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Video Game Review – Blacksea Odyssey (Video Review)

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Lewy Buck Reviews Blacksea Odyssey… After playing countless AAA Titles, tweaking graphics, installing Mods and setting up multiplayer sessions Blacksea Odyssey was the step back into the Indie game world I never knew I needed. Its pure and brilliant simplicity hooks you in from the very start and refuses to let go. The best way […]

London Games Festival: The Making of World’s Adrift

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Emma Withington reports from the London Games Festival… Could World’s Adrift succeed where Sea of Thieves has developed scurvy? Or solve the No Man’s Sky conundrum? Either way, Bossa does something much more important than simply develop ‘yet another’ open world, by bringing you the first community crafted MMO – built and co-developed with the […]

Loot Gaming to deliver a replica Monster Hunter: World ‘Jawblade Sword’ in April

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Attention all Monster Hunters in the upcoming April edition – titled ‘Hunt’ –  of the Loot Gaming Crate there will be something rather splendid for you to add to your arsenal.  Included with the monthly gaming box will be fully sharp replica blade from Monster Hunter: World and as you can see from the image […]

Video Game Preview – Overcooked

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Lewy Buck previews Overcooked… Back in April I was lucky enough to have Overcooked wet my pallet at EGX Rezzed at London’s Tobacco Dock; it received some amazing feedback and even placed in the top five games over the weekend Rivalling developers such as Sony and Sega. Check out my video review for Overcooked below… […]

Intrigue expansion now available for Galactic Civilizations III

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Intrigue is the new major expansion for Stardock’s 4X turn based space strategy game, Galactic Civilizations III.  This latest expansion adds a number of new features including politics, government, commonwealths and the new Galactic Market.  These new features can be seen in the expansion’s release trailer and can be seen below. With Intrigue players can now choose […]

Video Game Review – Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR

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David Dodgson reviews Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR… I invested in the PlayStation VR hardware last Christmas, intrigued by the potential for immersing myself within a game and ready to realise a new future in gaming. So far, I have been disappointed. The VR titles I have played have been plagued by […]

Video Game Review – Shu for Nintendo Switch

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Shaun Munro reviews Shu for Nintendo Switch… Shu is the latest in a seemingly never-ending line of acclaimed platformers being ported to the Nintendo Switch, and though hardly a must-own title for the console, Coatsink’s vibrant romp is a fun – if fitfully infuriating – jaunt that, at just three-ish hours in length, certainly doesn’t outstay […]

Michael Fassbender says Assassin’s Creed movie will start shooting in September

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Having been in development for some time now, it looks like cameras will finally start rolling on the Assassin’s Creed movie later this year, with producer and star Michael Fassbender telling Coming Soon that production on the video game adaptation will kick off in September. “You say it’s a long time but what I’ve found–it’s […]

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands Splinter Cell special mission and free weekend

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Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands received the first update of the second year post launch content on 10th April.  Titled Special Operation I, the update includes a Splinter Cell themed mission which features Sam Fisher voiced by the legendary Michael Ironside.  Ubisoft have also announced the free weekend which takes place 12th April to the […]