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Bioware issues response to the reception of Mass Effect: Andromeda

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In its first statement since launch, Bioware left a message to fans on Twitter acknowledging their feedback of Mass Effect: Andromeda, and promised more information in the days to come: The Mass Effect Trilogy is regarded by some to be one of the best video game epics of all time. Sure, the ending of Mass Effect […]

A Nintendo 64 has been turned into a Nintendo Switch dock, harmony to the universe restored

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Every once in a great while someone comes along, and creates a seismic shift. Through their singular effort, the way that we view video games is forever changed and the individual in question ascends to the stuff of legends. Fifty years from now, this is a tale that will be told to grandchildren around the […]

6 Franchises Telltale Games Should Adapt

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Thomas Roach with six franchises Telltale should adapt… Telltale Games has created some of my favourite experiences in gaming over the last few years. After playing The Walking Dead a few years ago, I was blown away by how good it was. Telltale doesn’t really deliver traditional gameplay but rather focuses more on storytelling. With […]

Interview – Julian Chappell of the classic ZX81 publishing house Software Farm

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Villordsutch chats with Julian Chappell of the classic ZX81 publishing house Software Farm… The Sinclair ZX81 was (and still is) a plucky little machine.  RAM packed with 1K of memory this machine came into its element when you crammed a hefty additional 16K onto the back of it, however at the time gaming on the […]

Video Game Review – LEGO Worlds

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Emma Withington reviews LEGO Worlds… A meteorite plummets into the LEGO earth, sending studs scattering into temporary chaos. As the debris settles, a perfectly formed crater remains. The lost spaceman – let’s call him Nondescript Norman – finds his first tool, cooling off in the centre: The Discovery Tool. A whole new world of possibilities […]

Exclusive interview with Cris Velasco, award winning video game composer

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Tai Freligh chats with award-winning composer Cris Velasco… Cris Velasco is a multiple award-winning composer of epic orchestral, dark experimental and modern hybrid music scores for video games, film and television. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in Music Composition, Velasco pursued his passion to write music for visual media; his first major release […]

Six video game worlds that would likely smell terrible on the Nosulus Rift

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Jordan Jones with six video game worlds that would likely smell terrible on the Nosulus Rift… If you haven’t heard, South Park: The Fractured But Whole is going to introduce a cutting-edge peripheral to market: the Nosulus Rift. What does this magical device do, you ask? The Nosulus Rift will allow players to actually smell the […]