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The world record speedrun for Super Mario Bros. has been beaten – by 0.05 seconds!

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Although it was released in 1985, competition for Super Mario Bros. supremacy still wages on with gamers, and a new world record has been set.A gamer under the name Kosmic claimed on Friday that he’d broken the record held by Darbian of 4 minutes and 57.244 seconds, but then retracted his claim when he noticed […]

Video Game Review – Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 1

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Alan Heath reviews Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Episode 1 on PS4… Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is an episodic sequel to the 3DS title that took the franchise back to its survival horror roots after a couple of action packed entries into the franchise. Set between the events of Resident Evil 5 and 6, Revelations 2 […]

Lionsgate working on a Borderlands movie adaptation

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Variety is reporting that Lionsgate is working on bring hit video-game Borderlands to the big screen with producers Ari and Avi Arad.Debuting in 2009, Borderlands has sold over 26 million copies worldwide. Developed and created by Gearbox Software and published by Take-Two Interactive Software and their 2K label, the game is a role-playing first-person shooter […]

Video Game Review – DiscStorm

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Villordsutch reviews DiscStorm…DiscStorm has just hit Steam for PC & Mac from Mastertronic and XMPT Games.  After a few teething issues getting into the game, which were quickly sorted out by the extremely impressive response time from the XMPT Games, I stepped into this battle arena having only caught glimpses of a few screenshots beforehand.DiscStorm […]

Aquanoids coming soon to the ZX Spectrum

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Coming soon to the ZX Spectrum is a brand new platform game from Neil Parsons called Aquanoids.That’s correct, you read the opening sentence correctly this platformer is coming to the ZX Spectrum – the fantastic rubber keyed beast that parents and retro gods/nerds (delete on how you roll) still pine for.However, most of you quite […]

Will PlayStation’s Bare Autumn Help Xbox Close The Gap?

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Samuel Brace on whether PlayStation’s bare autumn could help Xbox to close the gap… PlayStation is winning. There is no doubt about it. In all likelihood the Sony console is 10 million units ahead of Microsoft’s Xbox One. Now, Xbox isn’t doing badly, not by any stretch of the imagination, but PlayStation 4 — for […]

Video Game Review – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D

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Ben Rayner reviews The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D… The Legend of Zelda series is one that may gamers hold close to their heart. Not just because the stories, characters and vast worlds are simply stunning, with so much to see and experience, but often because their mythological tales resonate with us on a […]

Video Game Review – Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

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Ben Rayner reviews Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate… Monster Hunter. I say those words with a strange mixture of fear and pride. Pride, thanks to the small, tiny fragments of success I’ve collected along the way as I’ve progressed further and further, braving bigger hunts and capturing quarry that otherwise I would have never guessed I […]

Big Hero 6, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Game of Thrones among the winners of the 2015 VES Awards

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The Visual Effects Society held the 13th annual VES Awards in Beverly Hills on Wednesday night, with Disney’s animated Marvel adaptation Big Hero 6 claiming six gongs and 20th Century Fox’s simian sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and HBO’s Game of Thrones taking home three awards apiece. Check out the full list […]