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Star Wars generates $1 billion of video game sales in 2015

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It’s not just at the box office where Star Wars is generating huge sums of money, with Forbes reporting that the franchise has pulled in over $1 billion of revenue from video games in 2015, spurred on in no small part by the excitement over Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The site reports that 6 […]

Flickering Myth’s Favourite Video Games of 2015

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Flickering Myth’s writing team pick their favourite video games of 2015… There’s no doubt about it, 2015 has been a pretty incredible year for games. In the past 12 months we’ve returned to the wasteland in Fallout 4, saved Gotham one last time with The Dark Knight in Batman: Arkham Knight, Snake returned for one last […]

Gameplay footage from cancelled Avengers movie tie-in video game

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Thanks to Did You Know Gaming, we’ve got a look at some gameplay footage from THQ’s cancelled video game tie-in to Joss Whedon’s Avengers movie, which was in development between 2010 and 2011 before the publisher went bankrupt. The first-person game would have offered four playable characters in Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk and Thor, […]

Will PlayStation VR Kill Xbox?

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Samuel Brace on whether PlayStation VR will kill Xbox… Both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have been on the market for almost two years now and they are doing exceptionally well. With both consoles outpacing their last generation counterparts — Ps3 and Xbox 360 — console gaming is looking pretty darn good right now. One […]

Video Game Review – Ghost Blade

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Ben Rayner reviews Ghost Blade… The SEGA Dreamcast was easily one of the greatest home consoles ever to grace our living rooms. I’ve never shied away from my love of the original online gaming console but it’s not simply just my opinion, it’s also a widely regarded fact that has kept fans amassing huge collections […]

EGX 2015: Hands on with Just Cause 3

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Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Avalanche Studios sure do love their open world sandbox environments, with their Just Cause series and the new Mad Max boasting some absolutely massive environments for players to explore. However, Just Cause 3 might just be one of the most ambitious environments ever created in video games with over […]

EGX 2015: Hands on with Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

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Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Uncharted needs absolutely no introduction. Naughty Dog delivered one of the greatest series in video games and Nathan Drake was taken into the hearts of gamers the world over with his matinee hero charm and shouts of ‘Oh crap’ every time something went wrong, which was quite often. From […]