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Star Wars Battlefront II’s progression system to be updated next week

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EA and DICE have dome under a lot of fire for Star Wars: Battlefront II with controversial criticisms over its ‘pay-to-win’ progression system. Levelling up in Battlefront II wasn’t traditional like most games, but required players to make in-game or actual purchases for Star Cards, items that would allow players to level up their classes through random chance, […]

Action shooter Black Future ’88 coming to PC later this year

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Black Future ‘88, a synth-punk 2D roguelike action shooter, will be coming to PC later this year thanks to Good Shepherd Entertainment and indie developer SuperScarySnakes.  In Black Future ‘88 it never stopped being the 80’s and the trailer below shows the game in all its neon retro futuristic glory. Black Future ‘88 takes players to a neon […]

Surviving Mars now available on Xbox One, PS4 and PC

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Paradox Interactive and Haemimont Games have announced that Surviving Mars, their management strategy game that takes players to the Red Planet and challenges them to survive the hostile environment and build a colony, is available now on Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC.  A trailer has been been released to celebrate the launch and we have […]

Shadow of the Tomb Raider officially announced with teaser trailer

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Ahead of the release of the Alicia Vikander-headlined movie reboot this Friday [read our review here], Square Enix has officially announced the next chapter in the Tomb Raider video game series, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which is set for release in September 2014. Watch the teaser trailer here… https://youtu.be/vYabycdHYs0 Shadow of the Tomb Raider […]

Concept art from cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 4 features Emperor Vader, Dark Luke and Obi-Wan, Jedi Maul and more

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Long before Electronic Arts rebooted the series, British developer Free Radical Design was working not only on a Star Wars Battlefront III (that’s a follow-up to the 2004 and 2005 games, not the latest ones), but also Star Wars Battlefront IV. And, thanks to some concept art which has made its way online courtesy of EuroGamer, […]

Puzzler Triplicity now available on Steam

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Minimalist puzzler and digital collectible card game Triplicity is now available on Steam for Windows, Mac and Linux systems.  The game, designed by Conflux Games, features challenging puzzles, cards to collect and colourful characters to encounter.  Check out the launch trailer below to see how beautiful the game looks. Triplicity is a fast paced collectible card […]

Saban’s Power Rangers: Legacy Wars celebrates one-year anniversary with 2.0 Update

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nWay, Saban Brands and Lionsgate have announced that they are marking the one-year anniversary of the real-time fighting game Power Rangers: Legacy Wars with a mega-sized 2.0 update, which introduces several new features and modes that expand the game’s capabilities. “Our past year with Power Rangers: Legacy Wars has been an explosive success with fans […]

ARK: Survival Evolved coming to mobile devices

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Studio Wildcard has announced that it is teaming up with veteran mobile developer War Drum Studios (Bully, Grand Theft Auto, Auralux), to bring the entire ARK: Survival Evolved massively multiplayer survival experience to mobile devices. The Android and iOS version will be  free-to-play and puts the genre-defining adventure in the palm of your hand, letting you join forces with […]

Batman: The Enemy Within gets a full season trailer

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With the final episode ‘Same Stitch’ set to launch on Tuesday, March 27th, Telltale Games has unveiled a full season trailer for Batman: The Enemy Within, which recaps the events of the entire season but focuses primarily on the relationship players built with former Arkham Asylum inmate John Doe, a relationship that will soon culminate in […]