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God of War soundtrack available to enjoy now

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There’s just a few more days to go until the release of Santa Monica Studio’s highly anticipated God of War which will see Kratos return to take on Northern Europe, however, if the wait is becoming unbearable then you can head on over to Spotify now to purchase the full soundtrack composed by Emmy award winning […]

Daughter score the original soundtrack to Life is Strange: Before the Storm

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To coincide with the release of Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Daughter the award-winning, London-based trio have released Music from Before the Storm.  An original musical score for Square Enix’s latest game which our own Shaun Munro said of it – in his review – “a riveting, content-rich character study that ably stands on […]

Fe arriving early 2018 from EA Originals

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Ea Originals’ Fe will be channelling the Ori effect in early 2018. Developed by Zoink Games, Fe follows the story of the eponymous small cub in a wordless forest threatened by the Silent Ones (machine antagonists), in which you communicate and interact with nature through sound alone. Explore the natural surroundings of the forest, as […]

Video Game Review – The Revenge of Shinobi

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews The Revenge of Shinobi… “In the year 19xx, the evil crime syndicate “Zeed” was reduced to rubble by the powers of stealth possessed by the Shinobi master, Joe Musashi.  It seemed as if the world had returned to peace. But three years later…” You know the rest.  Evil corporation somehow returns from […]

ZX Spectrum Classic Game Challenge delivers a real dose of nostalgia

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Back in the 1980’s when I wasn’t high as I kite on Wham Bars, Highland Toffee and Tizer, you would either find me in a darkened corner of my bedroom listening to the screeches of my ZX Spectrum loading, or huddled in another corner trying to out-number my friends with the current favourite pack of […]

Event Report: Insomnia X Resonate – Glasgow 2017

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Calum Petrie reports from Insomnia X Resonate – Glasgow 2017… The Resonate gaming festival launched in Glasgow last year and was held at the SEC (fomerly SECC),, bringing an extremely gaming focused celebration to Glasgow and was well received by those who attended. This year the festival stepped up its size and capacity by teaming […]

Halo TV series is apparently “still in very active development” at Showtime

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If you cast your mind back to 2013, you may recall that Microsoft announced it was teaming up with Steven Spielberg to develop a TV series based around the Halo video game franchise. Given that we’ve heard absolutely nothing since, you’d be mistaken for assuming that the project was dead, but it seems that isn’t […]

The LEGO Ninjago Movie coming to LEGO Worlds, watch the teaser trailer here

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Fans of LEGO’s hit creative sandbox title LEGO Worlds will be excited to know that The LEGO Ninjago Movie will be arriving in the game as a new DLC.  A little teaser trailer has been released to accompany the announcement.  It’s a very short trailer but hints at two probably playable characters, possibly Master Wu […]

How Crucial is Universe Branding to Today’s Franchises?

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George Chrysostomou on the importance of the universe branding… We cannot get away from the fact that today’s cinema (and to an extent TV) is dominated by the concept of the shared universe. It seems that almost every story, film and character has to be linked in order to create a further expansive world, which […]