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The Week in Star Wars – First Order Stormtrooper details, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets revealed, Rogue One begins filming and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, new information about the First Order Stormtroopers revealed, plenty of LEGO Star Wars bits and pieces and the secret history of Obi Wan Kenobi… Kicking things off with only a couple of bits of The Force Awakens news (which is bound to explode this coming week […]

Fabled Nintendo PlayStation actually exists

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A Reddit user has posted pictures of what seems to be the incredibly rare prototype which Sony made for Nintendo during their brief partnership some 25 years ago. The prototype itself was created in 1990-91 as a disc playing add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, however, the deal turned on its head after Nintendo […]

Batman: Arkham Knight and A Trip Back to the Asylum

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With the release of Batman: Arkham Knight this week, Samuel Brace takes a trip back to the Asylum… This week, as Batman: Arkham Knight hit consoles and PC’s across the globe, I sat there unable to refrain from hearkening back to years past, 2009 in particular and the series debut game that so many of […]

Interview: Cities Skylines lead game designer Karoliina Korppoo

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Ben Rayner chats with Cities Skylines lead game designer Karoliina Korppoo… With Cities Skylines capturing gamers minds in their droves, as thousands build sprawling landscapes, bustling with life Ben Rayner sits down with Lead Game Designer Karoliina Korppoo to talk tips, success and mods. Ben Rayner: Why do you think Cities Skylines has been so […]

Video Game Review – Cities Skylines

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Ben Rayner reviews Cities Skylines… To follow an old concept that’s often been thrown around in the gaming world, Cities Skylines is a killer. More precisely it’s a Sim City killer. The way it looks and feels, along with its core soul, it takes what everyone loved about Sim City and rather than throw in […]

E3: What We Want to See

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Mike Mc Grath on what we want to see at E3… With E3 less than 48 away I decided to poll our writers on what games they are most looking forward to seeing/want to see at this years event. Since I started writing this some of the games we wanted were announced or told were […]

Fallout 4, Graphics and Why Visual Demands Are Dumb

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Samuel Brace on Fallout 4, graphics and why visual demands are dumb… Goodness me, where to begin…  I don’t know. I really don’t. Well… I suppose… Okay. How about here: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Deadly Premonition. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Whatever those games mean to you (and they should all mean something) just […]

Video Game Review – Schrodinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark

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Andrew Newton reviews Schrodinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark… In all my many years of playing video games I’ve seen many physics based games but never a game about physics. Schrodinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark by developer Italic Pig, is perhaps the first game that concentrates on this weird and […]

Is Silent Hills being resurrected as an Xbox One exclusive?

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Silent Hills was reportedly canceled much to the disappointment of many gamers and critics around the world, but a resurrection might be brewing. YouTube channel The Know is claiming that Microsoft is looking to spend billions of dollars to revive the project from the dead and secure it as an Xbox One exclusive. At first […]