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Video Game Review – The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

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Martin Carr reviews The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing… Hungarian games developer NeoCore have unleashed a Diablo III clone which is fun, fast but ultimately offers little to shout about. I know that sounds like a rather harsh opening but consider these hurdles. Diablo III was an epic action RPG which managed to remain addictive […]

Video Game Review – Star Wars Battlefront

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Tom Powter reviews Star Wars Battlefront… Star Wars Battlefront is both parts a stunning recreation of the much-loved original trilogy of films, and a disappointingly barebones first-person shooter. It’s interesting to see just how true to the films developer EA DICE’s vision for the game was – the world they have created is perhaps the […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens reviews are in, suprise cameos, huge box office opening, Harrison Ford doesn’t want to be in the Han Solo movie and more

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  Guess what – it’s a Force Awakens busy edition of The Week in Star Wars. The movie is finally here, the reviews are in and it’s had a whopping box office opening. There’s also some bits and bobs from the Star Wars Universe… Kicking things off with – you guessed it – Star Wars: […]

Video Game Review – Just Cause 3

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Kris Wall reviews Just Cause 3… Avalanche Studios are really staking their claim to be the masters of explosive entertainment. Following on from this years Mad Max, the latest entry into the Just Cause series takes their pyrotechnics to the next level with some of the most destructive gameplay I’ve ever seen in a video […]

Hideo Kojima partners up with Sony

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After the numerous amounts of trials that Kojima has recently faced within the games industry due to the alleged actions of Konami, including recently refusing him entrance to the Games Awards to accept the award for Metal Gear Solid V, you’d believe he’d be wanting to steer clear from the games industry for some time. Well […]

Book Review – Rise of The Tomb Raider: The Official Art Book

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Martin Carr reviews Rise of The Tomb Raider: The Official Art Book… This coffee table tome is reminiscent of those fancy photographic bibles produced by Taschen. Off limits to those who deemed themselves uncultured enough for a surreptitious browse. Something which Titan have thankfully sidestepped, whilst retaining the quality and discarding that highbrow elitism. To […]

Street Fighter: Resurrection live action mini-series announced

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The team behind the live-action series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist have announced that they will be releasing a 5-part mini series to tie in with the release of Street Fighter V, titled Street Fighter: Resurrection. The story takes place ten years after the events of Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist and will see Mike Moh (Empire) and […]

The Week in Star Wars – George Lucas has seen The Force Awakens, Carrie Fisher calls Slave Leia controversy “stupid”, Han Solo casting news, new posters and clips from The Force Awakens and more

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USE THE COUPON CODE 20OFF FOR 20% OFF YOUR ORDER (ends on 6th December, 2015) In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got George Lucas talking about Greedo shooting first as well as liking The Force Awakens, news on Disney’s casting plans for a young Han Solo, UK cinemas adding an extra […]

Gameplay footage from cancelled Avengers movie tie-in video game

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Thanks to Did You Know Gaming, we’ve got a look at some gameplay footage from THQ’s cancelled video game tie-in to Joss Whedon’s Avengers movie, which was in development between 2010 and 2011 before the publisher went bankrupt. The first-person game would have offered four playable characters in Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk and Thor, […]