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Games publication CVG is shutting down

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Future Publishing has announced that ComputerandVideoGames.com, the official website for the CVG brand, will close. The brand has existed since 1981, and began as a magazine called Computer and Video Games. Gamesradar+ will be taking on board some existing CVG content in February 2015, according to MCV. Declan Gough, head of content and marketing at […]

Avengers: Infinity War’s Proxima Midnight joins Marvel Contest of Champions

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With the release of Avengers: Infinity War fast approaching, Kabam has announced the introduction of the Black Order’s Proxima Midnight into Marvel Contest of Champions! Check out Proxima Midnight’s gameplay trailer, bio and stats and abilities here… https://youtu.be/aNASSPFgmsQ Thanos’ greatest warrior, Proxima Midnight is a formidable foe to anyone that crosses her. She’s a master […]

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 4.2 Rise of a New Sun details and Fan Fest dates released

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Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Patch 4.2, ‘Rise of a New Sun’, will turn its focus to Doma in the main scenario quest line and introduce a brand new 8-man raid: Omega: Sigmascape. This isn’t all, however! 4.2 is absolutely jam packed with updates and fresh content, including: new trials and dungeons, updates to the Glamour system, […]

Video Game Review – Zombie Army Trilogy

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Kris Wall reviews Zombie Army Trilogy… Following last year’s bio-mechanical monstrosities in the excellent Wolfenstein : The New Order, the Nazi’s are back causing trouble again, this time from beyond the grave in Rebellion’s Zombie Army Trilogy. Starting out life as a DLC spin off from the Sniper Elite series on the PC, Rebellion have […]

Sony developing animated Super Mario Bros. movie

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It looks like Mario and Luigi are heading back to the big screen, with leaked emails from the Sony hack revealing that producer Avi Arad (The Amazing Spider-Man) is developing an animated Super Mario Bros. movie. According to Buzzfeed, Arad emailed Sony co-chairman Amy Pascal in October, stating that he is “the proud father of […]

Video Game Review – Bedlam

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Villordsutch reviews Bedlam… If you’re like me , an old mature gamer who has been around for a fair few decades watching games evolve, we’ve seen wondrous things from black and white tennis (Pong) to the monochrome colour clashing on the ZX Spectrum then onwards to the 486 basic PCs up to our beast of […]

X-Box Bargains – Bionic Commando

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Andrew Newton looks at a selection of Xbox 360 bargains; next up is Bionic Commando… Following on with my quest of seeking out and reviewing bargain games rather than wait for Black Fridays and January sales etc. I thought I’d continue today with Bionic Commando by Capcom. I have fond memories of the original Bionic […]

X-Box Bargains – Naughty Bear

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Andrew Newton looks at a selection of Xbox 360 bargains; first up is Naughty Bear… Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have come and gone and you may be patting yourself on the back that you queued all night and got the perfect bargain game but it got me thinking.  There are loads of brilliant titles available […]