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Rocket League tags up with WWE

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Psyonix has announced that it has signed a partnership with World Wrestling Entertainment which will see Rocket League tagging up with the WWE for cross promotional activities, as well as Rocket League in-game content. Here’s the official announcement from the Rocket League website: Throughout 2018, you can expect to see Rocket League all over the WWE universe, […]

The Last of Us writer: “I don’t want that movie to be made”

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Seemingly stuck in pre-production purgatory, an adaptation of Naughty Dog’s blockbusting video game, The Last of Us, has been talked about since the game was released in 2013. Now the game’s director, Neil Druckmann, who has also also written the script for Sony Pictures and Screen Gems adaptation, has said that he doesn’t want that […]

Final Fantasy Awakening launches on iOS

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Two weeks after it hit Android, where it has already reached an incredible 137,000 downloads, the mobile game Final Fantasy Awakening is now available for iOS gamers. Final Fantasy Awakening bases its story and gameplay on the world established in Final Fantasy Type-0, and features the previous game’s 14 classic characters along with well-known story […]

Rise of Insanity leaves Early Access this Thursday

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Indie developer Red Limb Studio have announced that their first person psychological horror game, Rise of Insanity, will leave Early Access on Thursday 1st March.  To celebrate the upcoming full release the developers have revealed a launch trailer which we have for you below… Inspired by the likes of The Shining, The Exorcist and Silent […]

YumeNikki -Dream Diary- available now

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Active Gaming Media and Kikyama have announced the release of YumeNikki -Dream Diary-, the re-imagining of 2004’s hugely popular (and hugely controversial) YumeNikki.  To celebrate the game’s release Kikyama have released a launch trailer that provides a glimpse of the main character, Madotsuki, wandering around the dream that the game is set in.  Watch this below… […]

Assassin’s Creed Origins – Curse of the Pharaohs DLC gets new gameplay trailer, small delay announced

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On Friday Ubisoft announced that the second expansion for Assassin’s Creed Origins, The Curse of the Pharaohs, has had to be delayed by a week taking the release date back to the 13th March.  Considering the work Ubisoft have been doing to make this game look and feel completely awesome, not to mention the free and informative […]

Video Game Review – Payday 2 on Nintendo Switch

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Shaun Munro reviews Payday 2 on Nintendo Switch… As someone who has skipped every release of Payday 2 over the last five years, the prospect of playing online multiplayer heists from the comfort of my bed – or, let’s be honest, my toilet – courtesy of its new Nintendo Switch release made the allure too powerful […]

Marvel’s Missing Video Game Opportunities

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George Chrysostomou on Marvel’s missing video game opportunities… It’s no secret that Marvel is losing to DC when it comes to the realm of video games. While TV success is mixed, films have seemingly gone to Marvel, and DC is undoubtedly winning on the animation front, the medium that Marvel should perhaps be putting most […]

Ghostbusters World augmented reality game coming to mobile devices

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With Google unveiling its new ARCore mobile augmented reality platform, Sony has announced that it will be one of the first companies to take advantage of the new technology with the release of the AR title Ghostbusters World. Details are a little sketchy, but we do have the following official description: “Ghostbusters World, is an […]