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Video Game Review – XCOM 2

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Andy Naylor reviews XCOM 2… XCOM 2 is the successor to the impressive XCOM: Enemy Unknown (and XCOM: Enemy Within, which was essentially an expansion pack). Set 20 years after the original, Earth has since been conquered by the aliens, known as Elders, and the planet is run by a government of alien collaborators called […]

Calavera Studios sends us back to pixelated Hell with miniDoom II

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Back in 2016 we brought you news on the excellent miniDoom from Calavera Studios.  A totally brutal 2D homage to the classic shoot’em up.  Well now, just released is the sequel, titled miniDoom2.  This fan-made masterpiece is not for the faint-of-heart, as you’re set loose against the denizens of a pixelated HELL! Taking the beloved […]

Gore Verbinski talks about his abandoned Bioshock movie

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It seems like a lifetime ago now, but back in the day (2008), Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski had plans, major plans, to direct an adaptation of horror video game Bioshock. Unfortunately, as is the trend for such projects, the film never happened, no adaptation was made and Verbinski moved onto other things. […]

Video Game Review – The Bunker

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Calum Petrie reviews The Bunker… The Bunker is a point and click psychological horror game created with all pre-recorded film footage. The game does not allow any control over the on screen character directly, rather you will click command points on screen and the player will interact with your chosen object. Developed by Splendy in association […]

Video Game Review – NBA 2K17

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Steve Kyriacou reviews NBA 2K17… “The King is dead! Long live the King!” That seems to be what I chant every year when I play the newest incarnation of the NBA 2K series. For the last few years the franchise has continued to improve, keeping fans engaged with a combination of flawless online play, a […]

Video Game Review – Batman: The Telltale Series Episode Two – ‘Children of Arkham’

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Thomas Roach reviews Batman: The Telltale Series Episode Two – ‘Children of Arkham’… Children of Arkham picks up immediately after the events of the previous chapter, Realm of Shadows. Bruce is coming to terms with the truth that his father was involved with organised crime within Gotham. Bruce has to deal with the fact that his Father’s […]

Video Game Review – RIVE

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Scott Watson reviews RIVE… I can’t keep up with this game. My old gaming bones just are not attuned to the maniacally impressive, gleefully and destructively over the top shooting that RIVE thrusts upon me. I was never the best at shooters the likes of Nemesis, Salamander and R-Type in the arcades or the likes […]

Exclusive Interview – The Galaga champions talk Score Wars, preparing for a competition and games they’re not so great at

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At the beginning of April, Meow Wolf crowned the Galaga World Champion at Score Wars in Santa Fe.  The three main competitors for this ultimate event where Andrew Barrow from New Zealand, Phil Day from Australia and Andrew Laidlaw from the USA.  The ultimate champion was – in the end – Andrew Barrow who walked […]

Video Game Review – Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

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Christopher Machell reviews Dear Esther: Landmark Edition… Originally created in 2007 as a Half-Life 2 mod and later re-made in 2012 as a commercial release for PC, Dear Esther: Landmark Edition has been a long time coming, marking the first time console gamers can play through developer The Chinese Room’s original walking simulator.  The Brighton-based developers wowed and confounded gamers in […]