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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 […]

EXG 2015: Hands on with Cuphead

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Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Without doubt in my top 3 games on show at EGX 2015 and the one I couldn’t help but return to for ‘just one more go’, Cuphead was an utter delight from the moment I picked up the controller and made me instantly jealous that I don’t own an […]

Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham Knight – GCPD Lockdown DLC

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: Arkham Knight – GCPD Lockdown DLC… Though Batman: Arkham Knight was released three months ago, DLC for the game continues to trickle out through short campaign missions and challenge maps. The latest story DLC is GCPD Lockdown and, unlike Batgirl’s A Matter of Family in July, the events of Lockdown take […]

Video Game Review – Mad Max

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Kris Wall reviews Mad Max… There was a time when the mere mention of a licensed game or a movie tie in was enough to strike fear into the hearts of all gamers, it was once synonymous with the worst that video games had to offer. So you really have to hand it to Warner […]

Video Game Review – Valhalla Hills

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Villordsutch reviews Valhalla Hills… On first glance Valhalla Hills is the game for me!  Vikings? Check! Playing God? Check! Reminds you a bit of the classics Settlers and Populous? Check!  Both the developers Funatics, along with publishers Daedalic Entertainment have certainly done their homework when it came to pleasing my initial wants in a game. […]

Nintendo “looking at things like movies in the future”

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Given the reception to 1993’s Super Mario Bros. movie, which is widely considered to be one of the biggest disasters ever put to film, it’s understandable why Nintendo has shied away from bringing its stable of video game characters to the big screen. However, it seems that the entertainment giant could be softening its stance […]

Video Game Review – NOT A HERO

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Scott Watson reviews NOT A HERO… BunnyLord wants to be Mayor. He wants to be mayor so badly that he’s traveled back in time from 2048 to enable him to save the world from absolute obliteration and alien invasion.  The only problem is, in order to convince the populace he should be elected he has […]