netmarble US – about Lineage […]

AR game Ingress heading to Netflix as anime series

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Variety is reporting that the hit mobile augmented reality game Ingress is heading to Netflix, with the studio ordering an anime series from Fuji TV and Crafter. The storyline for Ingress: The Animation will overlap with the ongoing narrative of the video game, as well as introducing the upcoming sequel Ingress Prime. It takes place […]

Co-op arcade racer Trailblazers heading to PS4 and Switch this September

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Rising Star Games and developer Supergonk will be bringing their co-op arcade racing game Trailblazers to the Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch this September.  The game will be available as a physical copy for both systems and also on the Nintendo eShop.  The game will feature extra content including a brand new racer (Boo’s Dad) and […]

Old School RuneScape Mobile enters members’ beta

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Jagex has announced that Old School RuneScape Mobile has entered members’ beta and everyone in the MMORPG’s community (both RuneScape and Old School) will gain access as it rolls out on Android.  Once the game is fully released it will become the first mainstream Western online RPG across mobile and PC allowing players to switch between the […]

Netflix’s Castlevania season 2 gets October premiere date

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In news coming out of Anime Expo 2018, the official Twitter account for Netflix’s Castlevania has revealed that the second season of the video game adaptation will arrive on the streaming service on October 26th. https://twitter.com/Castlevania/status/1014288843141337088 The second season was originally slated to arrive in the summer, so fans will have to wait a little […]

First Impressions – Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

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Red Stewart with his first impressions of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night… For the past few years now, I have noticed a retro-revival trend in the video game market. Yes, there have always been fan remakes/sequels/homages like AM2R, but I am talking about official ones done by developers who no doubt grew up in that era […]

Surgeon Simulator’s new trailer teases a Nintendo Switch edition

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Bossa Studios have released a new trailer teasing an upcoming Nintendo Switch version of their popular surgical simulation game Surgeon Simulator. First released for the PC back in 2013,  Surgeon Simulator became a huge success for channels on Youtube, and was followed by a PS4 and mobile editions in 2014. The trailer states there is ‘Bone Shattering […]

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! coming to PS4 and Nintendo Switch next week

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Rising Star Games have announced that the first game in their Holy Potatoes! series, Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!, will be available digitally for the Playstation 4 on the 10th July and Nintendo Switch on the 12th July.  You can check out the game’s trailer below. Rising Star Games’ Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a management game that […]

Retro Review – ZX81 Jetpac (2018)

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Villordsutch reviews ZX81 Jetpac… Back in 1983 the brothers Tim & Chris Stamper released, via their enigmatic software house Ultimate Play the Game, Jetpac for the ZX Spectrum.  This groundbreaking game was both ever-so-simple to pick up and unbelievably difficult to turn off, it also let all fellow Spectrum programmers know what the Speccy could […]

Exclusive Interview – Doug Cockle talks voice acting career, Victor Vran, and Legacy of Geralt

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Red Stewart chats with Doug Cockle… Doug Cockle is an American actor who has been working in the television and video game industries since the early-2000s. He is best known for his voice acting work, primarily as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher series, Eliot Ness in Blues and Bullets, and Victor Vran in Victor Vran. Victor Vran is set to […]