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Video Game Review – Assassin’s Creed Origins

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Emma Withington reviews Assassin’s Creed Origins… I had been prepared to renounce my hidden blade after Assassin’s Creed Syndicate: ‘My favourite time periods have been covered,’ I thought, ‘and Assassin’s Creed Unity doesn’t bear thinking about.’ As you can see, this didn’t happen. For the first time since Black Flag there was a real buzz […]

Video Game Review – Rocket League on Nintendo Switch

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Shaun Munro reviews Rocket League on Nintendo Switch… Whether you’re triple-dipping or have never played a single match of Rocket League before, make no mistake – if you own a Nintendo Switch, you owe it to yourself to own this game. A runaway phenomenon beyond anyone’s expectations when it was first released on the PS4 back in […]

Release date and Fortress Siege mode revealed for Lineage 2: Revolution

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Asia’s fastest growing mobile game company, Netmarble Games, announced a release date of 15th November for their free to play mobile MMORPG Lineage 2: Revolution during their TwitchCon 2017 stream.  During this event they also showcased the game’s epic Fortress Siege mode that can cater for 50v50.  A trailer showing this epic game mode can be seen below. […]

Winter arrives in Cities Skylines Console Edition

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Winter has arrived in Cities Skylines Console Edition as Paradox Interactive announce the release of the weather focused expansion, Snowfall.  This is the first expansion for the console edition and brings a new winter themed maps, snowplows, new public transit options and new ways to keep your citizens warm.  To celebrate the release of this first […]

Father’s Promise DLC arrives for This War of Mine

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This War of Mine was a gritty story about a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city.  It saw players struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. In short it provided a unique perspective of war seldom (if ever) seen in games.  Now it is […]

Star Traders: Frontiers arrives on Steam Early Access

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Trese Brothers Games have announced that the latest addition to the Star Traders universe, Star Traders: Frontiers, is now available on Steam Early Access.  Star Traders: Frontiers includes a new branching storyline that involves making some deep strategic choices.  Check out the trailer below to see some of the features of the game… In Star Traders: Frontiers players become the […]

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 arrives this Friday, watch the launch trailer here

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LEGO and Marvel fans get your gaming heads ready for the release of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 on the Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC this Friday, 17th November (Nintendo Switch players will get to play on the 1st December).  To celebrate the upcoming release a new launch trailer has been released and can be […]

Fearful Symmetry & The Cursed Prince coming to the Xbox One family this December

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SOEDESCO have announced that their 2D puzzler Fearful Symmetry & The Cursed Prince will be arriving on the Xbox One family of systems and Steam on the 12th December.  This puzzler will twist many a brain for those who want to test their old grey matter.  A new trailer has been released to mark the […]

Pan-Asian destroyers on their way to World of Warships

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MMO developers Wargaming have announced that a brand new branch of Pan-Asian Destroyers from China, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan and South Korea are on their way to World of Warships.  Nine destroyers in total will be coming to the game soon and each one is equipped with deepwater torpedoes. Wargaming have provided a new video showcasing these […]