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Xbox Live Deals with Gold for September 12th to September 18th

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The latest batch of Deals with Gold went live this morning on Xbox Live. The weekly sales are members only exclusive offers to Xbox Live Gold customers, and give access to discounted titles and addition content for games. The offers range from Xbox 360 to Xbox One, and titles will be backwards compatible. Xbox One Deals […]

Video Game Review – Seasons After Fall

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Scott Watson reviews Seasons After Fall… There’s a word that springs to mind playing through Seasons After Fall, both visually and aurally, and that is beautiful. The artwork, the narration, the animation, the music. All of it. Beautiful. It’s a huge part of what draws you into the game, makes you want to invest in […]

Exclusive Interview – John Wilson talks about Zenobi Software, unreleased titles and whether we’ll see the Balrog on the ZX Spectrum Next

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Villordsutch talks with John Wilson (The Balrog) about Zenobi Software… There was a time when us gamers didn’t require ultra-real graphics delivered in 4K resolution, nor truth be told did we actually require graphics, for our days were occupied with text-based adventure games and here we lost real time. Reading lines of an unfolding story […]

Console release date for Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock announced

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Slitherine Games have announced that their latest title Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock will be released on the Xbox One and Playstation 4 on the 8th December.  Based on the award winning sci-fi series, Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock is a strategy game that will see players defend the Twelve Colonies during the time of the First Cylon War. In Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock players will need to build […]

Visit the Daidalos Mobile Shipyard in the latest video for Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

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With the release of Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock tomorrow, the folk at Slitherine and Black Lab Games have released a brand new trailer which provides us with everything we need to know about the Daidolos Mobile Shipyard.  Watch this informative new video below… In Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock players will be able to command and construct their fleet from the bridge […]

Combat trailer for Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock

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With the release of Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock just a week away, the friendly folk at Slitherine and Black Lab Games have released a brand new trailer showcasing the game’s space combat.  This trailer has used actual in-game footage using the game’s AutoCam replay feature; check it out below… Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock is a strategy game that will transport players […]

Elite Systems issue a statement regarding the Recreated ZX Spectrum

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With talk about the ZX Spectrum Next and the ZX Vega+ what’s often forgotten is the Recreated ZX Spectrum from Elite Systems.  Looking rather fantastic, a replica bluetooth keyboard honouring the original rubber-keyed Spectrum with an app (Google/iOS) that brought the user games and Sinclair BASIC.  This machine looked like a winner however it was […]

Prey and the Decline of Linear Single-Player Experiences in Gaming

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Sam Thorne on the decline of linear single-player experiences in gaming… Prey is a great game, probably the best game this year that most people will never play. The first-person-shooter developed by Arkane Studios, published by Bethesda, should have been one of this year’s biggest titles, drawing heavily on critically acclaimed games such as Bioshock […]

Call of Duty: WWII pulls in over $500 million in sales in 3 days

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After stumbling with last year’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Activision has taken the Call of Duty franchise back to its roots for the latest instalment Call of Duty: WWII, and it seems the decision has paid off massively with the game pulling in $500 million of sales in its first three days. The figures, […]